Primal Beast: Melee, position 3 (offlane), position 2 (mid), Initiator, Durable, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.4% win rate in pubs and a 3.6% pick rate.
Rushing savagely through enemies and allies alike, Primal Beast pounds into battle as one born to raise a ruckus. An unavoidable threat amidst any fray, the Beast can punish attackers and relishes grabbing prey to repeatedly slam them against the ground until nothing but mush remains.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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25′Core items in order: Blink Dagger (around minute 14), Black King Bar (around minute 22), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 25).
Full build by minute →
Max Trample, then Onslaught, then Uproar.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Visage, Clockwerk and Troll Warlord; easiest: Bristleback, Drow Ranger and Shadow Fiend.
All 123 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 502 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 647.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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9′65%14′88%
22′91%25′70%
30′53%
34′40%31% of 97 pro matches
Primal Beast charges up and then runs in the chosen direction, knocking back enemies and allies alike. Enemy units are damaged and stunned on impact. The longer the charge duration, the farther Primal Beast's momentum will carry him. Can be cancelled at any time with the Stop command.
Pros max it by level 9
Primal Beast stomps over everything. For every 140 units traveled, all enemies around the Beast receive damage. Deals base damage plus a multiplier of Primal Beast's attack damage. Primal Beast is disarmed for the duration of the ability.
Pros max it by level 7
The Beast's temper causes every instance of 50 hero damage or more to grant a stack of Uproar. When activated, Primal Beast releases a roar that slows surrounding enemies and grants the Beast additional attack damage and armor for 7 seconds based on his current stacks of Uproar.
Pros max it by level 15
CHANNELED - Primal Beast channels his rage, grabbing the target enemy and slamming them into the ground repeatedly, damaging and mini-stunning any enemies caught in the AoE. Each consecutive hit deals bonus damage. Lasts 2.3 seconds.
Pros max it by level 17
Primal Beast has 10% base Slow Resistance and gains 0.5% bonus Area of Effect and 1% Slow Resistance for every 100 Max Health.
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Primal Beast: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Divine (51.7% wins) and wins 52.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 68% of games and position 2 (mid) in 30% of games. Pros usually build Blink Dagger, Black King Bar and Aghanim's Shard by minute 25. It struggles most against Visage, Clockwerk and Troll Warlord and has the easiest time against Bristleback, Drow Ranger and Shadow Fiend.
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