Primal Beast/Guide

Laning
is primarily played as an offlaner since he is fairly tanky during the laning phase and possesses powerful AOE bursts, allowing him to survive without much loss. It is recommended for to pair up with a support that can set him up for kills, since the Beast excels at dominating his foes.

At level 1, take a point on as it offers bonus base damage and allows you to retaliate easily against enemies who are overzealous against you. If the enemy definitely lacks any sort of mobility to escape your fury, consider getting an to apply a slow on every hit. Any smart enemy wouldn't dare to challenge you unless they too have an effective strategy to take you down.

For confident players, playing mid is also a decent alternative way to play the hero to reach his power spike faster than he normally would in his offlane stage.

Tips & Tactics

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General

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 * Spells such as and  can be activated during the entirety of  without interrupting it. Items can be used during the charge itself but will prematurely stop the distance ramp-up portion of  and start the charge immediately.
 * Stuns will only stop if it stuns him before he charges forward, roots will stop him in his tracks during the charge as well as prevent him from starting it, and silences will only prevent him from prematurely ending his distance ramp-up.
 * can be used to push teammates out of harms way as well as separating them from enemies that may be attacking them. The knock-back can also bump allies and enemies alike up and down cliffs.
 * can be redirected and steered at all points of the ability as well as stopped mid-charge via hold/stop commands.


 * The more movement speed he has, the more frequent each instance of damage is, the inverse is also true, movement speed slows cripple the speed at which each stomp comes out.
 * The more damage he has, the stronger each individual instance of damage is, the inverse is also true, attack damage reductions cripple the damage of each stomp.
 * is has strong synergy with items., , , , and various other items work with to deal more damage via bursts of speed or deal damage in situations where he might not be able to.
 * Haste movement speed makes his an extremely deadly ability making each instance of damage come out exceedingly fast and allowing him to ignore any slow debuffs.


 * Both the slow and bonus damage synergizes with 's 40% (70%) attack damage multiplier. Activating it before or during will grant a boost to damage as well as a heavy slow depending on his stacks of.
 * 's stacks last 20 seconds and its timer refreshes every time an instance of damage meets the requirements. This allows for a very lenient frame of time in which to use the spell.
 * With the lack of a cost, can be spammed in lane in order to win trades as well as out damaging the enemy's carry, allowing him to deny and last hit with complete and utter ease.
 * The staggering amount of Armor he receives from this ability allows him to tower-dive or take on otherwise dangerous tasks with no fear of any substantial damage.
 * At 5 stacks of and low health, Primal Beast can often bait enemies into trying to finish him off. If their damage is primarily physical, he will likely out damage them and kill them before they can kill him, especially if he has Trample at the ready.


 * The long range of enables him cut of escapes as well as enable him and his team to jump on a key target that would otherwise be hard to reach.
 * If practiced, can be utilized with  in order to chain-stun the target. If stopped at the moment of impact, the enemy will be knocked back far enough away to follow up with the, despite it's minimum distance limit.


 * has a very low cooldown for an ultimate ability and as such, the only limitation is mana costs. If you can afford the mana, it can easily be used to bully enemies still in lane or outright kill them along with your other spells.
 * can be used defensively just as easily as it can be used offensively. Because your spells allow you to tank and disengage so well, Pulverize can be used to grab on one of the enemy's in a gank that are trying to attack your ally and keep that enemy stunned while repeatedly stunning and damaging the rest of enemies in the AOE.
 * As it's a channel, can hide a Pulverizing Primal Beast preventing any targeted stuns or silences from stopping him. However, enemies can still be saved via strong dispels.

Items
Starting items:
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Early game:
 * gives a higher base move speed, increasing the effectiveness of.
 * provides some attributes and to restore health and mana. works well with, because to maximize the effect of , he should accept damage first, and  can be used to restore the health lost during this.
 * can make enemy slower combined with.
 * allows Primal Beast to ignore magic damage he would likely take from supports and with 's stacks of armor most of the damage he'll take from engagements will be either heavily reduced or outright ignored.

Mid game:
 * can be activated during, increasing the effectiveness of . also give additional armor and damage, increasing the effectiveness of  and.
 * give Primal Beast constant mana, since most Primal Beast skills have low cooldown, can make him to cast more skills. Primal Beast also get benefit from  additional strength and armor.
 * makes Primal Beast immune to most disables, making Primal Beast can keep channeling without interruptions.
 * combined with bkb, making Primal Beast can initiate using without interruptions.
 * ,, and are all valid options as each sword benefits Primal Beast significantly and they all can be disassembled into any potential required future items.

Late game:
 * active, makes Primal Beast can deal more damage to enemies during initiation. also boost Primal Beast's strength, increasing his durability, attack damage and  in the late game.
 * grants Primal Beast a significant amount of health, damage and regeneration. In addition to this, as with all strength, damage, and movement speed increases, this item will synergize well with.
 * can be upgrade from and provides a way to both prevent right clicks and slow enemies while amplifying your spells' damage. It can also be used in a pinch to save allies if need be.
 * drastically reduces Primal Beast's cooldowns by 25%. As Primal Beast is entirely reliant on his cooldowns, allowing him to bypass the long wait by reducing his cooldowns enables him to be much more of a threat.

Situational items:
 * active, give Primal Beast and his team additional attack speed and movement speed, which help him and his team to gank more effective during . Because does not interrupts the caster's channeling abilities, Primal Beast can activate it during, to give his team more attack speed to attack enemy caught by . Primal Beast also benefit from additional strength, intelligence and movement speed that  provides.
 * can prevent heavy hitting carries from damaging you or your team, allowing you to initiate and fight without being burst down. Every single stat helps Primal Beast, but is situation due to the other options being more ideal unless the enemy carry is that concerning.
 * can negate a lot magic damage and should be picked up if the enemy has lots of magic damage on their team. It can be upgraded further as well, should it be needed.
 * improves survivability by increasing magic resistance even further over . It also allows Primal Beast to recover health when using his active abilities, each of which can do significant magic damage to multiple targets at a time.
 * adds additional damage, which improves farming capability and the effectiveness of . It also increases survivability through its aura and evasion, as Primal Beast tends to be in the front and center of team fights.
 * adds physical staying power when Primal Beast's abilities are on cooldown, via additional armor and attack speed.


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