Beastmaster


 * Difficulty: Medium
 * Skill Curve: Low

Beastmaster is commonly played as a scouting disabler/ganker melee hero. Beastmaster's first skill is Wild Axes, which is a somewhat difficult to hit skill that throws out axes and then returns them to beastmaster, dealing damage on both the outward and inward movement of the axes. They have the potential to deal decent amounts of damage to heroes and creeps, and have a low cooldown with reasonable manacost which makes this a very competent farming and harassing tool when in the lane or jungling. It becomes less effective against heroes later in the game because of its damage mechanics. His second skill is an interesting skill. When he casts it, he recieves two units - a hawk and a quillboar. The hawk is a flying unit that gives a very large amount of vision and lasts for quite a bit so it is extremely useful for scouting, but easy to kill. His second unit is a quillboar that does not do that much damage, but every attack he does slows the enemy unit's movement speed quite considerably so it is very good for ganking. His Ultimate is a somewhat long-range stun that pushes units inbetween him and his target to the side. The stun is on a low cooldown for an ultimate, deals decent damage, and stuns for a considerable time, so it is a good disable in teamfights against a carry or other key targets.

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Basic Strategy

 * Has the best single-target stun in the game, use it to make your impact in team fights.
 * Try finishing the game early as he loses effectiveness at very late game.
 * Bottle should always be the first item you farm for after your starting items, followed by Boots of Speed.
 * Push by repeatedly using Wild Axes at each incoming wave of creeps, helping yourself farm as well as push.
 * Especially early game, pay special attention to your scouting Hawk and rune positions.
 * Anytime you use Primal Roar in the presence of two or more more enemy heroes, use Blink Dagger to make sure that all of them are affected by the damage.

Trivia

 * Beastmaster is voiced by Sam A. Mowry.