Beastmaster

Karroch the Beastmaster is a melee strength hero whose versatility allows him to take on multiple roles. His hawks provide free flying vision and his boars can harass, slow, and stack jungle camps. His ultimate, Primal Roar, is the longest lasting single reliable stun in the game, except Morphling's Adaptive Strike at level 4 with more strength than agility.

He is an effective support with good disabling ability in team fights. His strengths lie primarily in the slow debuff his Boar inflicts and ability to easily provide vision at crucial locations on the map. Though he is able to easily take down undefended targets in the early game,most of his abilities do not directly combo with each other, although the debilitating effects he brings to a fight can greatly assist allies (along with his passive attack speed boost aura)

Recommended items
Starting:
 * allows you to take more harassment in lane.
 * ,, and allow you to stay in lane longer without having to return to the fountain.
 * is a very cheap item that provides a bit of attributes.
 * is sometimes picked up to aid in last hitting.

Early:
 * is a strong pickup on almost all heroes.
 * tanks you up and potentially uses one of your starting gauntlets.
 * gives some good starting armor and mana regeneration in lane. This can also be built into later.

Core:
 * give you extra health and allow for tread switching for a bit of extra mana for casting.
 * is a viable alternative for support Beastmasters, allowing him to use his abilities from afar without pausing the regeneration.
 * provides health, gives you much needed mana, and increases your ability to get in range to use on enemies. It also further increases the attack speed of your Boar.

Situational:
 * has natural synergy with and is a great item to quickly take towers.
 * is another strong aura item for your team and helps with pushing, which Beastmaster is naturally strong at.
 * further increases the power of your ultimate, giving it extreme range and a cooldown low enough to use it twice in protracted engagements.
 * allows Beastmaster to engage on slippery targets that would not normally allow you to get into range to cast your ultimate.
 * makes you extremely tanky, but be wary of getting it too early as you have less utility than with other item choices.
 * is a great pickup against a team with high physical damage output and to help your carries do damage quicker.
 * is a strong utility item to disarm an enemy carry in teamfights. It will also give some extra health and evasion.
 * is a good way to boost your teams's damage as well as survivability. The bonus damage from synergizes well with.
 * allows you to use Primal Roar two times in quick succession. It will also allow you to summon an extra boar and hawk.
 * can be considered in the late game, especially if Beastmaster has a to split push towers with.

Trivia
Beastmaster's line's Beas rare 04.mp3 Beas rare 05.mp3 "Basshunter, on the hunt" are a reference to Swedish singer Basshunter, who has a song about DotA.
 * Beastmaster's original name was Rexxar, a character in the Warcraft universe.
 * Rexxar was the main playable character of the bonus campaign in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
 * Beastmaster's item the "Shrieking Razorback" design seems to be based off of the Shriekers from Tremors II: Aftershocks.