Primal Beast/Counters

Bad against...

 * Primal Beast's skills require movement such as and, so  can damage Primal Beast while he is casting these spells.


 * can be used to interrupt Primal Beast while channelling.
 * can be used to abuse Primal Beast's high health pool, dealing large amounts of damage while healing Death Prophet substantially.
 * Moreover, does too little damage per instance to trigger, making it a very effective harassment tool during the laning phase.
 * is also highly potent against Primal Best due to his naturally low armor.


 * and allow Earth Spirit to easily stun, silence and interrupt.


 * can protect from spells, since all of Primal Beast's active spells don't pierce spell immunity.
 * can deal lots of damage as Primal Beast is a strength hero with high health.


 * is a very good spell against Trample. It lasts a long time and can be used to stun Beast as he charges towards him.
 * will make very short work of Primal Beast in the right circumstances (like if he has no allies nearby).
 * can be used to outrun Trample and make it hard to get on top of Sven and his allies to cast spells.


 * A natural carrier, it's suicidal to go near Troll Warlord. All of Troll's skills will make short work of Primal Beast up close.


 * makes it impossible to stay on top of Darkterror with your spells and he can regain a lot of his health back.
 * Once he has a Shard Onslaught will no longer be a threat. He could also choose to get a lower cooldown on Time Walk, making it even harder for the Beast to catch him in fights.
 * will make Primal Beast useless for a very extensive period of time after casting his spells.
 * both keep Primal Beast in place to be focused down without being able to react with Uproar or an ally, since the Beast has no way to stop his allies from being hit within it.


 * allows Weaver to escape from.
 * disarms Primal Beast, Weaver can cast to him.
 * Primal Beast has slow attack speed, making it harder for him to kill beetles.
 * is blocked by, which is a common item for Weaver.


 * All of Zeus' abilities, especially, disables the use of for initiation

Others

 * Primal Beast really suffers against supports he cannot bully in lane, this includes, and  since they can use their respective spells to stop Primal Beast from dealing damage, or making it hard for him to stay in range.
 * Primal Beast is mostly played in the offlane role, picking a carry who can escape from him is essential. Heroes such as, and  will stop him from having the good start he needs.
 * Any Hero with a Root ability significantly hampers Primal Beast's damage from, as well as stopping in its tracks.
 * On top of Roots, Slows greatly reduce the effectiveness of, and completely negating 's charge.
 * and provides true sight and vision to allies, making it difficult for Primal Beast to strike at enemies from fog.

Items

 * as mentioned above, Roots put Primal Beast at a significant disadvantage since he needs to move around to make the most of his spells.
 * Protects the user from all of Primal Beast's spells.
 * Most of Primal Beast spells need a good initiation, good vision can protect you from Primal Beast's initiation.

Good Against...

 * and will not keep you alive against Primal Beasts heavy magical damage and disables.
 * also does very little because Primal Beast is almost entirely magical damage based in the early stages of the game. (His third spell, Uproar, is used in conjunction with Trample to do massive amounts of magical damage.)


 * Onslaught can be used to cancel but it seems to be completely random but can be used to get out of range of 's range reliably.
 * If you do cast Onslaught, try to cast it towards the end of Omnislash so if you survive it he's too far away to spin on you.
 * is also not threatening enough to kill a Primal Beast from full to zero, his health pool is too high. It makes it very difficult for Juggernaut to stop Primal Beast from going on his allies.
 * Primal Beast is very commonly buying items that are good against Juggernaut, such as and.


 * PA is famously known to be weak against bursts of magical damage, and Primal Beast does exactly that with a gap close.
 * Primal Beast is also a great, and  carrier which all can annoy physical damage carries like Phantom Assassin who rely on critical strikes and fast kills in the mid and late game.


 * Multiple spells from the Beast will cancel very quickly.
 * Pugna has a very low strength gain and very rarely buys items to increase his health pool, making him vulnerable to Primal Beasts onslaught of magical damage.
 * Ironically, actually just increases Primal Beasts damage on the target. Though, it can be used to slow him down and hopefully stop Trample from hitting your allies.

Others

 * Any hero who lanes very poorly will struggle with Primal Beasts potential snowball in the very early levels. Heroes such as:, , ...
 * Heroes who cannot escape from Trample early might be an easy first blood. Heroes like, , should play very cautiously alone.
 * Late game heroes who can lose the game due to Primal Beasts fast game style can be very vulnerable to the hero.

Works well with...

 * can pull enemies back that are trying to escape from.
 * works well with, because both skills will damage near enemies.
 * give Primal Beast maximum movement speed and cannot be slowed, increasing the effectiveness of to the maximum.


 * can bring back enemies to known place. Giving Primal Beast enough time to cast on that place.
 * traps enemies in one place and can't escape. This will ensure enemies hit by or.
 * and can keep enemies silenced and stunned for longer time, and also the silenced effect makes enemies can't interrupt Primal Beast from channeling.


 * sucks nearby enemies, this will ensure can hit them all.
 * Because sucks nearby enemies into one place, after the end of  duration, Primal Beast can cast  to further damage the enemies.


 * keep enemies in the area from escaping, provide a good setting for.
 * also damages the enemies that are in the edge of the arena. Primal Beast can cast to all enemies caught by, knocking them into the edge of the arena, damages them more.

Others

 * Any Hero with slow abilities:, , can make enemy hard to escape from.

Items

 * roots enemy, allow can hit them for longer duration.
 * roots all enemies in a place, making sure or  or  can hit them all.