Bad against...[]
- Aphotic Shield effectively nullifies Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
- Even being initiated by Primal Roar, Borrowed Time can make Abaddon extremely difficult to kill.
- Frostbite kills boars instantly on the laning stage leading to either experience lead or disabling Beastmaster from using Boar
- Crystal Nova nukes and slows down the attack and movement speed of Beastmaster's summons.
- Freezing Field grants improved self armor, nukes and slows down Beastmaster and his summons.
- Untouchable negates Inner Beast's attack speed bonus, making her hard to kill even if stunned by Primal Roar.
- Enchantress can also take control of Beastmaster's summons.
- Having many summons out will cause Echo Slam to deal extra damage.
- Illuminate clears Beastmaster's summons and is effective against his push.
- False Promise effectively nullifies Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
- Purifying Flames kills Beastmaster's Hawk instantly and Boar with two casts.
- Reactive Armor is very effective against Beastmaster's summons during laning stage and entire game.
- Timbersaw can quickly clear Beastmaster's summons with his nukes.
- Lotus Orb item for Timbersaw can releases roar from the target position, stunning and damaging Beastmaster and knocking away, damaging and slowing allies that stand on the way.
- Cold Embrace mitigates Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
- Winter's Curse can turn Beastmaster's summons and Inner Beast against his teammate.
Others[]
- Heroes with strong dispels can remove Primal Roar's stun: Abaddon, Slark, Oracle.
- Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver, Morphling, Medusa.
- Heroes with AoE abilities are a bane to Beastmaster's summons: Storm Spirit, Magnus, Pangolier.
Items[]
- Linken's Sphere blocks Primal Roar, making Beastmaster much less useful.
- Aeon Disk's passive automatically dispels Primal Roar's stun.
- Battle Fury's cleave clears out Beastmaster's summons in no time.
- Maelstrom and Mjollnir can clear Beastmaster's summons.
- Lotus Orb difficult reflects for Primal Roar, releases roar from the target position, stunning and damaging Beastmaster and knocking away, damaging and slowing allies that stand on the way.
Good against...[]
- The Hawk can easily find Monkey King while he is sitting on a tree.
- Wild Axes can knock out Monkey King from tree.
- Boars drastically reduce Monkey King's attack speed, making it harder for him to gain Jingu Mastery stacks.
- Inner Beast helps Beastmaster's team destroy Supernova quickly.
- Primal Roar takes Sven out of the fight completely, even with Black King Bar.
- Attacks from Boars and the attack speed boost from Inner Beast will quickly wear down Refraction.
- Beastmaster's Hawk can find Tinker easily while he is pushing or blinking into trees.
- Primal Roar and the slow from Boars make kiting Tiny very easy.
- Primal Roar and the slow from Boars make kiting Troll Warlord very easy.
- Primal Roar and the slow from Boars makes kiting Ursa very easy.
- Wraith King's lack of area of effect spells makes him easily overwhelmed by Beastmaster's summons.
Others[]
- Heroes who are highly dependent on Black King Bar can be countered with Primal Roar.
- Heroes who rely on split-pushing can be caught by Beastmaster's Hawk and Primal Roar.
- Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit, Queen of Pain.
- Channelled spells are easily interrupted by Primal Roar even with spell immunity: Black Hole, Shackles, Epicenter.
Works well with...[]
- Lifestealer can Infest the Hawk or the Boar, and jump out for an ambush attack.
- Inner Beast makes short work of towers, since it gives treants additional attack speed.
- Beastmaster's early ganking and pushing strategy goes hand in hand with Phantom Assassin's potential to snowball.
- Primal Roar helps Phantom Assassin with lockdown and guarantees kills.
- Beastmaster's Hawk gives vision over faraway enemies, letting Spirit Breaker target them with Charge of Darkness.
- Inner Beast gives Spirit Breaker some much needed attack speed.
- Inner Beast supplements Sven's low base attack speed.
- Primal Roar's lengthy stun duration lets Sven save Storm Hammer for later encounter.
- Tinker can use Boots of Travel to teleport to Hawks and Boars, allowing him to split push and gank.
- Inner Beast makes up for Tiny's very low attack speed, allowing him to destroy buildings in no time.
- Dark Rift can target Hawks and Boars, allowing Underlord to rapidly teleport his team for split pushing or ganking.
- Beastmaster's Hawk is a good scout for Roshan.
- Inner Beast works well with Fury Swipes, especially when Overpower is on cooldown.
Others[]
- The long stun from Primal Roar gives certain heroes time to land difficult abilities:
