Counters
Contents
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.
- 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.
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:
