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Bad against...[]

Bane icon
  • After Brewmaster has committed Thunder Clap and Cinder Brew to gank, Bane can use Lua error in Module:Ability_ID at line 61: Could not find Cargo data for "Nightmare". on Brewmaster to wait out the debuffs, and might even turn the tables by buying time for allied reinforcements.
  • Bane can also prevent Brewmaster from using Primal Split with his long disables.
Death Prophet icon
  • Exorcism icon Exorcism kills Primal Split's units very quickly.
Lion icon
  • Hex (Lion) icon Hex's instant cast time will force Brewmaster into the awkward situation of needing some form of spell immunity or block to prevent being immediately hex upon blinking in, or wait until Lion has used all his crowd control before entering a fight. His direct magic burst also makes Brewmaster's Drunken Brawler worthless versus Lion.
Outworld Destroyer icon
  • Outworld Destroyer's pure damage will mop up Primal Split's units very quickly.
Shadow Shaman icon
  • Hex (Shadow Shaman) icon Hex's instant cast time will force Brewmaster into the awkward situation of needing some form of spell immunity or block to prevent being immediately hex upon blinking in, or wait until Shaman has used all his crowd control before entering a fight.
  • Brewmaster also has no defense against Shadow Shaman lockdowns.
Skywrath Mage icon
  • Ancient Seal icon Ancient Seal's instant cast time will often silence Brewmaster before he can do anything.
  • Brewmaster also has no defense against Skywrath Mage's massive magical damage.

Others[]

  • In general, Brewmaster is very vulnerable to heroes with silence abilities.
  • Blinking heroes like Anti-Mage minimap icon Anti-Mage or Queen of Pain minimap icon Queen of Pain can often chase down an injured Brewmaster after his ultimate expires.
  • Heroes like with high damage burst damage can kill the units from Primal Split icon Primal Split quickly.

Items[]

Good against...[]

Abaddon icon
Chaos Knight icon
  • Storm's Dispel Magic combined with Thunder Clap deals high damage against Chaos Knight's illusions even in the late game.
  • Chaos Knight's reliance on physical damage is easily hindered by Drunken Brawler.
  • Chaos Knight's lack of area effect and mobility makes him easily overwhelmed by Primal Split.
Huskar icon
  • Brewmaster can use Cyclone to disable Huskar's healer for much longer than most other heroes can, to make Huskar vulnerable.
  • Huskar has no way to stop Brewmaster from using Primal Split by himself, but can cut a good amount of his high health away if Huskar's team wants to burst Brewmaster down during a different disable.
Lone Druid icon
  • Brewmaster can make the Spirit Bear a much smaller threat with Cinder Brew.
  • Cyclone removes the bear from a fight so that his team can easily focus on the hero.
  • While most heroes would be worn down by a Spirit Bear Radiance icon Radiance in the time it takes to kill Lone Druid, Brewmaster is protected in Primal Split.
Lycan icon
  • Brewmaster can waste a large portion of Lycan's ultimate by putting him in Cyclone.
  • Lycan has no way to stop Brewmaster from using Primal Split by himself.
  • Lycan's team often tries to push towers as a group, and Brewmaster excels at winning teamfights while trying to defend a tower.
Templar Assassin icon
  • The three Primal Split brewlings all attacking Templar Assassin at once will remove her Refraction icon Refraction quickly, especially with Fire's Permanent Immolation.
  • Templar Assassin has no way to stop Brewmaster from using Primal Split by herself, and may get unlucky and miss her Meld icon Meld if trying to burst him during her ally's disable.
Ursa icon
  • If Ursa uses Enrage icon Enrage Brewmaster can use Cyclone to render him harmless during his ultimate.
  • Brewmaster has two spells to slow down Ursa, allowing his team to kite around him easily.

Others[]

Works well with...[]

Dazzle icon
  • Dazzles Shallow Grave icon Shallow Grave can guarantee that Brewmaster gets off his Primal Split in team fights.
Oracle icon
Tiny icon
  • Tiny can use Toss icon Toss to throw Brewmaster into fights and allow him to gets off a good Thunder Clap and Primal Split.
  • Upon winning teamfights, they can push lanes and take down towers extremely quickly due to their bonus building damage.
Invoker icon
  • Casting Alacrity icon Alacrity on Earth allows him to Demolish buildings quickly.
  • Invoker's myraid of disables allows Brewmaster to very easily wreck havoc during teamfights.

Others[]

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