Question 1

Who counters Primal Beast?

Accepted Answer

Faceless Void (+6.5%), Clockwerk (+6.0%), and Clinkz (+4.5%) are the strongest against Primal Beast — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Primal Beast strong against?

Accepted Answer

Primal Beast does best against Broodmother (+6.2%), Bristleback (+5.1%), and Kez (+4.6%).

Question 3

Who is Primal Beast stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Primal Beast are Mars (+5.8%), Night Stalker (+5.4%), and Visage (+4.9%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Primal Beast?

Accepted Answer

“Position 3: Off Lane”: players usually start with Gauntlets of Strength ×2, Tango, Iron Branch ×2, and Quelling Blade, pick Phase Boots for boots, then build Blink Dagger (14 min), Black King Bar (25 min), Aghanim's Scepter (28 min), and Shiva's Guard (37 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Primal Beast?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 15 — “-5s Trample Cooldown” (73%), at level 20 — “+20% Trample Attack Multiplier” (72%), and at level 25 — “+67% Pulverize Duration” (100%).

Question 6

What position to play Primal Beast in?

Accepted Answer

Primal Beast is played most often as “Position 3: Off Lane” — 80% of its matches. Less often: Position 2: Mid Lane (15%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Faceless Void	+6.5%	56.2%	870
Clockwerk	+6.0%	54.5%	257
Clinkz	+4.5%	57.8%	427
Underlord	+3.7%	53.2%	568
Brewmaster	+3.6%	55.0%	169
Queen of Pain	+3.4%	51.6%	821
Alchemist	+3.3%	54.1%	270
Centaur Warrunner	+3.1%	54.3%	646
Bloodseeker	+2.6%	55.6%	365
Ancient Apparition	+2.5%	55.3%	801
Invoker	+2.5%	54.1%	1,894
Gyrocopter	+2.3%	50.5%	289

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Broodmother	+6.2%	56.2%	251
Bristleback	+5.1%	55.1%	874
Kez	+4.6%	59.8%	438
Spectre	+4.4%	51.2%	989
Visage	+4.4%	54.9%	142
Io	+4.4%	54.8%	478
Muerta	+4.0%	56.9%	246
Nature's Prophet	+3.2%	59.9%	965
Medusa	+3.1%	53.3%	270
Abaddon	+3.1%	50.7%	268
Sniper	+3.0%	52.5%	2,138
Razor	+2.7%	51.5%	549

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Mars	+5.8%	54.3%	92
Night Stalker	+5.4%	52.6%	156
Visage	+4.9%	55.8%	104
Doom	+4.8%	47.3%	129
Omniknight	+4.8%	55.4%	121
Timbersaw	+4.7%	49.1%	114
Naga Siren	+4.0%	50.9%	169
Leshrac	+3.7%	58.0%	150
Alchemist	+3.5%	51.1%	231
Kunkka	+3.5%	54.8%	157
Slardar	+3.0%	53.5%	157
Wraith King	+3.0%	57.2%	540

Primal Beast counters and build in Dota 2

Primal Beast build

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