Abaddon
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 3%)Necrophos
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 3%)Tiny
* Reaper's Scythe will turn Tiny's high health against him.
* Heartstopper Aura does substantial damage to Tiny as a result of his high max health.
Winter Wyvern
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Beastmaster
* 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.
Additional:
* Beastmaster's summons and Inner Beast are very useful to attack his cursed teammate.
* Cold Embrace effectively mitigates Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
Earthshaker
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 13%)Beastmaster
* Having many summons out will cause Echo Slam to deal extra damage.
Oracle
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 9%)Beastmaster
* False Promise effectively nullifies Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
* Purifying Flames kills Beastmaster's Hawk instantly and Boar with two casts.
Lion
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 16%)Tiny
* Lion will continuously Mana Drain Tiny, depleting his small mana pool for his abilities.
* Hex will keep Tiny from using his high damage spells and attack damage.
Crystal Maiden
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 14%)Beastmaster
* 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.
Timbersaw
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)Beastmaster
* 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.
Slardar
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 6%)Tiny
* Corrosive Haze helps counteract Tiny's bonus armor from Grow, as well as giving true sight, countering Shadow Blade as a common item on Tiny.
Bristleback
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 9%)Tiny
* Bristleback decreases Tiny's high burst damage against Bristleback.
* Tiny's high damage will also proc Bristleback multiple times.
* Viscous Nasal Goo can help counteract the bonus armor granted by Grow.
Enchantress
[wiki] rating: 1.0 (winrate: 41% pickrate: 1%)Beastmaster
* 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.
Additional:
* Enchant can control Beastmaster's boars, mitigating his effectiveness during the laning stage and teamfights.
Underlord
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 9%)Tiny
* In general, melee heroes without blink mechanisms or spell immunity will have a hard time positioning against Pit of Malice: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Dragon Knight,
Meepo,
Doom,
Bounty Hunter,
Dark Seer,
Undying,
Alchemist,
Legion Commander.
Clinkz
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Weaver
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 8%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver,
Morphling,
Medusa.
Drow Ranger
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 6%)Tiny
* Long ranged heroes like Sniper or
Drow Ranger can kite Tiny effectively if he doesn't get the jump on them first.
Tusk
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Tiny
* Heroes that are able to slow Tiny's attack speed, like Tusk and
Phoenix, will greatly limit his Physical damage output.
Invoker
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 16%)Tiny
* Heroes with naturally low mana can be easily shut down by EMP: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Omniknight
Leshrac
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)Beastmaster
* Heroes who summon multiple units that are not spell immune. Nature's Prophet,
Lycan,
Beastmaster
Sniper
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 6%)Tiny
* Long ranged heroes like Sniper or
Drow Ranger can kite Tiny effectively if he doesn't get the jump on them first.
Chen
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 0%)Beastmaster
* Chen can take control of Beastmaster's summons, especially
Necronomicon units.
Additional:
* Chen can take control of the Boar from Call of the wild Boar at any time.
Terrorblade
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 4%)Tiny
* Heroes with high base damage (Morphling,
Tiny,
Drow Ranger), heroes with mana burning abilities (
Anti-Mage), and
Diffusal Blade users (
Juggernaut or
Riki) will suffer from Reflection's illusions.
Medusa
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 2%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver,
Morphling,
Medusa.
Morphling
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 12%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with Linken's Sphere as core item: Weaver,
Morphling,
Medusa.
Magnus
[wiki] rating: 0.6 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 4%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with AoE abilities are a bane to Beastmaster's summons: Storm Spirit,
Magnus,
Pangolier.
Juggernaut
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 18%)Tiny
* Blade Fury protects Juggernaut from all of Tiny's magic burst damage, as well as dealing magic damage that bypasses the armor from Grow.
Tiny
* Melee carries will have a hard time against Tiny's Craggy Exterior: Phantom Assassin,
Chaos Knight,
Juggernaut.
Viper
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Tiny has low movespeed and attack speed, making him vulnerable to Viper's slows.
* Corrosive Skin provides magic resistance to lower Tiny's magic burst damage.
Beastmaster
* Illusion or summon-based heroes can be a problem to Viper due to his lack of AoE damage: Naga Siren,
Phantom Lancer,
Beastmaster
Keeper of the Light
[wiki] rating: 0.4 (winrate: 45% pickrate: 6%)Beastmaster
* Illuminate clears Beastmaster's summons and is effective against his push.
Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Meepo
[wiki] rating: -1.6 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 1%)Beastmaster
* Because only one clone needs to be killed in order to kill Meepo, heroes that excel at singling out enemies can also be a detriment to him, such as Batrider,
Beastmaster,
Pudge and
Clockwerk.
Tiny
* Avalanche and Toss prevents Meepo's Poof escape or using town portal scroll.
* He doesn't need to aim the weakest clone while he is grabbing tree.
Sven
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 43% pickrate: 1%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar takes Sven out of the fight completely, even with Black King Bar.
Techies
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 7%)Beastmaster
* Call of the Wild Hawk can scout Techies as they are placing mines.
* Call of the Wild Boar can clear Proximity Mines.
* The stun of Primal Roar will usually be enough to deal with the squishy Techies before they can try to suicide with Blast Off!.
Tinker
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 7%)Beastmaster
* Beastmaster's Hawk can find Tinker easily while he is pushing or blinking into trees.
Templar Assassin
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Tiny
* Heroes that have disposable area-targeted spells can force her to undo her Meld: Leshrac,
Puck,
Tiny. An experienced Templar Assassin could try to Refraction before Meld so she can tank through those damage without getting her Blink disabled.
Beastmaster
* Attacks from Boars and the attack speed boost from Inner Beast will quickly wear down Refraction.
* True Sight provided by Level 3
Necronomicon can see Templar Assassin in
Meld.
Monkey King
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 17%)Beastmaster
* 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.
Additional:
* Wild Axes can chop down trees, making it difficult for Monkey King to utilize Tree Dance well.
* Call of the Wild Hawk can scout Monkey King when he is perched on top of trees.
Troll Warlord
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 9%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar and the slow from Boars make kiting Troll Warlord very easy.
Naga Siren
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 2%)Tiny
* Avalanche, Toss, and Grab Tree combo makes a short work of Naga Siren's illusions.
Lycan
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 56% pickrate: 4%)Beastmaster
* Primal Roar allows Beastmaster to keep Lycan in place after he used his Shapeshift.
Broodmother
[wiki] rating: -1.0 (winrate: 57% pickrate: 2%)Tiny
* Tiny can quickly clear Spiderlings with his active abilities and cleave.
Phantom Assassin
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 15%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Tiny
* Melee carries will have a hard time against Tiny's Craggy Exterior: Phantom Assassin,
Chaos Knight,
Juggernaut.
Beastmaster
* Heroes with disables that ignore spell immunity will render Phantom Assassin quite useless in teamfights throughout the game: Enigma,
Vengeful Spirit,
Doom,
Bane,
Beastmaster,
Pudge.
Ember Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 46% pickrate: 9%)Beastmaster
* Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: Storm Spirit,
Ember Spirit,
Queen of Pain.
Queen of Pain
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 9%)Beastmaster
* Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: Storm Spirit,
Ember Spirit,
Queen of Pain.
Vengeful Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Beastmaster
* Heroes who relies on illusions and summons (Beastmaster,
Chaos Knight, etc.).
Io
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 4%)Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Skywrath Mage
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 50% pickrate: 6%)Beastmaster
* Skywrath mage also has a terrible time fighting against anything that isn't a hero. As Mystic Flare only affects heroes, his skills are mostly target-based and he has terrible strength and agility, he can easily be kited or harassed by illusion-based heroes like Chaos Knight and
Phantom Lancer, or by Heroes that summon other units like
Lone Druid,
Lycan and
Beastmaster.
Void Spirit
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 12%)Tiny
* Side lanes with disables will greatly reduce the likeliness Void Spirit will be willing to rotate: Sven,
Tiny,
Wraith King,
Ogre Magi.
Bloodseeker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 4%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with disables that go through spell immunity can end Bloodseeker before he has the chance to do anything: Batrider,
Beastmaster
Night Stalker
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 5%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with illusions and summons can manfight Night Stalker: Terrorblade,
Beastmaster,
Broodmother.
Ancient Apparition
[wiki] rating: -0.6 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 9%)Tiny
* Squishy heroes, usually supports, like Io,
Ancient Apparition,
Keeper of the Light etc can die instantly from Tiny's magic burst.
Slark
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 47% pickrate: 13%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with strong dispels can remove Primal Roar's stun: Abaddon,
Slark,
Oracle.
Tiny
* A Toss plus
Avalanche combination deals heavy damage to Slark in the early game, making Tiny a very dangerous target to gank.
Phoenix
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 10%)Tiny
* Heroes that are able to slow Tiny's attack speed, like Tusk and
Phoenix, will greatly limit his Physical damage output.
Beastmaster
* Inner Beast helps Beastmaster's team destroy Supernova quickly.
Ursa
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 51% pickrate: 16%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Beastmaster
* Primal Roar and the slow from Boars makes kiting Ursa very easy.
Wraith King
[wiki] rating: -0.4 (winrate: 53% pickrate: 18%)Tiny
* Due to Tiny's non-existent agility gain, high physical damage heroes are more effective against him (Clinkz,
Phantom Assassin,
Templar Assassin,
Ursa,
Wraith King etc).
Beastmaster
* Necronomicon Warrior's Mana Break can deplete Wraith King's mana and prevent him from using
Reincarnation.
* Wraith King's lack of area of effect spells makes him easily overwhelmed by Beastmaster's summons.
Storm Spirit
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 11%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with AoE abilities are a bane to Beastmaster's summons: Storm Spirit,
Magnus,
Pangolier.
Beastmaster
* Heroes who rely on high mobility are especially vulnerable to Primal Roar: Storm Spirit,
Ember Spirit,
Queen of Pain.
Lifestealer
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 5%)Tiny
* Feast will deal a large amount of damage to Tiny's large health pool.
* Rage protects Lifestealer from Tiny's magical burst damage.
Beastmaster
* Primal Roar pierces Rage and can disable Lifestealer in fights.
Chaos Knight
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 48% pickrate: 3%)Beastmaster
* Single-target disablers will have difficulty locking down a Chaos Knight with Phantasm active: Bane,
Beastmaster,
Bloodseeker,
Clockwerk,
Doom,
Shadow Shaman.
Tiny
* Melee carries will have a hard time against Tiny's Craggy Exterior: Phantom Assassin,
Chaos Knight,
Juggernaut.
Pangolier
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 49% pickrate: 9%)Beastmaster
* Heroes with AoE abilities are a bane to Beastmaster's summons: Storm Spirit,
Magnus,
Pangolier.
Beastmaster
* Heroes with other kind of disables that pierce spell immunity can hold Pangolier in place during Rolling Thunder: Axe,
Beastmaster,
Enigma,
Magnus,
Pudge,
Batrider,
Bane,
Winter Wyvern
Visage
[wiki] rating: 0.0 (winrate: 52% pickrate: 1%)Tiny
* Familiars will easily be able to kite heroes with a short range or with low attack speed. For example, Tiny and
Undying have a very hard time killing Familiars.
Tiny
* Tiny can deal with Visage's
Gravekeeper's Cloak quickly, as Avalanche deals damage in enough instances to completely remove all 4 layers of the passive. With Visage's lower than average Armor, a well positioned stun can allow Tiny to kill Visage easily.
Additional:
* Tiny's
Avalanche removes a significant number of layers from Gravekeeper's Cloak. When combined with
Toss burns through all of Gravekeeper's Cloak while doing triple times Toss damage to Visage in midair.
* Tiny's already high damage coupled with Tree Grab's attack modifier will make short work of Visage's Familiars.
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Aphotic Shield effectively nullifies Primal Roar's single-target initiation on allies.
Borrowed Time can make Abaddon extremely difficult to kill.
Primal Roar can be instantly dispelled by Aphotic Shield.
Wild Axes and
Poison from
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* Even being initiated by Primal Roar,
Additional:
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