Dota 2 Beastmaster hero guide
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In Dota 2, there is a mighty hero named who employs nature to subjugate animals and dominate the battlefield. However, in order to attain optimal performance from this character, one should be well versed with the abilities and tactics plus the best possible strategies.
Facets for Beastmaster
While selecting facets for Beastmaster, one must keep in mind his ability and strengths as it is completely different from other heroes. Facets in Dota 2 add a different layer of diversity where depending on the facet heroes may be used differently and more effectively based on the selected facet. We already have a detailed article explaining what facets are and which ones are available for Dota 2 heroes, so players can refer to it. Here, we’ll focus on the facets that augments the performance of Beastmaster and recommendations regarding the strategies for their usage.
Key Facets for Beastmaster:
Wild Hunt: It’s ability Inner Beast adds bonus attack speed and each unit controlled by Beastmaster that’s affected increments it by 1 to 5. This makes Beastmaster more dangerous in team fights and enhances his potential to push lanes rapidly.
Beast Mode Beastmaster has multiple Beast Mode belt and when activated it made him do 8/16/24/32/40 more attack damage. During this kind of setup, Beastmaster's own attack will inflict Wild Axes effect of the same level already reached. This allow Beastmaster to inflict more damage for 6 seconds. Mana cost: 35, cooldown: 20s.
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| Beast Mode | 44.91% | ||
| Wild Hunt | 44.69% | ||
Beastmaster's Abilities
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| Wild Axes | |||
Beastmaster sends his axes flying and calls them home again, slicing through enemy units and trees along their path. Each axe can hit an enemy once, and amplifies subsequent damage from Beastmaster and his units. | ||||
| Call of the Wild Boar | |||
Beastmaster calls forth a Boar to aid in the battlefield. The Boar has a passive poison attack that slows attack and movement speeds. | ||||
| Call of the Wild Hawk | |||
Beastmaster summons a hawk that circles around Beastmaster and dive-bombs at enemies with a base attack rate of every 4s, damaging and rooting them. Attack rate increases with the Hawk's attack speed. Prioritizes heroes. | ||||
| Inner Beast | |||
Untaps the inner fury of Beastmaster and units he controls, passively increasing their attack speed. | ||||
| Primal Roar | |||
Beastmaster lets loose a deafening roar that stuns, and shoves open a path to its target. All units in the path of the roar are damaged, while units shoved aside by the roar have their movement and attack speed slowed. Additionally, Beastmaster and his units gain 40% movement speed for 3 seconds. | ||||
Skill Build for Beastmaster
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Maximizing on the full potential of depends on how skills are selected by the player. During laning phase put emphasis on last hitting and harassing by prioritizing “Wild Axes”. Getting extra damage points from “Call of the Wild” will increase your scouting capacity and bring more utility to your arsenal at later levels; therefore it should be leveled early to get maximum benefits from this ability. Use up those next levels in Inner Beast so that you can boost up your team’s overall attack speed as well its pushing ability afterwards. Ensure that whenever possible Primal Roar is levelled up most because apart from being initiation power house it’s also a great crowd controlling tool.
Talents for Beastmaster
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Item Build for Beastmaster
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Beastmaster’s success in the warzone is highly dependent upon the items that he selects during the course of the fight. The teammates can equip such early game equipment assuming that only a portion of the heroes in the game already possesses over squads enough selections that allow them to easily overhaul the situation. Then you can go for Ring of Basilius and Boots of Speed with increased mobility so you can pressure enemy heroes more. Additionally, Aghanim’s Scepter, Blink Dagger, and Black King Bar make up the core set of items that allow Beastmaster to begin fighting with the enemies along with grab control. Finally, for late game strategies the use of Shiva’s Guard in conjunction with Refresher Orb will greatly enhance survivability and usage across many of the team engagements.
Counters to Beastmaster
There are a few heroes and tactics that may be useful in defeating him, despite his tough exterior and domineering persona. Specifically, some of them neutralize ‘s strengths while others succumb to him.
How to counter Beastmaster
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| The ability of to Illusion himself and control the lanes wasted the edge that has the capacity to dictate the usage of summoning and pushing strategies creating several confinements. |
| With the help of mobility, choking out and prowess, did plant several restrictions making it hard for to engage enemy heroes and have full control over entire fight. |
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| Her ultimate can easily lock down and multiple targets which can interfere with 's positioning and after phase initiation and this makes him less useful for teamware and for pushes. |
Dark Seer
Puck
Faceless Void
Timbersaw
Naga SirenBeastmaster is Effective Against
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Nature's Prophet
Beastmaster
Broodmother
Enigma
Lycan
Treant ProtectorConclusion
A player needs to know his or her abilities, purchase optimum items and understand what are the bad choices. If the player has the required level of skill and comprehension, they will emerge out of the Dota 2 struggle in any fight, guiding their teammates towards the target. Go and speak to nature and unleash your might for him against the enemies.
Curious about other heroes and strategies? Head over to our in-depth Dota 2 hero guides for the tips and tricks that will elevate your gameplay to the next level.
