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Hero Discussion of this Day: Beastmaster (22 December 2014)

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Karroch, the Beastmaster

The Beastmaster is a very well-rounded fighter, with many tactical options available for all types of combat. Although his physical attacks are melee, he can throw his axes at long range to slice through enemies, dealing lethal damage. His Primal Roar can turn the most organized defense into chaos, allowing the Beastmaster and his allies to move in for the kill. His summoning skills serve as effective support for his blitz-style combat. Karroch's agile Hawk flies above the battlefield scouting for enemies, and the powerful slowing abilities of his Quillbeast's spines give him time to finish off fleeing foes. A skilled Beastmaster is a deadly foe, capable of fighting any enemy on any terms and crushing them to a pulp.

Lore

Karroch was born a child of the stocks. His mother died in childbirth; his father, a farrier for the Last King of Slom, was trampled to death when he was five. Afterward Karroch was indentured to the king’s menagerie, where he grew up among all the beasts of the royal court: lions, apes, fell-deer, and things less known, things barely believed in. When the lad was seven, an explorer brought in a beast like none before seen. Dragged before the King in chains, the beast spoke, though its mouth moved not. Its words: a plea for freedom. The King only laughed and ordered the beast perform for his amusement; and when it refused, struck it with the Mad Scepter and ordered it dragged to the stocks.

Over the coming months, the boy Karroch sneaked food and medicinal draughts to the wounded creature, but only managed to slow its deterioration. Wordlessly, the beast spoke to the boy, and over time their bond strengthened until the boy found he could hold up his end of a conversation—could in fact speak now to all the creatures of the King's menagerie. On the night the beast died, a rage came over the boy. He incited the animals of the court to rebel and threw open their cages to set them amok on the palace grounds. The Last King was mauled in the mayhem. In the chaos, one regal stag bowed to the boy who had freed him; and with Beastmaster astride him, leapt the high walls of the estate, and escaped. Now a man, Karroch the Beastmaster has not lost his ability to converse with wild creatures. He has grown into a warrior at one with nature’s savagery.

Roles: Initiator, Disabler, Durable, Utility, Semi-Support

Strength: 23 + 2.2

Agility: 18 + 1.6

Intelligence: 16 + 1.9

Damage: 60-64

Armour: 4.52

Movement Speed: 310

Attack Range: 128 (Melee)

Missile Speed: N/A

Base Attack Time: 1.7

Sight Range: 1800 (Day) / 800 (Night)

Turn Rate: 0.4

Spells

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.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	120	13	1300	N/A	N/A	Sends out two axes which make an oval-like formation. Each axe deal 70 damage to each unit it hits once
2	120	13	1300	N/A	N/A	Sends out two axes which make an oval-like formation. Each axe deal 100 damage to each unit it hits once
3	120	13	1300	N/A	N/A	Sends out two axes which make an oval-like formation. Each axe deal 130 damage to each unit it hits once
4	120	13	1300	N/A	N/A	Sends out two axes which make an oval-like formation. Each axe deal 160 damage to each unit it hits once

Physical damage
The axes destroy trees within 140 range of them
The flying axes give vision
Wild Axes damage is not reduced by damage block abilities

While learning to maneuver in nature alone, the Beastmaster also mastered the use of a pair of tomahawks, adept at cutting down trees as well as adversaries.

Call of the Wild (Hawk)

Beastmaster calls a watchful Hawk to scout the battlefield. At level 3 and beyond, the hawk can become invisible after being still for 4 seconds

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	15	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a Hawk with 40 hit points, 250 movement speed and 700/700 vision
2	15	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a Hawk with 60 hit points, 300 movement speed and 1000/800 vision
3	15	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a Hawk with 80 hit points, 350 movement speed and 1300/900 vision
4	15	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a Hawk with 100 hit points, 400 movement speed and 1600/1000 vision

Levelling this spell automatically levels Call of the Wild (Boar) as well
The Hawk has an Invisibility ability (becomes invisible after 4 seconds spent not moving)
The hawk gives 30/40/50/60 gold
Uses a 0.3 cast point instead of the normal 0.5 cast point
Will not destroy a previous summon if this ability is used again before the Hawk's duration expires

After befriending the strange beast of his childhood, Beastmaster has learned to call to animals in times of need.

Call of the Wild (Boar)

Beastmaster calls a powerful Boar to stalk the battlefield, capable of spitting poison at enemies to slow their movement and attack speed.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	25	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a boar with 200 hit points and deals 15 piercing damage
2	25	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a boar with 300 hit points and deals 30 piercing damage
3	25	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a boar with 400 hit points and deals 45 piercing damage
4	25	40	N/A	N/A	60	Summons a boar with 500 hit points and deals 60 piercing damage

Levelling this spell automatically levels Call of the Wild (Hawk) as well
Lesser Boar has a poisonous attack which slows enemy movement speed and attack speed by 10%/20%/30%/40%, buff lasts for 3 seconds
The boar gives 26-38 gold bounty
Uses a 0.3 cast point instead of the normal 0.5 cast point

After befriending the strange beast of his childhood, Beastmaster has learned to call to animals in times of need.

Inner Beast

Passive

Untaps the inner fury of allies, passively increasing their attack speed.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	-	-	-	900	-	Increases ally attack speed by 15
2	-	-	-	900	-	Increases ally attack speed by 25
3	-	-	-	900	-	Increases ally attack speed by 35
4	-	-	-	900	-	Increases ally attack speed by 45

The attack speed buff lingers for 0.5 seconds after leaving the radius

Beastmaster's ability to incite the innate strength of animals was seen in the mauling of the king of Slom.

Primal Roar

Ultimate

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.

Level	Manacost	Cooldown	Casting Range	Area	Duration	Effects
1	150	80 (45*)	600 (950*)	300	3 (stun), 2 (slow)	Stuns and deals 200 damage to the target. All enemies between Beastmaster and the target are dealt 100 damage and slowed (attack and move speeds) by 50%
2	175	75 (45*)	600 (950*)	300	3.5 (stun), 3 (slow)	Stuns and deals 250 damage to the target. All enemies between Beastmaster and the target are dealt 200 damage and slowed (attack and move speeds) by 50%
3	200	70 (45*)	600 (950*)	300	4 (stun), 4 (slow)	Stuns and deals 300 damage to the target. All enemies between Beastmaster and the target are dealt 300 damage and slowed (attack and move speeds) by 50%

Magical Damage
Can be upgraded via Sceptre, (*) shows the upgraded values
A line radius of 300 between Beastmaster and the target causes the secondary effect. A 225 radius around the target will also cause the secondary effect
Knockback speed is 500ms and distance is 300 units, so the knockback duration is 0.6 seconds
Stuns but doesn't damage magic immune units
Only enemy units are shoved aside from the path of the roar
The pushback and slow have a dynamic range, based on the distance between you and the primary target. The further away the target, the further the pushback and slow will reach beyond the target, and even a bit behind Beastmaster.
Primal Roar can be used on couriers, but won't do any damage since couriers are magic immune

Recent Changes from 6.83

Call of the Wild now always provides a Hawk and a Boar at each level, and each now scales per level
Hawk health from 50/50/100/100 to 40/60/80/100
Hawk movement speed from 270/270/400/400 to 250/300/350/400
Hawk day sight from 500/500/1600/1600 to 700/1000/1300/1600
Hawk night sight from 500/500/1200/1200 to 700/800/900/1000
Hawk kill bounty from 30/30/65/65 to 30/40/50/60
Hawk health regeneration from 0.5/0.5/1.5/1.5 to 1.5
Hawk kill experience from 20/20/77/77 to 77
Hawk armor from 0/0/5/5 to 5
The hawks are now always named Hawk, instead of Scout Hawk or Greater Hawk
Boar health from 0/400/400/500 to 200/300/400/500
Boar base damage from 0/26/26/46 to 15/30/45/60
Boar base attack time from 0/1.5/1.5/1 to 1.25
Boar poison slow from 0/20/20/35% to 10/20/30/40%
The boars are now always named Boar, instead of Lesser Boar or Greater Boar

Recent Changes from 6.82/6.82b/6.82c

Wild Axes damage type from Composite to Physical
Wild Axes damage reduced from 90/120/150/180 to 70/100/130/160
Primal Roar side knockback radius increased from 250 to 300
Primal Roar side damage same as primary damage now (100/200/300 to 200/250/300)
Primal Roar push distance increased from 240 to 300
Primal Roar side push duration increased from 0.4 to 0.6

Tips:

Make your boar focus on a key target when summoning it rather than letting it attack anything.

Previous Beastmaster discussion

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Good Mirana tip from last thread by tokamak_fanboy and stellarfury:

"The most difficult thing to get used to on mirana is properly using her ult for ganks. It's great when your enemy team is pushing and you use it to initate on them from invisibility, or to go into the roshan pit. It requires some coordination with your team but not a ton.

The main thing that people do wrong in pubs is cast moonlight shadow when teammates are in plain view of enemy creep waves. You can't let the enemies know you're ganking, otherwise you'll waste your gank - or worse, you'll get counter-initiated on."

Posted Dec 22, 2014, 4:00 PM UTC · edited

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