Semi-daily hero tips. Day 9: Beastmaster

PREVIOUS HEROES

• Abaddon
• Alchemist
• Ancient Apparition
• Anti-Mage
• Arc Warden
• Axe
• Bane
• Batrider

DISCLAIMER

A lot of you probably know about the weekly hero discussion, but that often ends up in a meta discussion (whether or not the hero needs buffs, etc) or a meme war than actual tips to play, itemize and build the hero.

This is what I'd like to do. Please discuss any notes I made and possible improvements while also giving tips of your own if you have them.

The roles, skill builds and item builds, as well as a lot of the notes are my opinion on matters and should not be seen as a must do or don't. Also remember that almost every single build or role is situationally possible.

A lot of the tips on heroes were also mentioned in tsunami's amazing hero tips series he did over the last couple of years.

Beastmaster

Notes:

• Sentries, gem, necro 3, etc, together with your hawk will rob the enemy of all vision.
• Good versus: Enigma, Bane, Pudge (long range stun), Tinker (likes to hide in trees and is easily killed within duration of roar), MK (cut trees with axes, hawk gives vision)
• Primal roar does damage and slow to enemies in line of fire of you and your main target.
• Primal roar also pushes enemies to the side, allowing you to cliff them (/u/Hobo124)
• Versus: Kill the hawk if you see it, it gives lots of vision
• Versus: BM is worth focussing down after he ulted, because of his aura.
• With well aimed axes you can take down all the trees just past the river on your solo offlane. Giving you vision for possible ganks (I don't have dota where I'm at right now, could someone check if this is still the case?)
• You can use the hawk for a lot of cool BoT plays (backdooring with hard tower hitting carries, tinker or LS gank squads). (/u/Hobo124)

Role: offlane/support/jungle

Item build: Tranquils/Treads, Necro 3, (Blink, Vlad's, Aura items, Aghs, Gem, Force)

Skill build: Summons --> Aura --> Axes (Maybe a value point in axes to cut trees)