Beastmaster
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Karroch, the Beastmaster, is a versatile melee strength hero most commonly played as an offlaner and ganker who brings a good amount of utility to his team in any situation. His Wild Axes allows him to lane and farm quite effectively throughout the game, even when pressured. He is able to summon a hawk and boar to aid him, each providing a good amount of utility to his team. Hawks provide free flying vision around the map, scouting his enemies while his Boars can harass and slow his enemies to a crawl while aiding him in combat. His Inner Beast aura makes his team a force to be reckoned with, providing a hefty boost to attack speed to himself, his summons, and all nearby allies. Finally, his ultimate, Primal Roar, is the longest lasting single-target reliable stun in the game and also penetrates spell immunity (being only counterable by Linken's Sphere), providing a strong initiation for his team to claim a kill. With these skills, he can push enemy towers quickly and safely, take down undefended targets with the help of Necronomicon summons, lock down a single target, and also kite enemies in teamfights. With careful observation of the battlefield, Beastmaster takes down enemies one by one and paves the way to victory.
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Bio[edit]
 Karroch, the Beastmaster
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| Play "I run with the rabbit and hunt with the hounds." | |
| Role: |  Initiator /  Disabler /  Durable /  Nuker
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| 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 Karroch 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. |
| Voice: | Sam A. Mowry (Responses) |
Abilities[edit]
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.
Cast Animation: 0.4+0.47
Cast Range: 1500
Axes Radius: 140
Axes Travel Distance: 1500
Axes Spread Distance: 353
Damage per Axe: 70/100/130/160 (
320/350/380/410)
320/350/380/410)
13 ( 11.44)
105/Modifiers
Wild Axes: Undispellable.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.
Notes:
- The axes either travel at a speed of 1200 or reach the target point in one second, whichever is faster. The same applies upon returning.
- Upon returning, their speed periodically adapts based on their distance to Beastmaster and the remaining travel time.
- This means the axes fly a maximum of up to two seconds, up to one seconds towards the point and up to one second back.
- The axe spread up to 353 distance away from each other before moving back together while traveling towards the targeted point.
- The axes' minimum travel distance is 353 as well, so when targeting a point closer than 353 range, they still intersect 353 range away.
- Both axes fly in arcs, so that the axe coming from Beastmaster's left hand travels back towards his right hand, and vice versa.
- A unit can only get hit once by each axe, so the maximum possible damage (before reductions) is 140/200/260/320 ( 640/700/760/820).
- Choosing the damage upgrading talent immediately upgrades all of Beastmaster's currently flying axes.
- The axes destroy trees within 140 radius around them.
- Both axes grant 350 radius flying vision around themselves as they travel. This vision does not last.
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Call of the Wild: Hawk
Ability
No Target
No Target
Beastmaster calls forth a watchful Hawk to scout the battlefield. At level 3 and beyond, the hawk can become invisible after being still for 4 seconds.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.63
Number of Hawks: 1
Hawk Duration: 60
42/ 36.96/33.44/29.92/26.4) 25
After befriending the strange beast of his childhood, Beastmaster has learned to call to animals in times of need.
Notes:
- Leveling this spell automatically levels
Call of the Wild: Boar as well.
- Does not destroy a previous summon if this ability is used again before the previous Hawk expires.
- Neither triggers nor takes damage from
Proximity Mines.
- The "Select All Units" hotkey does not select hawks.
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Call of the Wild: Boar
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.63
Number of Boars: 1 ( 2)
2)Boar Duration: 60
42/ 36.96/33.44/29.92/26.4) 25
After befriending the strange beast of his childhood, Beastmaster has learned to call to animals in times of need.
Notes:
- Leveling this spell automatically levels
Call of the Wild: Hawk as well.
- Does not destroy a previous summon if this ability is used again before the previous Boar expires.
Inner Beast
D
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Ability
Aura
Aura
Affects
Allies
Allies
Untaps the inner fury of allies, passively increasing their attack speed.
Radius: 900
Attack Speed Bonus: 15/25/35/45
Modifiers
Inner Beast: Undispellable.Beastmaster's ability to incite the innate strength of animals was seen in the mauling of the king of Slom.
Notes:
- Affects all summons, illusions and invulnerable units.
- The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
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.
Cast Animation: 0.5+0.63
Cast Range: 600 (
950)
950)Knockback Width: 300
Damage: 150/225/300
Move Speed Slow: 50%
Attack Speed Slow: 50
Slow Duration: 2/3/4
Knockback Distance: 300
Knockback Duration: 0.6
Stun Duration: 3/3.5/4
80/ 70.4/66/61.6) ( 45, 39.6) 150/
Reduces cooldown, and increases cast range.
Can target and stun spell immune enemies. Attempts to damage the primary target while spell immune. Can knock back secondary spell immune enemies. Does not slow and does not attempt to damage secondary spell immune enemies. Slow persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.
Blocked fully only when primary target.Modifiers
Stunned: Dispellable with strong dispels. Prima Roar Push: Dispellable with any dispel. Primal Roar Slow: Dispellable with any dispel.The Beastmaster has learned to channel his primal instincts into an animalistic roar, causing devastation in the ranks of enemies.
Notes:
- Only enemy units are shoved aside from the path of the roar.
Roshan is not affected by the knockback.
- Affected units are fully disabled during the knockback.
- Primal Roar can be used on a courier to stun it, but it is not damaged. Couriers are also a valid target for the knockback.
- Knocks units aside at a speed of 500, up to 300 range away, resulting in a knockback duration of 0.6 seconds.
- Units hit by the knockback are made to face towards the direction they are getting pushed.
- The knockback and slow have a dynamic range, based on the distance between Beastmaster and the primary target.
- For every 2 distance between Beastmaster and the target upon cast, the knockback range increases by 1.
- When the target is 600 range away, the knockback hits units up to 300 range behind the target and behind Beastmaster.
- When the target is 950 range away, the knockback hits units up to 475 range behind the target and behind Beastmaster.
- The width of the knockback area is always 300, so the affected area is always stadium-shaped.
- Considering the dynamic range, the slow/knockback can hit units up to 900 ( 1425) range away.
- When an enemy is perfectly aligned with Beastmaster and his Primal Roar target, it does not get knocked aside
- However, the slow and damage are still applied, and the target is still disabled for the knockback duration.
Hawk[edit]
Invisibility 
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Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
If motionless for some time, the Hawk becomes invisible.
Fade Time: 1
Fade Delay: 3
Modifiers
Hawk Invisibility: Undispellable.Notes:
- Requires Call of the Wild to be level 3.
- The fade time + the fade delay equal the total time before the hawk goes invisible (4 seconds).
Boar[edit]
Poison 
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Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Inflicts a poison that slows attack and movement speeds.
Move Speed Slow: 10%/20%/30%/40%
Attack Speed Slow: 10/20/30/40
Slow Duration: 3
Slow persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.Modifiers
Boar Poison Effect: Dispellable with any dispel.Notes:
- Level scales together with Call of the Wild's level. However, the level of already summoned boars does not adapt.
- Successive attacks do not stack the slow, they refresh the duration.
Talents[edit]
| Hero Talents | ||
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+250  Wild Axes Damage
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25 | +120 Damage |
| +400 Health | 20 | 12% Cooldown Reduction |
+1  Boar Summoned
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15 | +12  Strength
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| +20 Movement Speed | 10 | +20% XP Gain |
Notes:
- Cooldown reduction affects abilities and items. Stacks multiplicatively with
Octarine Core and additively with 
Arcane Rune.
- Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
- The attack damage is added as bonus attack damage, and therefore does not benefit illusions.
Recommended items[edit]
Starting:
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Stout Shield allows you to take more harassment in lane. -
Clarity, 
Healing Salve, and 
Tango allow you to stay longer in lane without having to return to the fountain. -
Iron Branch is a very cheap item that provides a bit of attributes. -
Quelling Blade is sometimes picked up to aid in last hitting.
Early:
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Iron Talon is a viable choice if you started by jungling, or the offlane is too hard for you to survive. -
Magic Stick is a strong pickup on almost all heroes. -
Bracer tanks you up and potentially uses one of your starting gauntlets. -
Ring of Basilius gives some good starting armor and mana regeneration in lane. The additional armor given to the creeps while activated can push the lane faster.
Core:
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Boots of Speed offers additional movement speed. Since in early and mid game Beastmaster's summons deals more damage than himself, you can leave Boots of Speed as it is and build up 
Boots of Travel later. -
Necronomicon has natural synergy with 
Inner Beast and is a great item to quickly take towers and add additional damage to target hit by 
Primal Roar, draining their mana and making the enemy hard to retaliate after.
Situational:
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Blink Dagger allows Beastmaster to engage on slippery targets that would not normally allow you to get into range to cast your ultimate. -
Medallion of Courage gives additional armor and mana regen. Together with Inner Beast and summons you can bring down Roshan in early game. Can be upgraded into a 
Solar Crest later. -
Drum of Endurance provides health, gives you much needed mana, and increases your ability to get in range to use Primal Roar on enemies. It also further increases the attack speed of your Boar. -
Vladmir's Offering synergizes well with Inner Beast, since it boost your teams's damage as well as survivability. Also, Beastmaster is able to stay outside of base thanks to the lifesteal. -
Assault Cuirass stacks with his abilities and is a great pickup in general. -
Aghanim's Scepter further increases the power of your ultimate, giving it extreme range and a cooldown low enough to use it twice in protracted engagements. -
Pipe of Insight is another strong aura item for your team and helps with pushing. It counters team with strong magical damage lineup. -
Heart of Tarrasque makes you extremely tanky, but be wary of getting it too early as you have less utility than with other item choices. -
Heaven's Halberd is a strong utility item to disarm an enemy carry in teamfights. It will also give some extra health and evasion. -
Refresher Orb allows you to use Primal Roar two times in quick succession. It will also allow you to summon an extra boar and hawk. -
Boots of Travel can be bought in the late game. It is especially powerful when teleporting to the Hawk to kill lone target.
Gameplay[edit]
Audio[edit]
History[edit]
Equipment[edit]
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Trivia[edit]
- Beastmaster's original name was Rexxar, a character in the Warcraft universe.[1]
- Rexxar was the main playable character of the bonus campaign in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
- Beastmaster's item the "Shrieking Razorback" design seems to be based off of the Shriekers from Tremors II: Aftershocks.[2]
- Beastmaster's line's Play Play "Basshunter, on the hunt" are a reference to Swedish singer Basshunter, who has a song about DotA.
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Concept art
Concept art
Old model
Beastmaster's ability icon progress [?]
Boar's Ability icon progress
Hawk's Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
References[edit]
