Melee hero. Roles: Core, Disabler, Initiator, Durable. Lanes: Offlane.
Primal Beast wins 49.2% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 75th highest win rate of 127 heroes: 50.7% in Very High, 48.3% in High and 48.6% in Normal skill games. It is picked in 3.4% of matches, and over the last 10 days its win rate has gone down by 0.5 points.
Primal Beast does best in long games (over 50 minutes), winning 57.4% of them, against 38.3% in short games (under 25 minutes). Primal Beast is strongest against Naga Siren, Bristleback and Spectre, and struggles against Visage, Underlord and Gyrocopter. The best teammates for Primal Beast are Brewmaster, Alchemist and Centaur Warrunner.
From public ranked All Pick matches of the current patch. Updated 23 October 2026. Compare with every other hero in the Dota 2 meta table, or pick against a full enemy draft in the Counter & Synergy Picker.
Advantage (Adv) - The difference between the actual winrate of the heroes and the expected winrate from their base winrates.
Example: Let's take two heroes, Superman, with a general winrate of 53%, and Lex Luthor, with a general winrate of 47%. When they meet on the battlefield they each have a statistical winrate of 50%.
In this case it's obvious that, even if they have the same winrate when they battle, there is some sort of innate statistical advantage that Lex Luthor (average winrate 47% but 50% against Superman) has over Superman (average winrate 53% but 50% against Lex Luthor). There are many theories about why this happens, but the most common one is related to Kryptonite.
Winrate (WR) - The winrate between the two heroes.
Weighted over the skill brackets (Very High 35%, High 45%, Normal 20%). Advantage: how much better the matchup goes than the two heroes' own win rates predict, doubled (+6 is about 3 win rate points). Win rate: Primal Beast's win rate against or together with the hero.
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Naga Siren | +16.73 | 54.3% |
| Bristleback | +10.21 | 53.7% |
| Spectre | +8.53 | 49.9% |
| Pangolier | +8.06 | 53.4% |
| Treant Protector | +5.90 | 53.2% |
| Phantom Lancer | +5.51 | 49.5% |
| Pugna | +5.42 | 50.3% |
| Abaddon | +5.37 | 50.5% |
| Chaos Knight | +5.35 | 50.5% |
| Broodmother | +5.32 | 51.3% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate against |
|---|---|---|
| Visage | -9.48 | 45.4% |
| Underlord | -8.21 | 48.7% |
| Gyrocopter | -7.71 | 48.9% |
| Faceless Void | -7.22 | 48.5% |
| Outworld Devourer | -7.15 | 45.8% |
| Huskar | -6.78 | 50.0% |
| Queen of Pain | -6.76 | 49.2% |
| Kez | -6.14 | 50.7% |
| Beastmaster | -5.57 | 50.3% |
| Morphling | -5.26 | 49.2% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Brewmaster | +18.20 | 54.4% |
| Alchemist | +13.96 | 51.5% |
| Centaur Warrunner | +12.83 | 52.3% |
| Visage | +11.08 | 54.2% |
| Night Stalker | +8.51 | 52.9% |
| Axe | +8.25 | 51.6% |
| Omniknight | +7.34 | 52.3% |
| Dawnbreaker | +6.75 | 52.4% |
| Phoenix | +6.18 | 52.0% |
| Mars | +5.92 | 50.0% |
| Hero | Advantage | Win rate together |
|---|---|---|
| Void Spirit | -9.99 | 47.0% |
| Enchantress | -7.08 | 46.9% |
| Treant Protector | -6.99 | 45.7% |
| Beastmaster | -5.51 | 46.1% |
| Hoodwink | -5.39 | 46.7% |
| Tinker | -5.35 | 47.3% |
| Naga Siren | -5.17 | 47.8% |
| Kunkka | -5.15 | 48.2% |
| Tusk | -4.65 | 47.5% |
| Invoker | -4.50 | 49.0% |
Skill level:
Each line in the graph represents the probability that Primal Beast brings an advantage to the total XP of a team
at a certain point in time (the probability to change the inclination of the xp graph).
Primal Beast's experience edge comes late: its team gains the lead in 45.2% of games at minute 5 and in 53.6% around minute 45. Until about minute 40 its team is usually behind on experience, so it needs time before taking even fights.
The chart shows, every 5 minutes and for each skill bracket, the share of games in which Primal Beast's team gains more experience than the enemy team (50% is neutral). All heroes compared: Hero XP Advantage by Minute.
Daily win rate and pick rate of Primal Beast for each skill bracket, overall and in short, medium and long games. All heroes side by side: Hero Win Rate and Pick Rate Trends.
| Day | Win rate | Pick rate | Win rate by game length | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All skills | Very High | High | Normal | Short | Medium | Long | ||
| 2026-10-14 | 49.8% | 51.8% | 48.0% | 49.3% | 3.6% | 44.5% | 48.3% | 56.9% |
| 2026-10-15 | 48.5% | 50.4% | 47.8% | 47.3% | 3.7% | 34.1% | 46.5% | 58.6% |
| 2026-10-16 | 49.3% | 50.6% | 48.2% | 49.0% | 3.6% | 41.0% | 48.1% | 56.0% |
| 2026-10-17 | 49.0% | 51.6% | 49.1% | 47.1% | 3.7% | 39.2% | 47.0% | 58.2% |
| 2026-10-18 | 49.6% | 49.4% | 48.8% | 50.3% | 3.9% | 48.1% | 47.9% | 56.4% |
| 2026-10-19 | 48.9% | 50.9% | 48.0% | 47.9% | 3.7% | 34.6% | 47.1% | 58.4% |
| 2026-10-20 | 49.0% | 50.0% | 46.9% | 49.5% | 3.5% | 43.7% | 47.1% | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 49.5% | 51.9% | 49.4% | 47.6% | 3.5% | 33.1% | 48.2% | 57.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 49.6% | 52.2% | 47.5% | 48.9% | 3.4% | 34.8% | 47.7% | 59.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 49.2% | 51.1% | 47.8% | 48.6% | 3.4% | 41.8% | 47.8% | 56.7% |
Pick rate and game length columns are for all skill brackets; the charts show each bracket.
The hardest counters to Primal Beast in patch 7.41 are Visage, Underlord and Gyrocopter. Against them Primal Beast wins 4.7, 4.1 and 3.9 percentage points less often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
Primal Beast is strongest against Naga Siren, Bristleback and Spectre, winning 8.4, 5.1 and 4.3 percentage points more often than the two heroes' own win rates predict.
The heroes that do best together with Primal Beast are Brewmaster, Alchemist and Centaur Warrunner, winning 9.1, 7.0 and 6.4 percentage points more often than their own win rates predict. The weakest pairings are with Void Spirit and Enchantress.
Primal Beast wins 49.2% of public ranked matches in patch 7.41, the 75th highest win rate of 127 heroes, and is picked in 3.4% of matches. Its win rate has gone down by 0.5 points over the last 10 days.
Primal Beast wins most in long games (over 50 minutes): 57.4%, against 38.3% in short games (under 25 minutes). Primal Beast's experience edge comes late: its team gains the lead in 45.2% of games at minute 5 and in 53.6% around minute 45. Until about minute 40 its team is usually behind on experience, so it needs time before taking even fights.
