What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
265 buys
2ndSecond most
112 buys
3rdThird most
71 buys
4thFourth most
33 buys
5thFifth most
22 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Primal Beast
Melee · Strength
- Win rate
- 49.2%
- Pick share
- 0.3%
- Matches
- 123,090
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsInitiatorDurableDisabler
NeedsCarrySupportBurstTower damageEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 52.5% over 1,385 matches.
- You are playing around Divine — its strongest medal, 51.2% over 14,511 picks.
Avoid
- Largo is on their side — this hero wins 34.5% of 55 matches against it.
- Razor is on their side — this hero wins 37.7% of 69 matches against it.
- Leshrac is on their side — this hero wins 37.9% of 58 matches against it.
265 buys112 buys71 buys33 buys22 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Primal Beast took at each level.
QOnslaught
Primal Beast charges up and then runs in the chosen direction, knocking back enemies and allies alike.
Point Target · Physical damage
WTrample
Primal Beast stomps over everything.
No Target · Instant Cast · Magical damage
EUproar
The Beast's temper causes every instance of 50 hero damage or more to grant a stack of Uproar.
No Target · Instant Cast
RPulverize
CHANNELED - Primal Beast channels his rage, grabbing the target enemy and slamming them into the ground repeatedly, damaging and mini-stunning any enemies caught in the AoE.
Channeled · Unit Target · AOE · Magical damageMax Order
WQE
Max W first, then Q, then E. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QOnslaught
- WTrample
- EUproar
- RPulverize
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QOnslaught | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WTrample | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EUproar | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RPulverize | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Primal Beast performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
96 opponents · public matches40%60%Primal Beast's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”, “stun”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.
By medal
- Herald48.9%3,150
- Guardian48.6%10,044
- Crusader48.7%17,490
- Archon48.9%22,418
- Legend48.8%23,656
- Ancient50.2%16,976
- Divine51.2%14,511
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min52.5%1,385
- 20–30 min49.8%4,366
- 30–40 min51.3%3,128
- 40–50 min50.8%1,220
- 50 min +52.3%482
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Primal Beast
Abilities
Onslaught
Point Target · Physical damagePrimal Beast charges up and then runs in the chosen direction, knocking back enemies and allies alike. Enemy units are damaged and stunned on impact. The longer the charge duration, the farther Primal Beast's momentum will carry him. Can be cancelled at any time with the Stop command.
Trample
No Target · Instant Cast · Magical damagePrimal Beast stomps over everything. For every 140 units traveled, all enemies around the Beast receive damage. Deals base damage plus a multiplier of Primal Beast's attack damage. Primal Beast is disarmed for the duration of the ability.
Uproar
No Target · Instant CastThe Beast's temper causes every instance of 50 hero damage or more to grant a stack of Uproar. When activated, Primal Beast releases a roar that slows surrounding enemies and grants the Beast additional attack damage and armor for 7 seconds based on his current stacks of Uproar.
Rock Throw
Point Target · AOE · Hidden · Physical damagePrimal Beast throws a rock at the target location that stuns and damages enemies. The rock cannot be thrown within a minimum range of Primal Beast. After landing, the rock splits into 3 additional fragments that land behind the initial target location. Rock Throw increases stacks of Uproar for each hero hit.
Pulverize
Channeled · Unit Target · AOE · Magical damageCHANNELED - Primal Beast channels his rage, grabbing the target enemy and slamming them into the ground repeatedly, damaging and mini-stunning any enemies caught in the AoE. Each consecutive hit deals bonus damage. Lasts 2.3 seconds.
Colossal
Passive
Base attributes
- Strength
- 26 +4.3
- Agility
- 15 +1.0
- Intelligence
- 16 +1.7
- Move · range
- 305 · 150
Talents
- 4special_bonus_unique_primal_beast_colossal_trample+67% Pulverize Duration
- 3+20% Trample Attack MultiplierBasic Self-Dispel on Uproar Cast
- 2-5s Trample Cooldown+6 Uproar Armor Per Stack
- 1+30 Damage+25% Magic Resistance During Trample
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Uproar
When Primal Beast activates Uproar, he releases 3 waves of 2 projectiles per stack of uproar each in a circle around him. Projectiles deal damage and Break enemies hit. After a short delay, each projectile splinters in two.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Rock Throw
Primal Beast throws a rock at the target location that stuns and damages enemies. The rock cannot be thrown within a minimum range of Primal Beast. After landing, the rock splits into 3 additional fragments that land behind the initial target location. Rock Throw increases stacks of Uproar for each hero hit.
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.