Primal Beast
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Primal Beast
26 + 4.3
15 + 1
16 + 1.4
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
| +94.6HP and +0.43HP regeneration +4.3 Main Attack Damage | |
| +0.17 armor and 1 attack speed | |
| +16.8MP and +0.07MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance | |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (115)
(1.8 BAT) | ||
0.6 + 0.7
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0.6
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Default
Gib Type | ||
Competitive Span
2022-08-23 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.38c) and is mostly accurate. |
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| Stomps over everything and smashes enemies into messy bits. | |
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| An ancient beast awakened from a long slumber, he uses a wide array of savagely cunning abilities which can impede the enemy groups. Rushing savagely through enemies and allies alike, Primal Beast Tramples into battle as one born to raise a ruckus. An unavoidable threat amidst any fray, the Uproared Beast can punish attackers and Hurl Massive Rocks at them with ease. It relishes grabbing prey and Pulverizing them against the ground until nothing but mush remains. A fearsome beast, the Primal Beast shows no mercy to his helpless prey as the epitome of a true apex predator. | |
| Roles: | |
| Adjectives | BadTeeth, Red, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Provoke the Beast
Primal Beast gains additional Uproar stacks upon receiving several debuff types.
Ferocity
Each successful Pulverize slam instantly grants Primal Beast a stackable general area-of-effect bonus for a short duration.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
After a short delay, each ray further splinters in two new rays. Reapplying the ability effects if the enemy units within are hit again!
Grants the Rock Throw ability.
The Beast throws a rock at the target location that stuns and damages enemies.
The Beast throws a rock at the target location that stuns and damages enemies.
Talents[edit]
| +67% Pulverize Duration | 25 | Trample Ignores 100% Trample Set Move Speed |
|---|---|---|
| +7 Armor per Uproar Stack | 20 | +20% Trample Attack Factor |
| Active Uproar Dispels | 15 | -5s Trample Cooldown |
| +25% Trample Self Magic Resistance | 10 | attack damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All | ||
Bio[edit]
RAAWRPrimal Beast
Lore:
Though the deterioration of the Mistwood and its evolution from idyllic expanse to death-filled tanglewild was a slow, wizard-fueled process, most scholars agree the true beginning of the end was marked by the interdimensional arrival of the Primal Beast.
A creature hatched into an existence devoid of all feeling but hunger and pain, aeons of carnage shaped the Primal Beast into the apex predator on a planet filled with violent terrors. Desperately banished by would-be masters with failed hopes to control him, the beast was cast into a new world — one where he could ascend from mere hungry predator into an invasive killing machine with nothing able to stand in his way.
For thousands of years, the Mistwood served as massive stomping ground for the beast's destructive play — and even the feared durana beasts made for tasty snacks. Indeed, there could be no rivals for the beast's territory, only minor annoyances. Until one such tiny annoyance employed vile trickery to trap the unstoppable Beast in the Gleipnir.
There he might have remained subdued for eternity, were it not for the unpredictable powers of the Continuum Device. Now, freed from both Gleipnir and Vault, far afield from the Mistwood, and much closer to inhabited lands, the beast sets his snout towards new slaughters and the delights of savage destruction — and the paltry fires of civilization will do little to keep this ageless monster at bay.
For thousands of years, the Mistwood served as massive stomping ground for the beast's destructive play — and even the feared durana beasts made for tasty snacks. Indeed, there could be no rivals for the beast's territory, only minor annoyances. Until one such tiny annoyance employed vile trickery to trap the unstoppable Beast in the Gleipnir.
There he might have remained subdued for eternity, were it not for the unpredictable powers of the Continuum Device. Now, freed from both Gleipnir and Vault, far afield from the Mistwood, and much closer to inhabited lands, the beast sets his snout towards new slaughters and the delights of savage destruction — and the paltry fires of civilization will do little to keep this ageless monster at bay.
Innate[edit]
Colossal[edit]
Colossal 
Passive
Affects
Self
The Beast deals conditional bonus attack damage on buildings and illusions.
Attack Damage Bonus: 40%
- Colossal is a bonus
conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
- The max health as bonus attack damage values are directly added the Beast's attack damage in the combat log and not displayed on the HUD.
- Does not interact with the following sources:
- Percentage-based
bonus attack damage sources.
- Percentage-based
- Interacts with the following sources:
Damage block sources.
- Colossal is a bonus
Hidden modifier
Hero Model[edit]
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
Abilities[edit]
Onslaught[edit]
The Beast charges! Enemy units are damaged and stunned on impact. The longer the charge, the farther the onslaught.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Max Charge Duration: 1.7
Min Charge Distance: 100
Max Charge Distance: 2000
Effect Radius: 190
Damage: 75/170/265/360
Stun Duration: 0.8/1/1.2/1.4
The Beast charges through in chosen the direction with a limited turn rate. Knocking both allies and enemies alike.
Knock Radius: 200
Knock Duration: 0.2
Turn Rate: 50°
Max Disarm Duration: 1.7
Roshan is innately immune to all forced movement sources.
25/22/19/16
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The Beast's single-minded focus on chosen prey leaves all other considerations scattered in his ruinous wake.
- The ability has two main components:
- The ability is interrupted, and nullified, when affected by the following sources during the wind-up:
Silence sources does not interrupt the wind-up. However, it disables the Begin Onslaught
sub-ability.
- Applies the following ability effects on the Beast while charging:
Disarm
- AAttack orders behaves likeMmove orders while disarmed, causing these orders to change the Onslaught direction.
- Self-
forced movement, with a 1200-charge speed.
- Can charge through impassable terrain.
- All unit-targeted abilities have an
instant cast time and neither requires
turning nor
facing the unit-targeted enemy to cast, as long as the unit-targeted location is within the
cast range.
- The following
disable sources prevents the Beast from changing direction, but do not interrupt the charge:
- Hex sources.
Stun sources, and additionally pauses the charge until the
debuff duration ends.
Taunt sources.
Trees within 100-radius around the Beast are destroyed upon contact.
- Applies the following ability effects on the Beast while charging:
- Can be canceled in the following conditions:
- Any point-targeted orders that interrupts
channeling abilities, including:
- The HHold command.
- The SStop command.
- The
- When
- Any point-targeted orders that interrupts
- Can be canceled in the following conditions:
The ability effects are applied as follows within
190 radius centered around the Beast:
- The
physical
spell damage on enemy units.
- A non-disabling
- The
- The
- The
debuff immune enemy unit.
Hidden modifier
Missing tooltip
Missing tooltip
Hidden modifier
Hidden modifier
Stunned
- The
server tick.
- Knocks all affected units at 1000-speed over 0.2 seconds.
Begin Onslaught[edit]
Q
G
Begin OnslaughtNo
Affects
Self
The Beast begins the rush to the specified location.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Max Wind-Up Time: 2.2
Turn Rate: 70°
Max Disarm Duration: 2.2
0.3
Sub-ability of Onslaught.
- Replaces Onslaught until this
- Once it is used, the Beast stops its wind-up, then Onslaughts forward.
- The
- Cannot be
shift-queued.
- Cannot be used while being affected by the following disables exclusively:
- While the Beast
- While the Beast
- The
cooldown starts upon Onslaught cast.
- Cannot be
- An Onslaught line indicator with a
- This indicator is visible to the Beast only.
- The length indicates the current charge distance and increases with the wind-up time.
- The wind-up can be canceled in the following conditions:
- Any point-targeted orders that interrupts
- The HHold command.
- The SStop command.
- The
- When
- Any point-targeted orders that interrupts
- An Onslaught line indicator with a
- Upon the max wind-up time duration, or canceling the wind-up, the Beast charges forward the computed charge length.
- The charge direction can be changed with KEYmove orders or a right-click.
- The
Trample[edit]
The Beast stomps over everything, all enemy units around it are damaged per distance traveled.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Radius: 230
Distance Threshold per Stomp: 140
Distance Cap: 500
Base Damage: 15/30/45/60
Attack Damage to Spell Damage Factor: 0.35 (
0.55)
Duration: 5.5
Magic Resist Bonus: (
25%)
The Beast is disarmed while stomping.
Self Disarm Duration: 5.5
Talent Upgrade
The Beast cannot be slowed and ignores root sources applied to him while trampling!
The Beast cannot be slowed and ignores root sources applied to him while trampling!
Set Move Speed: (
100%)
Duration: ( 5.5)
30/27/24/21 (
25/22/19/16)
100
As the only member of his species to arrive on this world, locals can only speculate on the Beast's size relative to his kin. Such observation would prove easier of course if the subject didn't eat everything it sees and destroy most of what it doesn't.
- Does not interrupt channeling abilities upon cast.
- Immediately stomps once upon cast the buff application, without requiring to move.
- Reapplying the buff while the
tramplebuff is active does not stomp immediately again. - Subsequent pulses are released per accumulated 140-distance moved on both the x-axis and y-axis.
- Considers the following movement sources:
- From an offensive Hurricane Thrust cast.
Teleport sources, including Blink Dagger-based items.
- Does not consider the following movement sources:
- Force
- An ally Hurricane Thrust cast.
- Moved distance greater than the distance threshold do not cause the Beast to apply multiple Trample instances at once.
- Does not Trample if the Beast is moved
< 500-distancewithin 0.1 seconds.
- The stomp interval increases by 0.36 seconds per 50
movement speed.
- The stomp interval increases by 0.36 seconds per 50
- The
- Deals
magical
- Utilizes the Beast's current total attack damage value, and neither interacts nor utilizes other attack damage manipulation sources applied to the Beast.
- Hence, the damage value is affected by the following sources sourced from the Beast:
- The
- Deals 0 spell damage per stomp instance when the Beast's negative attack damage value is greater than the spell damage value.
- Deals
- Grants the Beast the following bonuses upon cast:
-
magic resistance sources.
- Utilizes the
MODIFIER_STATE_UNSLOWABLEand additionally grants the following ability effects:- Does not apply the sources on the Beast while active:
Root sources.
- The following sources are still applied:
- Does not apply the sources on the Beast while active:
- Utilizes the
-
-
Creates an
aura centered around the Beast upon cast that affects all allied units.
and
-
Hidden modifier
Trample: Deals damage to everyone around Primal Beast when walking.
- Grants the following bonuses while active:
- Has 43.75%
- Trample increases the total
intelligence points.
- Has 43.75%
Uproar[edit]
The Beast accumulate Uproar stacks for every offensive damage instance it takes.
Max Stacks: 6
Damage Threshold per Stack: 50
Min Damage Instance: 20
Max Damage Instance: 2000
Damage Timer: 20
When activated, the Beast releases a roar that slows enemy units within the radius, while granting self additional bonus attack damage and bonus armor based on the current stack amount.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Effect Radius: 900
Attack Damage Bonus per Stack: 10/20/30/40
Armor Bonus per Stack: 2/3/4/5 (
9/10/11/12)
Enemy Move Speed Slow per Stack: 4%/6%/8%/10%
Enemy Slow Duration: 3
Uproar Duration: 7
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
When activated, the Beast releases energy rays per Uproar stack within the radius centered around him. These rays deal damage and Break affected enemy units.
When activated, the Beast releases energy rays per Uproar stack within the radius centered around him. These rays deal damage and Break affected enemy units.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Ray Max Radius: (
1400)
Number of Waves: ( 3)
Ray Width: ( 75)
Ray per Stack: ( 2)
Travel Distance: ( 625)
Damage per Ray: ( 100)
Break Duration: ( 2.5)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
After a short delay, each ray further splinters in two new rays. Reapplying the ability effects if the enemy units within are hit again!
After a short delay, each ray further splinters in two new rays. Reapplying the ability effects if the enemy units within are hit again!
Split Delay: ( 1.25)
Number of Splinters: ( 2)
Split Angle: ( 30°)
Can neither be reset with cooldown reset sources nor is affected by percentage-based cooldown reductions.
Downtime: 7
0
Already draped in a broken patchwork of barding and chains upon appearing in the mistwoods, the Beast tolerates no further attempts at subjugation.
Provoke the Beast
Primal Beast gains additional Uproar stacks upon receiving several debuff types.
Debuff Source Bonus Stacks: 3
- The passive component grants the following ability effects:
- Grants 1 buff stack in the following conditions:
- Per 50 player-based damage accumulated (after reductions) within the last 20 seconds.
- Considers
Roshan's damage instance as creeps.
- Considers
- Considers damage values of all damage types between 20 – 2000, except
HP Removal sources.
- Damage instance taken greater than the threshold do not grant multiple stacks at once.
- Per 50 player-based damage accumulated (after reductions) within the last 20 seconds.
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the current stack duration.
- Does not grant stacks while the ability is on
- Grants 3 additional buff stacks upon receiving the following disable sources:
- Grants 1 buff stack in the following conditions:
- Plays an ▶️ ability sound effect audible to the Beast only upon reaching 6
stacks.
- Plays an ▶️ ability sound effect audible to the Beast only upon reaching 6
- The active component has the following properties:
- Cannot cast without stacks.
- Both the active component and the
- Has a 7-second downtime, displayed in red over the ability icon upon cast.
- Affected by Time Dilation despite not being affected by
Dispelling the
buff does not affect the downtime.
- Affected by Time Dilation despite not being affected by
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast correspondingly per stack:
- Flat
- Flat
bonus armor.
Applies a
- Flat
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast correspondingly per stack:
- Applies a
- Applies a
- Adds another active component to Uproar with the following properties:
- Both the first and the splintered ray
projectiles have the same properties.
- Cannot be stopped upon cast.
- Releases
- Both the
Break applied can affect the same enemy unit twice, once per expanding, once after each ray splits.
- The first created
Line PBis a straight line and forms a 180°-angle. POandOBare two rays opposite to each other, traveling to the east and west respectively corresponding to the Beast's
- The first created
- Continues creating rays at the Beast's
death location, until it respawns.
- Releases
- Both the first and the splintered ray
PO = OB = 625and is defined as:- EXPR
RayDistance = ProjectileSpeed × SplitTime
- Subsequent rays are created and adapts evenly per 90°th/60°th/45°th/36°th angle at 2/3/4/5 stacks, with a cone-shaped area-of-effect.
- The formation diagram above depicts the created rays with 6
- 1.25 seconds after casting, each of the first rays now splinters into 2
Line OBcreatingand
splintered rays in this example.
OQ = OS = 1400,∠ QBS = 60°
- Each of the splintered rays are angled 30° left and right and travels another ≈823-distance.
- Both
OBQandOBSare obtuse scalene triangles with the following properties:∠ OBS = 150°,∠ OSB = 12.898°,∠ OQS = 17.102°BQ = BS = ≈823.411-distance
- Both
- The ray split effect occurs once per Uproar cast, secondary rays do not further splinter.
- 1.25 seconds after casting, each of the first rays now splinters into 2
Uproar: Primal Beast deals increased damage and slows enemy
Roared: Gaining bonus attack damage and armor
Uproar: Slowed by Primal Beast
Hidden modifier
Uproar Ability Icons
The ability icon changes as follows:
0 Stacks
1 – 4 Stacks 5 Stacks
0 Stacks
- The passive component is functional, but hidden on the HUD when the Beast has no stacks.
- The active component do not show the number of stacks upon cast.
- The
The ability effects are applied as follows on affected enemy units:
- The
- The
- The
- math table
Rock Throw[edit]
The Beast throws a rock at the target location that stuns and damages enemies.
Cast Animation: 0.25 + 0.75
Cast Range: 1800
Min Distance: 550
First Impact Radius: 225
Damage: 325
Stun Duration: 1.4
Upon impact, the rock splits into additional fragments that lands behind the first targeted location.
Number of Fragments: 3
Fragments Min Distance: 525
Impact Radius: 185
Fragment Effect Delay: 0.5
Damage: 325
Stun Duration: 1.4
The Beast fires itself up upon its rocks hitting enemy heroes, regardless of distance.
Effect Radius: 
Global
Stack per Enemy Hit: 1
25
85
AGAIN WITH THE ROCKS!
- Acquiring
Aghanim's Shard unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
- On hover, a red circle appears around the Beast, indicating the ability's min distance.
- Grants 1 Uproar stack per enemy hero affected by the ability's
- Considers
clones,
illusions and
creep-heroes as heroes.
- Does not grant stacks from the following units:
Invulnerable units.
Hidden units.
- Considers
- Upon the first projectile impact, another 3
red-circle indicators appear behind the
first impact radius, indicating the fragments' impact radius that will happen 0.5 seconds later.
Area O = 225Area P = Area B = Area R = 185∠ POB = ∠ BOR = 25°OP = OB = OR = 525-distance
- Both the
impact radius and the
fragment impact radius indicator is visible ally-only.
- Upon the first projectile impact, another 3
- Acquiring
Stunned
- Has a fixed travel duration between 0.45 and 1.5 seconds depending on the target distance which must be between the mininum and the current ability
- As a result, the projectile speed is between
- Any increase in
- Any increase in
- Has a fixed travel duration between 0.45 and 1.5 seconds depending on the target distance which must be between the mininum and the current ability
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
- Grants self the Uproar stack per enemy hero hit.
- The
Pulverize[edit]
The Beast grabs the target enemy and slams them into the ground repeatedly. Damages and stuns other enemy units within the radius.
Each consecutive slam increases the damage dealt.
Each consecutive slam increases the damage dealt.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0
Cast Range: 200
Slam Radius: 600
Max Channel Time: 2.3 (
3.84)
Slam Interval: 0.75
Max Slam Instances: 3 ( 5)
Damages and stuns enemy units within the radius, increases damage per successful consecutive slam.
Base Damage: 100/175/250
Damage Increment per Slam: 20/40/60
Stun Duration: 0.2
40/36/32
100
Though none are certain whether his utterances have true meaning, most concede the Beast's powerful grip and tendency to smash his enemies into naught but pulp and pieces communicates his intent well enough.
Ferocity
Each successful Pulverize slam instantly grants Primal Beast a stackable general area-of-effect bonus for a short duration.
Radius Bonus per Slam: 25%
Buff Duration: 15
Buff Duration: 15
- The targeting reticule must be unit-targeted on an enemy unit.
prevent_taunts- Applies a 2.3 (
- The buff duration is independent of the channeling duration.
- Applies a 2.3 (
- Applies the following ability effects on the affected unit while
- The disable duration corresponds to the Beast's current channeling duration.
- Hence, it is not affected by
status resistance sources on the affected enemy unit.
- Offensively
Exposes with
True Sight.
- Reveals the affected unit's model through the
Fog of War.
- Cannot be affected by any
- Rotates the unit's along both the x-axis and the z-axis per slam visually, this does not change the unit's
- The unit's model is slamed face down toward the Beast visually, this does not changes the unit's orientation.
- Rotates the unit's along both the x-axis and the z-axis per slam visually, this does not change the unit's
- Moves the affected unit ≈350 ‒ ≈500-distance up and down per slam along the z-axis, and can be affected by distance-based abilities (e.g. Rupture).
- Applies the following ability effects on the affected unit while
- The
- When affected by the following sources moving the Beast
- When affected by the following sources moving the Beast
- Deals
-
Ferocity grants flat
- Each successful slam refreshes the duration of all granted stacks.
Hidden modifier
Missing tooltip
Missing tooltip
Stunned
- Has a different and louder ability sound effect when cast on enemy heroes.
- Utilizes different ability animations, and punches, but does not slam the following units:
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
- The
- The
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The following depicts the affected unit's slam direction, with
and
being the unit model's head and its facing direction respectively.
- In this example, the Beast is
facing west and casts Pulverize on an enemy unit.
- In this example, the Beast is
- The first slam flips the unit's model 180° visually.
- However, its orientation is still facing upward.
- While raising the unit's model upward in the z-axis, the unit model's axis is then rotated clockwise.
- While slamming the unit's model onto the ground in the z-axis, the unit model's axis is rotated anti-clockwise again.
- This repeats multiple times until the
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Primal Beast/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2025 - 16:00 CET | Tier 4 | CG Challenger 2 | 1 : 0 | |||||
| Apr 11, 2025 - 11:00 CEST | Tier 2 | FISSURE Special | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 10, 2025 - 20:00 CEST | Tier 4 | Reincarnation S5 | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 10, 2025 - 20:00 CEST | Tier 4 | Reincarnation S5 | 0 : 1 | |||||
| Apr 10, 2025 - 13:30 CEST | Tier 3 | CCT Series 8 | 0 : 1 |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- The following Onslaught ability components are no longer affected by
- The knockback radius.
- The knockback distance.
- Trample
- REMOVED
- REMOVED
- Uproar
- No longer passively grants 5/10/15/20 attack damage bonus.
- Rescaled movement speed slow per stack from 5%/6%/7%/8% to 4%/6%/8%/10%.
- ADDED the
Provoke the Beast facet.
- Pulverize
- CHANGED granting radius bonus values from End of Slam to Start of Slam .
- Increased radius bonus per slam from 20% to 25%.
- Increased duration from 10 to 20.
Talents:
- LVL 10 +80 Onslaught damage ➜ +20 attack damage.
Dota Plus Progress[edit]
Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Primal Beast's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
Bronze |
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Silver |
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Gold |
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Platinum |
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Master |
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Grandmaster |
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Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- The Primal Beast first debuted in Aghanim's Labyrinth: The Continuum Conundrum as the event's final boss, appearing several months before he was released as a playable hero.
- An easter egg was added before the hero release, where at the game start, all heroes were stunned followed by a Roar.
- The Primal Beast wears three skulls on the "barding" that he wears as a sign of his previous imprisonment, possibly as trophies.
- Connected to one of his back-plates is the skull of what appears to be a Slithereen, Slardar's race.
- Shackled to his left leg is the skull of what appears to be a rhino's resembling that of Frull's, the Shopkeeper's trusty beast of burden. Often mistaken for Magnus' skull, the longer skull and the hole in its horn where her ring is supposed to be is proof that this is indeed Frull's skull, two features that Magnus lacks.
- On his right shoulder is another rhino-like skull. This one may or may not be a Magnoceroi skull.
- Hoodwink's response upon buying Gleipnir, ▶️ "Wait, if the Gleipnir's here. Then he's... I gotta go." is a reference to Primal Beast who she had chained up with it.
- This in return may be a reference to the item being based on the Gleipnir artifact from Norse mythology that leashed the demon wolf Fenrir to prevent him from starting Ragnarok.
- The Uproar
Gallery[edit]
Placeholder ability icons during closed beta. From left to right: Onslaught, Heavy Steps, Rapid Vault, Pummel
Hero icon progress