Alchemist vs Primal Beast

How this matchup plays

Picking one of these heroes into the other creates a race against time. Alchemist's game plan is to use Greevil's Greed to accelerate his farm for an overwhelming item advantage. Primal Beast is built to disrupt exactly that, hunting for kills with Onslaught and Trample. Their direct confrontation tests durability. Chemical Rage gives Alchemist massive regeneration that can be difficult to burst through. On the other hand, Pulverize provides the perfect lockdown for a fast, regenerating target, and its debuff immunity ensures an Unstable Concoction won't interrupt the channel.

Success for the Primal Beast player means finding Alchemist and using Pulverize to hold him down for the team before key items or Chemical Rage come online. The fight then hinges on whether Alchemist can survive that initial lockdown. His regeneration keeps ticking during Pulverize, so if the follow-up burst is lacking, Alchemist often turns the fight around once he's free. This makes team execution the deciding factor, as Primal Beast needs help to finish the job and Alchemist needs space to farm.