Necrophos vs Primal Beast

How this matchup plays

Picking Primal Beast into a Necrophos forces you to reconsider how long you can stay in a fight. Primal Beast thrives on being a durable frontline hero who wades into the enemy team, but this plays directly into Necrophos's plan. Heartstopper Aura chips away at high-health heroes, meaning the longer Primal Beast is in the fray causing chaos, the more life he loses passively. This constant drain wears him down over the course of an engagement, making him an easy target for Reaper's Scythe if his health dips low. It puts a timer on how long he can be effective.

To win this matchup, Primal Beast needs to avoid extended brawls and instead focus on quick, decisive kills. He has the mobility with Onslaught to get on top of a vulnerable Necrophos and can use Pulverize to burst him down before the sustained damage from Death Pulse and the aura really adds up. Necrophos, in turn, relies on his team to create space and peel for him, allowing him to kite and drain the enemy frontline. The game becomes a question of whether Primal Beast can successfully execute a dive before Necrophos wears him down.