Pudge: Melee, position 3 (offlane), position 4 (soft support), Disabler, Initiator, Durable, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 51.3% win rate in pubs and a 27.2% pick rate.
Each carefully aimed throw of Pudge's signature hook strikes fear into his foes. Pulling his enemies near to carve them with his cleavers, he gains additional health and damage with every kill, and soon becomes an unstoppable killer.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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22′Core items in order: Blink Dagger (around minute 18), Consecrated Wraps (around minute 18), Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 22).
Full build by minute →
Max Rot, then Meat Shield, then Meat Hook.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Visage, Meepo and Lycan; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Drow Ranger and Shadow Demon.
All 126 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 406 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 632.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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7′26%
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8′70%
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9′31%18′81%18′28%22′47%
30′51%
36′23%42% of 96 pro matches
Launches a bloody hook toward a unit or location. The hook will snag the first unit it encounters, dragging the unit back to Pudge, killing it if it's a non-ancient creep and dealing damage if it is an enemy otherwise.
Pros max it by level 15
A toxic cloud that deals intense damage and slows movement--harming not only enemy units but Pudge himself.
Pros max it by level 7
Pudge covers himself with a layer of flesh that blocks damage of any type taken from any source.
Pros max it by level 10
Pudge's skin thickens permanently every time he kills an enemy Hero, gaining 2 bonus Strength for each stack.
CHANNELED - Pudge chows down on an enemy unit, disabling it and dealing damage over time. Damage is increased by Pudge's Strength and heals him for the total amount. Pudge pulls the unit at a rate of 75 units, up to a minimum of 125 range.
Pros max it by level 17
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Pudge: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Guardian (53.0% wins) and wins 50.2% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 35% of games and position 4 (soft support) in 30% of games. Pros usually build Blink Dagger, Consecrated Wraps and Aghanim's Scepter by minute 22. It struggles most against Visage, Meepo and Lycan and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Drow Ranger and Shadow Demon.
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