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Pudge

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.

Meleeposition 3 (offlane)position 4 (soft support)DisablerInitiatorDurableNuker
51.3%Win rate · all pubs
27.2%picked in 1 of 4 games
50.2%Turbo · 734,168 games
Complexity: medium

Abilities

patch 7.41f · Valve
Meat Hook

Meat Hook

на точку

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

Rot

Rot

без цели

A toxic cloud that deals intense damage and slows movement--harming not only enemy units but Pudge himself.

Pros max it by level 7

Meat Shield

Meat Shield

без цели, мгновенная

Pudge covers himself with a layer of flesh that blocks damage of any type taken from any source.

Pros max it by level 10

Flesh Heap

Flesh Heap

пассивная · innate

Pudge's skin thickens permanently every time he kills an enemy Hero, gaining 2 bonus Strength for each stack.

Dismember

Dismember

на цель, поддерживаемая

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

Aghanim's Scepter

Upgrades Rot.

Increases Rot radius by ?, damage by ?, and causes it to reduce enemy Health Restoration by 20%.

Aghanim's Shard

Upgrades Meat Hook.

When Meat Hook hits an enemy, it deals bonus damage based on the distance pulled.When Meat Hook hits an ally, Meat Hook's cooldown is reduced by 50%.

Talents

1.5x Dismember Damage/HealLvl 251.5x Flesh Heap and Meat Shield bonuses
+0.75s Dismember DurationLvl 20-4s Meat Hook Cooldown
+8% Spell LifestealLvl 15+150 Meat Hook Damage
+5 ArmorLvl 10+10% Rot Slow
AI coach

A review of your Pudge game

Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.

  • Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
  • Your pace against the Pudge benchmark: 406 GPM for an average player, 520 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Blink Dagger by minute 18, and the coach shows where you lose time.
  • Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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