Pudge Guide

Skills:

Meat Hook (Hotkey T)

Launches a bloody hook at a unit or location. The hook will snag the first target it encounters, dealing damage then dragging the victim back to the Butcher.

Level 1: Deals 100 damage. Costs 110 mana. Has 550 casting range. Cooldown: 14

Level 2: Deals 200 damage. Costs 120 mana. Has 700 casting range. Cooldown: 13

Level 3: Deals 300 damage. Costs 130 mana. Has 850 casting range. Cooldown: 12

Level 4: Deals 400 damage. Costs 140 mana. Has 1000 casting range. Cooldown: 11

Manacost: Based on skill level

Cooldown: Based on skill level

Duration: none

Notes:

- Damage is physical, so it will be reduced by armor.

- Can hook invisible units.

- Has ministun (Not for invisible units).

Comment: Our main ganging skill. Has big mana cost for Pudge. Every time try to combine it with Dismember skill. Needs good micro, and you must not miss/spam this skill because it costs very much.

Rot (Hotkey R)

Pudge releases the disease and filth inside of him, dealing intense damage and slowing surrounding enemies while hurting Pudge as well.

Level 1: 25 Damage per second. Slows enemies for 20%.

Level 2: 50 Damage per second. Slows enemies for 20%.

Level 3: 75 Damage per second. Slows enemies for 20%.

Level 4: 100 Damage per second. Slows enemies for 20%.

Damage to Self: Based on Skill damage

Cooldown: none

Duration: until cancel

Notes:

- Has magical damage.

- Activates without deactivating Dismember skill.

- Cannot be deactivated if Pudge are silenced.

- Can be used for suicide.

Comment: Very good spell for ganging someone. Just hook the unit and activate Rot. He will be slowed for 20% but not you. Pudge has many hitpoints, so just run around enemy hero until he will die. Also dont forget to activate it after you used Dismemberskill.

Flesh Heap (Passive)

Pudge is made of innumerable rotting corpses, giving him extra protection against spells as well as the chance to add more to his bulk.

Level 1:Gives Pudge 4% extra resistance to spells. +0.9 STR for hero kills.

Level 2:Gives Pudge 8% extra resistance to spells. +1.2 STR for hero kills.

Level 3:Gives Pudge 12% extra resistance to spells. +1.5 STR for hero kills.

Level 4:Gives Pudge 16% extra resistance to spells. +1.8 STR for hero kills.

Manacost: none

Cooldown: none

Duration: none

Notes:

- Spell resistance will stack with other items.

- Gains Strength for enemy heroes that die nearby (525 AoE), or if Pudge kills them

Comment: The worst skill for Pudge. In previous versions of DotA he also gained strength from creeps, but now he will get it only for heroes. Only useful if game lasts very long time.

Dismember (Hotkey D)

Chows down on a target, causing excruciating pain. Lasts 3 seconds.

Level 1: 75 (75 + 0.75x strength*) damage per second. Manacost: 100

Level 2: 125 (125 + 0.75x strength*) damage per second. Manacost: 130

Level 3: 175 (175 + 0.75x strength*) damage per second. Manacost: 170

Manacost: Based on skill level

Cooldown: 30

Duration: 3

Healing Amout*: Total skill damage.

Notes:

- Has magical damage.

- Disable will work on magic immune units.

- If unit becomes infisible, he will be disabled and damaged until Dismember ends.

- Heals Pudge if he has Aghanim's Scepter.

(* - values with Aghanim's Scepter).

Comment: This skill makes Butcher from Pudge.

Skill Build:
1.Rot
2.Hook
3.Hook
4.Rot
5.Hook
6.Dismember
7.Hook
8.Rot
9.Rot
10.Flesh Heap
11.Dismember
12-14.Flesh Heap
15.Stats
16.Dismember
17-25.Stats