Bio
| Pudge, the Butcher | |
| Play "When I`m through with these vermin, they`ll be fit for a pie!" | |
| Role: | Disabler / Initiator / Durable / Nuker |
| Lore Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs Pudge, the Butcher In the Fields of Endless Carnage, far to the : | In the Fields of Endless Carnage, far to the south of Quoidge, a corpulent figure works tirelessly through the night--dismembering, disembowelling, piling up the limbs and viscera of the fallen that the battlefield might be clear by dawn. In this cursed realm, nothing can decay or decompose; no corpse may ever return to the earth from which it sprang, no matter how deep you dig the grave. Flocked by carrion birds who need him to cut their meals into beak-sized chunks, Pudge the Butcher hones his skills with blades that grow sharper the longer he uses them. Swish, swish, thunk. Flesh falls from the bone; tendons and ligaments part like wet paper. And while he always had a taste for the butchery, over the ages, Pudge has developed a taste for its byproduct as well. Starting with a gobbet of muscle here, a sip of blood there...before long he was thrusting his jaws deep into the toughest of torsos, like a dog gnawing at rags. Even those who are beyond fearing the Reaper, fear the Butcher. |
| Voice: | John Patrick Lowrie ( Responses Hero Strategy Counters Equipment Gear Responses Sounds Lore Old Abilities Changelogs v • d • e Voice responses Hero responses Abaddon Alchemist Ancient Apparition Anti-Mage Arc Warden Axe Bane ) |
General Strategy
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.
Abilities
Meat Hook 
Play
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Ability
Target Point
Target Point
Affects
Enemies / Allies
Enemies / Allies
Damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of
Pure
Pure
Launches a bloody hook toward a unit or location. The hook will snag the first unit it encounters, dragging the unit back to Pudge and dealing damage if it is an enemy.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.43/0.46/0.5/0.53
Cast Range: 1000/1100/1200/1300
Max Travel Distance: 1000/1100/1200/1300
Hook Search Radius: 100
Damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of : 90/180/270/360 ( 180/270/360/450)
: 90/180/270/360 (
180/270/360/450)
14/13/12/11 ( 4)
110/120/130/140 
Reduces cooldown and increases damage. Can hit and drag spell immune allies. Can damage and drag spell immune enemies. Cannot disable spell immune enemies.Modifiers
Followthrough: Undispellable. 
Meat Hook: Undispellable. The Butcher`s hook is a symbolic nightmare, its curved blade a frightening reminder of his slaughterous intent.
Notes:
- The Meat Hook travels at a speed of 1450.
- Pudge receives the Followthrough buff upon cast, which disables Disables (also called crowd control, or CC) refer to any abilities or status effects that prevent, impede, or otherwise inhibit a Hero from acting. Disables come in many different varieties, and most Heroes have access Pudge. It lasts as long as the cast backswing does.
- The hook can hit units up to 1100/1200/1300/1400 range away (max travel distance + search radius).
- The search radius is centered around the hook`s tip. Getting close to other parts of the hook has no effect.
- Can only affect units while extending, not while retracting. Fully affects invisible Invisibility is a status effect which makes units and heroes not appear on their opponent s screen or minimap, and makes them unable to be targeted directly by the enemy. Invisibility makes the unit s model appear units.
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- The hook flies through impassable terrain and trees. It also can drag units over them.
- Hooked enemies are fully disabled for the entire pull duration.
- Allies are not disabled. They can act freely while being pulled by the hook.
- Units hooked onto certain impassable cliffs gain 5 seconds free pathing, allowing them to get down from the cliff.
- The free pathing is lost immediately as soon as the unit gets off the cliff.
- When the hook hits a unit, it provides 500 radius flying vision at the unit`s location upon hit for 4 seconds.
Rot Play
PlayW
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Ability
Toggle / Aura
Toggle / Aura
Affects
Enemies / Self
Enemies / Self
Damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of
Magical
Magical
A toxic cloud that deals intense damage and slows movement--harming not only enemy units but Pudge himself.
Cast Animation: 0+0
Radius: 250
Damage per Second: 30/60/90/120 ( 150/180/210/240)
150/180/210/240)Move Speed Slow: 30%
0 Slow persists and attempts to damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity.Modifiers
Rot: Undispellable. A foul odor precedes a toxic, choking gas, emanating from the Butcher`s putrid, ever-swelling mass.
Notes:
- The toggling of Rot is not registered as a spell cast and thus does not proc any on-cast effects.
- Rot does not interrupt Pudge`s channeling spells upon toggling.
- The self-damage is lethal, so it can be used to deny oneself.
- The area damage and self-damage are independent from each other, so when the self-damage is blocked, the area damage is still applied.
- The slow and damage are provided by an aura. This aura debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds, even if Rot is toggled off.
- Deals 6/12/18/24 ( 30/36/42/48) damage in 0.2 second intervals. The time intervals are set for the whole game when Rot is toggled the first time.
Flesh Heap
E
F
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
Gives Pudge resistance to magic damage, as well as bonus strength that increases each time Pudge kills an enemy Hero or it dies in his vicinity. Flesh Heap is retroactive, meaning it can gain charges before it is skilled, which then become active.
Enemy Death Radius: 450
Magic Resistance Bonus: 6%/8%/10%/12%
Strength Bonus per Death: 1/1.5/2/2.5 ( 2.75/3.25/3.75/4.25)
2.75/3.25/3.75/4.25) Illusions gain the magic resistance, but do not gain the bonus strength. Illusions cannot gain strength on kills.Modifiers
Flesh Heap: Undispellable. The Butcher gives new meaning to the words ‘meat shield’.
Notes:
- The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
- Increases Pudge`s total base magic resistance to 29.5%/31%/32.5%/34%.
- It does not matter how an enemy hero within the radius dies, Pudge always gains a stack of Flesh Heap.
- Pudge always gains a stack when he deals the killing blow on an enemy hero within 1600 radius.
- If an enemy dies to Pudge while more than 1600 range away from Pudge, or dies while Pudge is already dead, no stack is gained.
- Cannot gain stacks from killing illusions or hero clones.
- When Pudge kills a Meepo clone be that as it may, he does gain a stack, since killing a Meepo clone also kills the main Meepo.
- Each stack effectively grants Pudge 20/30/40/50 ( 55/65/75/85) health, 0.06/0.09/0.12/0.15 ( 0.165/0.195/0.225/0.255) health regeneration and 1/1.5/2/2.5 ( 2.75/3.25/3.75/4.25) attack damage.
- The number of stacks and amount of strength gained can be seen on the status buff icon.
- Upon leveling Flesh Heap, all stacks adapt to its new level.
- Upon gaining a stack, a red "+1" appears above Pudge`s head, indicating that he gained a stack.
Dismember Play
PlayR
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Ability
Target Unit / Channeled
Target Unit / Channeled
Affects
Enemies / Self
Enemies / Self
Damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of
Magical
Magical
Pudge chows down on an enemy unit, disabling it and dealing damage over time. Pudge gets healed for the same amount he damages. Lasts 3 seconds on Heroes, 6 seconds on creeps.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0
Cast Range: 160
Hero Max Channel Time: 3 ( 4)
4)Non-Hero Max Channel Time: 6 ( 8)
8)Base Damage per Second: 60/90/120
Strength as Damage per Second: 30%/45%/60%
Base Heal per Second: 60/90/120
Strength as Heal per Second: 30%/45%/60%
30/25/20 100/130/170 Modifiers
Dismember: Dispellable with strong dispels. ‘When I`m through with these vermin, they`ll be fit for a pie!’
Notes:
- Fully disables Disables (also called crowd control, or CC) refer to any abilities or status effects that prevent, impede, or otherwise inhibit a Hero from acting. Disables come in many different varieties, and most Heroes have access the target as long as it is channeled.
- If the target becomes invisible, the channeling does not break, but True Sight is not granted.
- Dismember cancels most position changing effects upon cast.
- Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting immediately upon cast, resulting in up to 3 ( 4) (6 ( 8) against non-heroes) damage instances.
- Can deal up to 180/270/360 + 90%/135%/180% ( 240/360/480 + 120%/180%/240%) of own strength as damage to the target hero (before reductions).
- Can deal up to 360/540/720 + 180%/270%/360% ( 480/720/960 + 240%/360%/480%) of own strength as damage to the target non-hero unit (before reductions).
- Also heals Pudge for the same amount when fully channeled.
- Can deal up to 360/540/720 + 180%/270%/360% (
- The damage and heal work independently from each other, meaning it always heals for the full amount per interval, regardless of how much damage the target takes.
- Treats creep-heroes as heroes and ancient creeps Neutral creeps are a type of creep not controlled by any player. They are aligned to neither of the teams, and offer an alternative source of gold and experience. Neutral creeps appear in small camps and Roshan For Roshan as he appears in holiday events, see Roshan (Diretide 2012) and Roshan (Diretide 2013) Roshan Ancient Jungle Creep Level 30 Health 5500 Health regeneration 20 Armor 15 Magic resistance 55% Attack damage 65 as creeps.
- Pudge`s Dismember responses are global and audible to everyone, even through the Fog of War.
Videos
Info
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Though he may not look like it, he is one of the strongest gankers and disablers in the entire game, with his combo of three active abilities proving more than sufficient to kill fragile enemy heroes in the early and mid-game. His signature ability, Meat Hook, is a grapple that is thrown out in a straight line; if it snags a target, it will drag them back to Pudge, dealing enormous damage to it if it was an enemy. Although it is difficult to use effectively, it is a very powerful ganking and initiation The heroes in Dota 2 are defined by the roles that they are suited to play as a combination of their attributes, abilities, and items, and the ways that these shape the game. Although the 
spell due to its ability to displace enemies, and also has the utility of being able to save an endangered ally. He can then follow up with his ultimate, Dismember, a channeled disable that deals further damage to the target over a few seconds and increases in lethality the more strength Pudge has, while also healing Pudge for its duration. During this period, he can activate Rot to deal even more damage while he is consuming his foe, and use it to slow and finish them off if they survive the initial assault. To supplement his killing power is Flesh Heap, which provides him some magic resistance to reduce the damage he takes from Rot as well as from other enemy spells. The scariest aspect of Flesh Heap though, is that it provides him with a permanent strength bonus with every kill that he participates in, making him harder to kill and increasing the damage of Dismember as the game goes on. None can claim that they do not fear the Butcher, and few can survive his onslaught if he gets his hands on them.
Talents
| Hero Talents | ||
| +120 Rot Damage | 25 | +1.75 Flesh Heap Stack Strength |
| +1s Dismember Duration | 20 | +150 Gold/Min |
| +15 Movement Speed | 15 | +5 Armor |
| +2 Mana Regen | 10 | +8  Strength |
Notes:
- The mana regen is added as a bonus and does not benefit illusions.
- The armor is added as bonus armor, and therefore does not benefit illusions.
- Gold granted from the talent is unreliable gold.
- The Dismember duration talent increases the non-hero duration by 2 seconds, so that the non-hero duration remains twice the hero duration.
Recommended items
Starting items:
- Gauntlets of Strength and Circlet give Pudge good early stats, and build into a Bracer. The improved strength helps with last-hitting and provides some HP, while the agility and intelligence give a small amount of armor and mana.
- Healing Salve allows Pudge to replenish his HPTechnology company from enemy harass, preventing him from being easily harassed out of lane.
- Clarity allows Pudge to restore his mana, particularly important as
Pudge, the Butcher
| Recommended Roles |
| Disabler Initiator Durable Nuker |
In the Fields of Endless Carnage, far to the south of Quoidge, a corpulent figure works tirelessly through the night⃢₀ₔdismembering, disembowelling, piling up the limbs and viscera of the fallen that the battlefield might be clear by dawn. In this cursed realm, nothing can decay or decompose; no corpse may ever return to the earth from which it sprang, no matter how deep you dig the grave. Flocked by carrion birds who need him to cut their meals into beak-sized chunks, Pudge the Butcher hones his skills with blades that grow sharper the longer he uses them. Swish, swish, thunk. Flesh falls from the bone; tendons and ligaments part like wet paper. And while he always had a taste for the butchery, over the ages, Pudge has developed a taste for its byproduct as well. Starting with a gobbet of muscle here, a sip of blood there... before long he was thrusting his jaws deep into the toughest of torsos, like a dog gnawing at rags. Even those who are beyond fearing the Reaper, fear the Butcher.
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Talent Tree
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| +120 Rot Damage | 25 | +1.75 Flesh Heap Stack Strength |
| -40s Respawn Time | 20 | +150 Gold/Min |
| +15 Movement Speed | 15 | +5 Armor |
| +2 Mana Regen | 10 | +8 Strength |
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Overview
Pudge is an excellent ganker and disabler.
Skill Build
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