Pugna Counters

Items

• Force Staff allows for someone to quickly escape a Life Drain for a very small mana cost. With quick fingers, you can also dodge Nether Blast.
• Glimmer Cape and Pipe of Insight both reduces Pugna`s damage output considerably
• Pugna`s only tool against Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe is a defensive Decrepify.
• To a lower extent, Blink Dagger is great versus Pugna as he hates being jumped on because of his extremely fragile nature.
• Linken`s Sphere making Pugna can`t use his Life Drain and Decrepify
• Lotus Orb making Life Drain meaningless also reflects Dagon or Decrepify.
• Diffusal Blade   Item   Changelogs     Diffusal BladeB An enchanted blade that allows the user to cut straight into the enemy s soul. Cost3150 (700) Bought FromArtifacts Active Purge Charges 8 Passive Manabreak Bonus +25/35 Agility+10/15 can remove Decrepify defensively cast on pugna`s team but not on the enemy.

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Hero   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Pugna 17 + 1.5 16 + 1 26 + 4.5 Level Base

Strategy   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Contents 1 Gameplay 1.1 STYLE1 1.2 STYLE2 2 Ability Builds 3 Talents

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Equipment   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     v • d • e Pugna Equipment (collapse sets)Sets Golden Nether Lord s Regalia Set Narcissistic Leech Nether Lord s

Gear   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     This is a list of cosmetic items that reflects Pugna s design aesthetics.

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

Sounds   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     v • d • e  Dota 2 Sounds Hero Sounds Abaddon Alchemist Ancient Apparition Anti-Mage Arc Warden Axe

Lore   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Pugna In the realm of Pugna s birth, near the vents of the

Old Abilities   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Morbid ER AbilityAura AffectsEnemy Heroes Pugna s mere presence disrupts the mana regeneration

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Nyx Assassin This page is about the hero. For the goddess in Dota 2 lore, see Nyx.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities  

• Due to Pugna`s incredible int growth and terrible strength growth, Nyx should always be able to take you out with his combo, with or without an added Dagon For the cosmetic item equipped by Nyx Assassin, see Nyx Assassin s Dagon.   Item   Changelogs     DagonB A lesser wand that grows in power the longer it is used, it brings magic to . Mana Burn will deal a lethal 670 damage to you if you`re level 25 with no items and no points in attribute, of your 1120 hp under the same conditions.
• Spiked Carapace is also a great tool versus Pugna. A good player will wait for you in Vendetta until you farm a creepwave with Nether Blast and reflect it back at you as their initiation and setup for Impale.

Clockwerk   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Clockwerk 26 + 3.2 13 + 2.3 17 + 1.3 Level Base

• Clockwerk loves to Hookshot low-hp, immobile targets like you. Your Life Drain will be immediately cancelled by Battery Assault if you`re trapped inside Power Cogs. And it will be cancelled over and over again if you farmed an Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 , you will need huge amounts of mana to keep it going.
• Clockwerk also loves to build Blade Mail   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Blade MailBL A razor-sharp coat of mail, it is the choice of selfless martyrs in combat. Cost2200 Bought FromArmor Active Damage Return Bonus +10 Intelligence+6 Armor+22 , which will harm you more than it harms him if you try to Nether Blast him.
• At long last, both hookshot and Rocket Flare can allow him to finish you off out of range of your Nether Ward.

Sniper   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Sniper 16 + 2 21 + 2.5 15 + 2.6 Level Base

• Sniper`s huge range makes it difficult to channel Life drain against him as he can just take a couple of steps back to cancel your drain.
• Sniper`s Shrapnel is a great tool to get vision on your Nether ward, and he can take it out with ease if it`s not far behind enough.
• Sniper has plenty of magical damage to hurt you and your allies while anyone is under Decrepify.

Phantom Lancer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Phantom Lancer 21 + 2 29 + 2.6 21 + 2 Level

• Though Life drain instantly takes out illusions, PL creates way too many for you to handle.
• A good PL will also dodge as needed your Nether Blast with Doppelganger.
• PL is the most natural Diffusal Blade   Item   Changelogs     Diffusal BladeB An enchanted blade that allows the user to cut straight into the enemy s soul. Cost3150 (700) Bought FromArtifacts Active Purge Charges 8 Passive Manabreak Bonus +25/35 Agility+10/15 carrier to counter Decrepify, and Pugna also has the largest pool of mana to burn away.

• It is fairly common for Anti-Mage to get rack multiple kills at once by targeting his Mana Void against you.
• The good news is you should die well before you`re out of mana, so his ultimate won`t deal as much damage as it could

Luna   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Luna 15 + 2.5 18 + 3.3 16 +

• Luna won`t be needing too much to worry about Nether Ward since she has cheap nukes
• Luna can dominate Pugna both in teamfight (Low mana costs) and 1 vs 1.
• Luna`s Lucent Beam can cancel Pugna`s Life Drain even if he has Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 as long as he doesn`t buy Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe
• Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe totally nullifes Pugna`s damage output and trying to save him self from Luna with Decrepify is suicide because she will be able to finish you with Eclipse, and Eclipse can be seriously devastating if amplified.

Others

• Up to a certain extent, Decrepify can make life miserable for a ton of right-click carries. With an Octarine Core   Item   Changelogs     Octarine CoreS At the core of spellcraft are spectrums only the very gifted can sense. Cost5900 Bought FromCaster Passive Cooldown Reduction, Spell Lifesteal Bonus +25 Intelligence+425 Health+425 Mana Disassemble? you will have 78% uptime on it (minus cast times), and if you take the lvl 15 talent +1s Decrepify Duration, it increases to 100% uptime(minus cast times) . A smart opponent however will eventually get a Diffusal Blade   Item   Changelogs     Diffusal BladeB An enchanted blade that allows the user to cut straight into the enemy s soul. Cost3150 (700) Bought FromArtifacts Active Purge Charges 8 Passive Manabreak Bonus +25/35 Agility+10/15 .
• Special mention goes to Phantom Assassin   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Phantom Assassin 20 + 2.15 23 + 3.15 15 + 1.4 Level who simply loves to Phantom Strike on top of you. If you`re not already dead, just decrepify her and suck the life out of her.
• Nether Ward will be problematic for heavy nukers and spammers like Skywrath Mage   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Skywrath Mage 19 + 1.8 13 + 0.8 27 + 3.6 Level , Lina   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Lina 18 + 1.8 16 + 1.5 27 + 3.2 Level Base and Invoker, but don`t use Decrepify defensively against them as you`ll be helping them out more than anything.
• Since Life drain takes out illusions instantly, Pugna with a scepter is decent versus plenty of illusion heroes, most notably

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• Amazingly, Enchantress has even lower hp than Pugna. Though she does pack quite a punch through Impetus, she can`t use it if she`s Decrepifyd.
• Pugna`s Magical DPS is way greater than the heal from Nature`s Attendants, which will also harm her quite a bit if she`s next to Nether Ward.

• Decrepify is the perfect tool against Omnislash until he gets a Diffusal Blade   Item   Changelogs     Diffusal BladeB An enchanted blade that allows the user to cut straight into the enemy s soul. Cost3150 (700) Bought FromArtifacts Active Purge Charges 8 Passive Manabreak Bonus +25/35 Agility+10/15 ; and even then he will probably waste a couple of slashes before he uses it.
• Without an extra disable, Pugna`s high movement speed makes it impossible to chase him with Blade Fury
• Unlike some other carries like Slark or Phantom Assassin   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Phantom Assassin 20 + 2.15 23 + 3.15 15 + 1.4 Level , Juggernaut`s spells cost a hefty amount of mana and he will seriously get hurt by Nether Ward. Don`t forget the damage from the ward is inflicted before the magic immunity is provided by blade fury.

• For the better part of the game, he will take more damage from your ward than he deals to you with Arcane Orb.
• It will take a huge difference in farm or itemization between you for him to deal any damage to you with Sanity`s Eclipse, provided he doesn`t die first from casting it next to your ward.

• He needs to be rather close to you to pose a threat, and he should die very quickly from his own spells thanks to your ward.

• His Phantasm army will die in a heartbeat once you`ve farmed up an Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 since Life Drain instantly deals with illusions.
• You can also protect whoever he choose to Reality Rift with a timely Decrepify.

• Decrepify prevents Shadow Fiend from attacking for its duration, potentially preventing him from getting a kill.
• Nether Ward can do heavy damage to Shadow Fiend if he tries to cast his Requiem of Souls and his Shadowrazes.