Pudge (DOTA 2)

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Pudge (DOTA 2) - Pudge Skills

This page details Pudge's abilities/skills.

First Ability

Meat Hook [Keybind: Q]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Target Point Units Pure
Launches a bloody hook at 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.
  • Distance: 1000/1100/1200/1300
  • Damage: 90/180/270/360
  • Cooldown: 14/13/12/11
  • Mana Cost: 110/120/130/140
Lore: The Butcher's hook is a symbolic nightmare, its curved blade a frightening reminder of his slaughterous intent.
  • Is NOT blocked my Linken's Sphere
  • The hook travels at a speed of 1600
  • The tip of the Meat Hook is what drags the units to Pudge, so touching the Meat Hook in any other part than its tip will not trigger its effect. The Meat Hook can only pull units when it is being extended. If the hook touches a unit as it retracts, nothing will happen to the unit.
  • Meat Hook applies a mini-stun, interrupting any casting.
  • Meat Hook hits invisible units.
  • Meat Hook can go through trees, cliffs, buildings, and mechanical units.
  • Meat Hook can drag friendly units, but they won't be damaged.
  • Meat Hook will pull magic immune and invulnerable targets but will not mini-stun nor deal any damage to them.
  • If you hook a unit onto an unpathable ledge, the unit gains free pathing for 5 seconds.

Second Ability

Rot [Keybind: W]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Toggle Enemies Magical
A toxic cloud that deals intense damage and slows movement--harming not only enemy units but Pudge himself.
  • Radius: 250
  • Slow: 20%
  • Damage: 35/60/85/110
Lore: A foul odor precedes a toxic, choking gas, emanating from the Butcher's putrid, ever-swelling mass.
  • Is NOT blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Cannot be used by illusions.
  • Using Rot doesn't interrupt channeling.
  • Rot hits invisible units.
  • If Pudge is silenced, he can't deactivate Rot if it's activated.
  • Pudge can deny himself using this ability.
  • An instance of damage is dealt every .2 seconds, meaning Rot on levels 1-3 won't disable a Healing Salve.
  • Rot is not deactivated when Pudge is Hexed.

Third Ability

Flesh Heap [Keybind: E]
AbilityAffects
Passive 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.
  • Range: 450
  • Magic Resistance: 6%/8%/10%/12%
  • Strength Bonus: 1/1.5/2/2.5
Lore: The Butcher gives new meaning to the words ‘meat shield.’
  • Magic resistance stacks with magic resistance granted by items.
  • The ability is retroactive, meaning the strength gain will be added once you level up flesh heap.
  • Illusions will gain the magic resistance, but will not gain the bonus strength. Kill radius remains centered around Pudge's main hero.

Ultimate Ability

Dismember [Keybind: R]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Channeled Enemies Magical
Pudge chows down on an enemy unit, disabling it and dealing damage over time. Lasts 3 seconds on Heroes, 6 seconds on creeps.
  • Range: 160
  • Damage per second: 75/125/175 (+1.0× strength)
  • Cooldown: 30 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 100, 130, 170
Lore: ‘When I'm through with these vermin, they'll be fit for a pie!’
  • Is blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Cannot be purged.
  • Damage is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Dismember actually has a channel time of only 2.95 seconds.
  • Dismember will continue to deal damage and stun a target if it becomes invisible as well as giving Pudge and his team vision of the invisible target.
  • Dismember is a channeling spell.
  • Aghanim's version heals Pudge, the heal is independent of the damage. Also increases the strength bonus multiplier to +3.0 X Strength
  • Pudge's response when Dismembering a hero is heard by all other heroes across the entire map.
  • Dismember can target couriers, but won't do damage since couriers are spell immune.

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