Pudge

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Pudge
25 + 3
11 + 1.4
16 + 1.8
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+66HP and +0.3HP regeneration
+3 Main Attack Damage
+0.23 armor and 1.4 attack speed
+21.6MP and +0.09MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
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1.83
Armor
(743.57 EHP)
26.6%
Magic Resist
(912.81 EHP)
Instant
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (111)
(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.5 + 1.17
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.15s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Default
Gib Type
2010-11-01
Released
2004-04-30
(v5.53)
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present
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Hooks and pulls enemies towards him.
Each carefully aimed throw of Pudge's signature Meat Hook strikes fear into his foes. Disoriented, his foe stumbles, gagging on a sudden stench of Rot. As it looks up at the fleshy hulk, hoping for an answer, only to watch as the Butcher Dismembers and carves them with his cleavers, adding a layer to his compost Heap. With every kill he gains additional health and damage, and soon becomes an unstoppable behemoth of rotting flesh.
Meat Hook
Meat Hook
Rot
Rot
Meat Shield
Dismember
Roles:Disabler Disabler Initiator Initiator Durable Durable Nuker Nuker
AdjectivesBadTeeth, NicePecs, Potbelly, Red, Undead, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Facets[edit]

Fresh Meat
Dismember
Dismember grants self bonus Strength strength per damage instance applied to enemy heroes.
Rotten Core
Rot
While Rot is active, Pudge gains bonus attack damage every second until it reaches the maximum bonus. Once Rot is deactivated, damage bonus rapidly decays.

Upgrades[edit]

Aghanim's[edit]

Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Rot
Increases the effect radius and damage per second.

When activated, Rot reduces the values of heal, health regeneration, lifesteal, and spell lifesteal sources of all affected enemy units within the radius.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Meat Hook
Deals additional damage to enemies depending on the distance of the target. Has a shorte cooldown when pulling allies.

Talents[edit]

+1.5x Flesh Heap Strength Strength Bonus
+1.5x Meat Shield Damage Negation		251.5x Dismember Damage/Heal
-4s Meat Hook Cooldown20+0.75s Dismember Duration
+150 Meat Hook Damage158% Spell Lifesteal
+10% Rot Slow10+5 Armor
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+2 All / / Attributes

Bio[edit]

When I'm through with these vermin, they'll be fit for a pie!
▶️  Pudge, the Butcher
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.

Innate. Innate[edit]

Flesh Heap[edit]

Flesh Heap
This ability is not bestowed by Illusions. Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants bonus Strength strength whenever Pudge kills an enemy Hero or when an enemy hero dies within his vicinity.
Enemy Death Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 450
Kill Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 450
Stack Gain per Enemy Death: 1
Str Bonus per Stack: 1.1/1.4/1.7/2 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 1.65/2.1/2.55/3)
Grants Pudge a stack if the enemy hero kill is credited to him, regardless of distance.
Effect Radius: The ability effects are felt everywhere in the map. Global
This ability levels up with Dismember.
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  • Upon gaining a stack, a +1 indicator appears above Pudge's head.
  • Grants a stack in the following conditions as long as Pudge is alive:
  • Does not grant a stack in the following conditions:
  • Leveling up Dismember immediately update the ability values.
  • The Strength strength bonus per enemy hero death last for the acquired ability's buff duration and does not persist upon losing the ability.
Buff modifier_pudge_flesh_heapUndispellable.
Flesh Heap: Gives Pudge x strength
Buff modifier_pudge_flesh_heap_blockOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Flesh Heap: Blocking x damage.
  • Each stack effectively grants the following permanent bonuses:

Hero Model[edit]

Hero Model
Ability
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Pudge's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Damage Block (Melee)
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.

Abilities[edit]

Meat Hook[edit]

Q
T
Meat Hook
Ability
Point
Affects
Units / Self / Runes
Damage
Spell / Pure / Instant Kill
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.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 1300
Max Travel Distance: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 1300
Damage: 150/220/290/360 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 300/370/440/510)
Followthrough Duration: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 0.53
Hook Search Radius: 100
The hook instantly kills non-ancient creeps it snags.
Current Health as Damage: 100%
The hook refunds the ability mana cost when it snags a rune.
Mana Cost as Mana Restore: 100%
Ally Hit Cooldown Reduction Factor:
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Deals additional damage to enemies depending on the distance of the target. Has a shorte cooldown when pulling allies.
Enemy Hit Distance to Damage Factor: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 0.2)
18/16/14/12 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 14/12/10/8)
Mana Cost
110
The Butcher's hook is a symbolic nightmare, its curved blade a frightening reminder of his slaughterous intent.
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  • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves. Buff
    • Grants self the followthrough buff upon cast with the following properties:
      • This unit cannot act and cannot issue orders. Cannot act for the entire buff duration.
      • The duration is defined as:
        • EXPR
          MaxTravelDistance / HookSpeed × 0.65
        • The duration corresponds to the current Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. max travel distance value, not the distance the current Meat Hook cast has traveled.
      • Dispellable by any Dispel sources. Dispels the buff upon latching on a unit.
  • The ability's projectile properties.The ability's projectile properties. The ability's area-of-effect properties.
    • The search radius is centered around the Meat Hook's tip. Getting close to other parts of the hook has no effect.
    • Can travel through and pull affected units through or over impassable terrain and Trees are a prominent feature in the game!Trees are a prominent feature in the game! trees.
    • The projectile traveling properties.
      • Can only affect units while extending, not while retracting.
    • Upon latching on a valid unit:
      • When Meat Hook returns without the latched unit, the latched unit This ability directly moves the affected unit(s) to a certain coordinates. teleports to the ability cast location.
        • Nullifies the teleport component when the latched unit is affected by other The unit is forcefully moved in the x-axis accordingly to its facing direction. forced movement sources.
      • Flying vision is not obstructed by trees, higher elevations, and vision blockers.
        • Grants a 4-second 500-radius flying vision at the affected unit's location.
      • The affected enemy unit(s).
        • This unit is affected by a disable. Disables the affected enemy unit for the entire pull duration.
      • The affected ally unit(s).The affected ally unit(s).
        • Reposition, but does not disable the affected allied unit.
  • Affects units up to Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 1400 range, or 100 range with the Flayer's Hook facet, with the travel distance and search radius.
Buff modifier_followthroughOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden modifier
Debuff modifier_pudge_meat_hookOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Meat Hook: Get over here!
  • Has a 1600-Projectile SpeedProjectile Speed projectile speed and can travel up to a max Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 0.88 seconds based on the location of the affected target.
  • The ability's sound effects.
    • The ability sound effects are audible to everyone and even through the Units under the Fog of War are not visible. Fog of War.

Rot[edit]

W
R
Rot
Ability
Toggle / Aura
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Damage
Spell / Magical
A toxic cloud that deals intense damage and slows movement — harming not only enemy units but Pudge himself.
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 250 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 450)
Damage per Second: 30/60/90/120 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 120/150/180/210)
Move Speed Slow: 14%/20%/26%/32% (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 24%/30%/36%/42%)
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases the effect radius and damage per second.

When activated, Rot reduces the values of heal, health regeneration, lifesteal, and spell lifesteal sources of all affected enemy units within the radius.
Heal Reduction: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 20%)
Health Regen Reduction: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 20%)
Lifesteal Reduction: Affected by Lifesteal Manipulation sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 20%)
Spell Lifesteal Reduction: Affected by Spell Lifesteal Manipulation sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 20%)
0
A foul odor precedes a toxic, choking gas, emanating from the Butcher's putrid, ever-swelling mass.
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Rotten Core
While Rot is active, Pudge gains bonus attack damage every second until it reaches the maximum bonus. Once Rot is deactivated, damage bonus rapidly decays.
Attack Damage Bonus Growth per Second: 4%/8%/12%/16%
Max Attack Damage Bonus: 20%/40%/60%/80%
Decay Duration: 1
  • This component requires toggling on the ability.
    • The ability's 0.2-second damage interval is set for the whole game upon the first toggle on.
    • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
      • Toggling This component requires toggling on the ability. This ability is toggled off. does not interrupt Pudge's Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling abilities.
      • Continues to apply its ability effects when affected This unit is affected by a disable. disable sources.
      • The self-damage (before reductions) is not lethal.
      • The AttackAttack attack damage bonus' growth is linear and reaches its maximum after 5s of continuous activation.
      • Creates a negative aura upon with the following properties:
        • Deals 6/12/18/24 Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage to affected units in 0.2-second intervals within the radius, starting immediately upon debuff application.
  • Both leveling up the ability and acquiring the Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. ability upgrade while toggled This component requires toggling on the ability. immediately update the damage values and ability effects.
    • Debuff
      • Does not update the Movement Speed movement speed slow values on enemy units with the existing debuff.
      • This ability is toggled off.
        • The lingering debuff only applies the movement speed slow component.
  • Both the radius damage per second component and the self-damage component are independent of each other.
Debuff modifier_pudge_rotOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Rot: Causes damage to every fighter in a radius every second.

Meat Shield[edit]

E
F
Meat Shield
Affects
Self
Negates all damage types from all sources while active.
Damage Negated: 8/14/20/26 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 12/21/30/39)
Duration: 4/5/6/7
20/19/18/17
Mana Cost
50/60/70/80
The Butcher gives new meaning to the words 'meat shield'.
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  • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
    • Does not interrupt Pudge's Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling abilities upon cast.
Buff modifier_pudge_flesh_heap_blockOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Flesh Heap: Blocking x damage.
  • Does not negate damage on units affected by all All Damage Barrier damage barrier sources.

Dismember[edit]

R
D
Dismember
Ability
Unit / Channeled
Affects
Enemy Units / Self / Allied Heroes
Damage
Spell / Magical
Chows down on an enemy unit. Pudge pulls the unit at a rate up to a certain minimum distance.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 200
Pull Distance per Second: 75
Pull Distance Threshold: 125
Max Channel Time: 2.75 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 3.5)
The Butcher disables the affected target, deals damage over time based on Pudge's current Strength strength.
Number of Intervals: 6 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 8)
Base Damage per Second: 80/100/120 (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 120/150/180)
Str as Damage Factor: 0.3/0.6/0.9 (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 0.45/0.9/1.35)
Self-heals correspondingly per damage instance dealt in the combat log.
Damage to Self-Heal Factor: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. 1
30/25/20
Mana Cost
100/130/170
'When I'm through with these vermin, they'll be fit for a pie!'
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Fresh Meat
Dismember grants self bonus Strength strength per damage instance applied to enemy heroes.
Str Bonus per Damage Instance: 2/4/6
Duration: 12
  • The ability has two main components:
    • All ability effects are applied as long as Pudge is Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling the ability on the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy.
    • 1
      • The affected enemy unit(s).
        • Applies a This unit is affected by a disable. disabling The unit is forcefully moved in the x-axis accordingly to its facing direction. forced movement with the following ability effects:
          • Offensively pulls the affected unit toward Pudge.
          • Grants Render invisible sources null. True Sight over the affected unit.
            • Grants a 2.75 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 3.5)-second 200-radius vision over the affected enemy unit.
            • The vision granted does not follow the affected unit, and is independent of the channeling duration.
          • Dispellable by any Dispel sources. Dispels the Debuff pudge_dismember_pull debuff once the unit is within the pull distance threshold.
        • Has the following ability interactions:
          • Enemy units cannot see you, unless they have True Sight.Enemy units cannot see you, unless they have True Sight. to The affected enemy unit(s).
            • Invisible sources applied on the affected unit do not interrupt the channeling.
            • This also nullifies the Render invisible sources null. True Sight applied.
          • The following sources applied on the affected enemy unit interrupts the channeling.
    • 2
  • Rubick's responses upon cast has the following properties:
    • Not The ability effects are felt everywhere in the map. Global and only audible to himself.
    • Does not use blade ringing sound effects.
  • Casts Dismember on both the primary target and the secondary target. Both Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling duration are independent of each other.
Debuff modifier_pudge_dismemberDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.
Dismember: Getting dismembered by Pudge.
Debuff modifier_pudge_dismember_pullDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.
Hidden modifier
  • The ability's sound effects.
    • The ability cast sound effects are The ability effects are felt everywhere in the map. Global and audible to everyone.
  • facetdmg notes

Recent Matches[edit]

Main Article: Pudge/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. Picks
Mar 08, 2025 - 16:20 MSKShowmatchBetBoom Egoisto CupBB Egoisto CupPudge
Russiaxannii
1 : 0
RussiaAbsolute
Pudge
Mar 08, 2025 - 13:00 MSKShowmatchBetBoom Egoisto CupBB Egoisto CupPudge
RussiaNkt01
1 : 0
RussiaKoma`
Pudge
Feb 25, 2025 - 19:00 CETTier 3CCT Series 7CCT Series 7Dawnbreaker Phoenix Crystal Maiden Pudge Tiny
4Pirates4Pirates
0 : 1
Passion UAPassion UA
Bristleback Muerta Jakiro Pangolier Weaver
Feb 25, 2025 - 13:10 CETTier 3CCT Series 7CCT Series 7Abaddon Muerta Elder Titan Primal Beast Pudge
Level UPLevel UP
0 : 1
ASAKURAASAKURA
Dark Seer Leshrac Terrorblade Jakiro Monkey King
Feb 23, 2025 - 18:00 SGTTier 3EPL World Series: Southeast Asia Season 3EPL World Series: Southeast Asia Season 3EPL World SEA S3Tiny Muerta Lich Pudge Templar Assassin
InterActive PhilippinesInterActive Philippines
1 : 0
IvoryIvory
Phantom Assassin Pangolier Riki Winter Wyvern Dark Seer

Recent Changes[edit]

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.38
(2025-02-19)
  • REMOVED the Meat Hook Flayer's Hook facet.
  • Rot
    • ADDED the Rotten Core facet.
      • Grants 4%/8%/12%/16% attack damage bonus per stack per second when toggled This component requires toggling on the ability., up to 20%/40%/60%/80% max bonus attack damage after 5 seconds.
      • The attack damage bonus has a 1-second decay duration upon toggling This ability is toggled off..
  • Increased Dismember Fresh Meat self Strength strength bonus per damage instance from 1/3/5 to 2/4/6.
  • REWORKED Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
    • OLD Dismember
      • Has a 300-ally cast range increase.
      • Reduces cooldown by 5.
      • Grants the swallowed ally 5% max health as health regeneration bonus, and turns it invulnerable and hidden.
      • The swallowed ally can also get out by issuing any command after 3 seconds.
    • NEW Meat Hook
      • Deals 0.2 * PullDistance as enemy spell damage bonus.
      • Applies a 0.5 * CurrentCD when the projectile hits an allied unit.
7.36c
(2024-06-24)
  • TalentsTalents Talents:  
    LVL 10  +15% Rot movement speed slow reduced to +10%.
7.36b
(2024-06-05)
  • Meat Hook Flayer's Hook
    • Now has a 1.15 cast range factor.
    • Now has a 1.15 projectile speed factor.
    • Increased damage from 75/110/145/180 to 80/120/160/200.
  • Increased Meat Shield mana cost from 35/50/65/80 to 50/60/70/80.

Dota Plus Progress[edit]

Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Pudge's Relics Voice Lines

Meat Hook Kills

Unseen Enemies Hooked

Healing With Dismember

Dismember Kills

Teleports Leading To Kills

Urn Charges Used

Bounty Rune Taken

Blade Mail Damage

Blinks Leading To Kills

Channels Cancelled

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Kill Assists

Kills
Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master
  • ▶️ You'll look good with an apple in yer mouth!

Grandmaster

Equipment[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • During The International 2015, Dendi wore a Pudge costume while playing in the All-Star Match.
  • Pudge's line upon landing a hook on an enemy ▶️ ▶️▶️ "Get over here!" is a reference to the character "Scorpion" from the "Mortal Kombat" franchise, who uses the same line upon hitting his enemy with a similar hook ability.
  • ▶️ "Keep calm and carrion!" is a play on the "World War 2 British Propaganda phrase Keep calm and carry on".
  • The reason Pudge's voice lines are done in a Cockney accent might be the popular rhyming slang term that stands for "look"; "butcher's hook", incidentally representing Pudge's signature move.
  • Most of Pudge's Dismember cast lines (▶️ "Fresh meat!") are a reference to "The Butcher" from "Diablo", a title from "Blizzard Entertainment", who also says "Fresh Meat" as the player meets it the first time.[1]
    • In DotA, the exact same sound is used by Pudge upon casting Dismember.
  • In DotA, Pudge's title and name are inversed, with Butcher being the name, and Pudge being the title.
  • Warcraft 3 similarities:
    • Pudge's hero concept is originally inspired by the Abominations, which are large Undead melee amalgamations of corpses.
      • Meat Hook was inspired by the butcher's hook the Abominations hold in their left hand, with the chain wrapped up around their arm, though they only use it as a melee weapon.
      • Rot is inspired by the Abomination's Disease Cloud, which passively infects nearby enemies, dealing damage over time.
      • Dismember's concept is inspired by Cannibalize, with Cannibalize being used on corpses while Dismember's targets are living.

Gallery[edit]

  • Christmas artwork

    Christmas artwork

  • Concept art

    Concept art

  • Drow Ranger, Pudge and Slark in a cartoon scene

    Drow Ranger, Pudge and Slark in a cartoon scene

  • Pudge in-game

    Pudge in-game

  • Pudge in Model Viewer

    Pudge in Model Viewer

  • Low Violence model

    Low Violence model

  • Ability icon progress

    Ability icon progress

  • Hero icon progress

    Hero icon progress

  • Bone Harvest sprite - alive

    Bone Harvest sprite - alive

  • Bone Harvest sprite - dead

    Bone Harvest sprite - dead

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wYyCISNkEI&t=28s
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