Pudge

Pudge

The Dire

25 + 3.2 14 + 1.5 14 + 1.5

Level 1 16 25 Hit Points 625 1575 2449 Mana 182 494 910 Damage 52-58 102-108 148-154 Armor 0.96 4.39 8.8 Attacks / Second 0.67 0.81 1

Movement Speed 285 Turn Rate 0.5 Sight Range 1800/800 Attack Range Melee Missile Speed Instant Attack Duration 0.5+1.17 Cast Duration 0.3+0.51 Base Attack Time 1.7

Pudge the Butcher is a melee strength hero feared for his incredible gankpowers. Though he may not look like it, he is one of the strongest solo-killing gankers in the entire game, with one combo of his three active abilities proving more than sufficient to kill fragile enemy heroes in the early and midgame. His signature ability, Meat Hook, which requires intuition, guesswork, and good timing to land, is thrown out in a straight line a long distance away. If it snags a unit, it will drag it back to Pudge, dealing enormous damage to it if it was an enemy. It thus serves as a powerful ganking and initation tool, and also has the utility of being able to save an endangered ally. He can then follow up with his ultimate, Dismember, which deals further damage to the target over a few seconds, as well as disabling it. During this period, he can toggle on his Rotto damage his enemy further while hurting himself as well, and use it to slow and finish off the hero if he or she survived 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. 

Abilities

Meat Hook
	Ability Affects Damage 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: 700/900/1100/1300 Damage: 90/180/270/360
14/13/12/11  110/120/130/140  Won't deal damage or mini-stun. The Butcher's hook is a symbolic nightmare, its curved blade a frightening reminder of his slaughterous intent.

Rot Ability Affects Damage 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 A foul odor precedes a toxic, choking gas, emanating from the Butcher's putrid, ever-swelling mass.

Flesh Heap Ability Affects 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  Illusions will gain the magic resistance, but will not gain the bonus strength. Kill radius remains centered around Pudge's main hero. The Butcher gives new meaning to the words ‘meat shield.’

Dismember    R D Ability Affects Damage Channeled Enemies Magical CHANNELED - 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*)  30  100/130/170  Damage is blocked.  Adds a strength-based damage bonus, and heals Pudge equal to the damage dealt by Dismember. ‘When I'm through with these vermin, they'll be fit for

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Balance changelog

6.79

• Can now use  Blink Dagger.
  • If you hook a unit onto an unpathable ledge, the unit gains free pathing for 5 seconds.
•  Flesh Heap magic resistance reduced from 4/8/12/16% to 6/8/10/12%.
•  Dismember Scepter strength multiplier increased from 0.75 to 1.0.

6.78

•  Flesh Heap strength bonus increased from 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 to 1/1.5/2/2.5.

6.72

•  Rot's damage increased from 25/50/75/100 to 35/60/85/110.

6.68

•  Flesh Heap is now retroactive.
• Reduced  Flesh Heap aoe from 525 to 450.
•  Meat Hook damage type changed from physical to pure.
•  Meat Hook damage adjusted from 100/200/300/400 to 90/180/270/360.

6.67

•  Flesh Heap death AoE increased from 400 to 525.

6.65

•  Meat Hook scaling rebalanced. Cast range from 400/600/800/1000 to 550/700/850/1000, cd from 14 to 14/13/12/11 and manacost from 140 to 110/120/130/140.

6.64

•  Flesh Heap reworked, it no longer gains strength from creeps. Instead he gains strength (same values as before, 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8) for any nearby (400 AOE) dying enemy hero. You still get the bonus if the unit dies outside of the aoe if you are the killer.

6.60

• Added Pudge to  Aghanim's Scepter.

Deals damage based on his strength and aborbs that to heal himself. Damage from a constant 75/125/175 per second to 75/125/175 + 0.75 x Strength per second.

6.58

•  Flesh Heap bonus strength gained from heroes is improved from 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2 to 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8.

6.52

•  Flesh Heap now works with denies.