strength

Pudge

Hooks and pulls enemies towards him

Melee

Strike fear into the lanes with Pudge, the iconic ganker famous for his high-skill signature hook. Excelling at Pulling targets out of position, he devours them with Dismember, passively gaining additional health and damage with every successful Flesh Heap stack.

Pudge abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.

2/3
Complexity
2/3
Disabler
2/3
Durable
2/3
Initiator
1/3
Nuker

Pudge Performance Summary

On patch 7.41e, Pudge holds a 51.46% win rate across 1,033,395 ranked games. It holds steady across skill brackets (50.8% in Divine up to 52.09% in Guardian), so Pudge performs about the same at every level of play.

Base Stats

Pudge
Health670+2.5 / s
Mana267
AttributeBase / Growth per lvl
strengthStrength
25+3 per lvl
agilityAgility
13+1.4 per lvl
intelligenceIntelligence
16+1.8 per lvl
StatValue
DamageDamage
70 – 76
ArmorArmor
2.2
Movement SpeedMovement Speed
280
Attack RangeAttack Range
175

Win Rates by Rank

Patch7.41e
Public Win Rate51%1,033.4K matches
Pro Win Rate89%8W / 1L
Pro Bans431% of contests
RankPicksWin Rate
HeraldHerald
37.1K
52%
GuardianGuardian
131.8K
52%
CrusaderCrusader
207.6K
52%
ArchonArchon
236.9K
52%
LegendLegend
194.5K
51%
AncientAncient
121.2K
51%
DivineDivine
104.3K
51%

Faces of Pudge

Data Timeframe: Past 6 months

Innate Ability

Flesh Heap
Hidden, Passive

Pudge's skin thickens permanently every time he kills an enemy Hero, gaining 2 bonus Strength for each stack.

Flesh Heap Strength Buff Amount2
Flesh Heap Range450

Talent Tree

1.5x Flesh Heap and Meat Shield bonuses
25
1.5x Dismember Damage/Heal
-4s Meat Hook Cooldown
20
+0.75s Dismember Duration
+150 Meat Hook Damage
15
+8% Spell Lifesteal
+10% Rot Slow
10
+5 Armor

Abilities

Meat Hook
PurePierces BKB
Point Target

Launches a bloody hook toward a unit or location. The hook will snag the first unit it encounters, dragging the unit back to Pudge, killing it if it's a non-ancient creep and dealing damage if it is an enemy otherwise.

Damage150 / 220 / 290 / 360
Hook Speed1600
Hook Width100
Vision Radius500
Vision Duration4s
Distance As Damage0%
Self Stun Duration Percent65s
Cast Range1300
Cast Time0.3s
Mana120
Cooldown18 / 16 / 14 / 12s
Rot
Magical
No Target

A toxic cloud that deals intense damage and slows movement--harming not only enemy units but Pudge himself.

Radius250
Rot Tick0.2
Move Slow-14% / -20% / -26% / -32%
Damage30 / 60 / 90 / 120
Health Restoration Loss0%
Meat Shield
No Target, Instant Cast

Pudge covers himself with a layer of flesh that blocks damage of any type taken from any source.

Damage Block8 / 14 / 20 / 26
Duration4 / 5 / 6 / 7s
Mana65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown20 / 19 / 18 / 17s
Dismember
MagicalPierces BKBStrong Dispels Only
Unit Target, Channeled

CHANNELED - Pudge chows down on an enemy unit, disabling it and dealing damage over time. Damage is increased by Pudge's Strength and heals him for the total amount. Pudge pulls the unit at a rate of 75 units, up to a minimum of 125 range.

Damage Per Second80 / 100 / 120
Strength Multiplier0.3 / 0.6 / 0.9
Ticks6
Pull Units Per Second75
Pull Distance Limit125
Animation Rate1.5
Cast Range200
Channel Time2.75s
Cast Time0.3s
Mana100 / 130 / 170
Cooldown30 / 25 / 20s

Aghanim's Upgrades

Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Rot

Increases Rot radius by , damage by , and causes it to reduce enemy Health Restoration by 20%.

Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Meat Hook

When Meat Hook hits an enemy, it deals bonus damage based on the distance pulled.When Meat Hook hits an ally, Meat Hook's cooldown is reduced by 50%.