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Pudge 25 + 3.5 14 + 1.5 14 + 1.5
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 670 1748 2782 3200 +1.5 +4 +8.9 +13.6 +15.55 Mana 75 243 495 819 927 +0.9 +1.6 +2.65 +4 +4.48 Armor -2 0.33 3.83 8.33 9.92 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 34 40 59 65 108 114 155 161 174 180 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.67/s 0.79/s 0.95/s 1.01/s Attack Range 150 (600) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.5 + 1.17 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 275 ( 305) Turn Rate 0.7 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Pudge, the Butcher, is a melee strength hero feared for his incredible ganking prowess and risky, yet potentially rewarding playstyle.

Pudge is potentially one of the strongest gankers and disablers in the entire game, with his combo of three active abilities proving more than sufficient to kill fragile enemy heroes in the early and mid-game. His signature ability, Meat Hook, is a grapple that is thrown out in a straight line; if it snags a target, it will drag them back to Pudge, dealing enormous damage to it if it was an enemy. Although it can be difficult to land and often requires a good read on the enemy's movements, it is a very powerful ganking and initiation spell due to its ability to displace enemies, and also has the utility of being able to save an endangered ally. He can then follow up with his ultimate, Dismember, a channeled disable that deals further damage to the target over a few seconds and increases in lethality the more strength Pudge has, while also healing Pudge for its duration. During this period, he can activate Rot to deal even more damage while he is consuming his foe, and use it to slow and finish them off if they survive the initial assault. Rot is also a very potent ability even from the start of the game, as it can slow an enemy to a crawl and be used indefinitely as long as Pudge keeps pace with the enemy, making Pudge a strong roamer. 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. The scariest aspect of Flesh Heap though, is that it provides him with a permanent strength bonus with every kill that he participates in, making him harder to kill and increasing the damage of Dismember as the game goes on. A skilled Pudge player is feared by many, as he can quickly snowball out of control, cripple the enemy team, and become an unstoppable behemoth of rotting flesh.

Bio

Pudge, the Butcher

▶️ "When I'm through with these vermin, they'll be fit for a pie!"

Lore:

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.

Voice:

John Patrick Lowrie (Responses)

Abilities

Meat Hook

▶️QT

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies / Allies

Damage
Pure

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 if it is an enemy.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.43/0.46/0.5/0.53

Cast Range: 1000/1100/1200/1300

Max Travel Distance: 1000/1100/1200/1300

Hook Search Radius: 100

Damage: 150/220/290/360 ( 180/270/360/450)

 17/15/13/11 ( ) ( 4,  )

 140

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Reduces cooldown and increases damage.

Modifiers [?]

Followthrough

Undispellable

Meat Hook

Undispellable

The Butcher's hook is a symbolic nightmare, its curved blade a frightening reminder of his slaughterous intent.

• The Meat Hook travels at a speed of 1450, taking seconds to reach maximum distance.

• Pudge receives the Followthrough buff upon cast, which disables Pudge. It lasts as long as the cast backswing does.
  • The backswing of Meat Hook is dynamic, lasting until the hook starts retracting.
  • This means when extending the hook range with cast range bonuses, it lasts longer. When latching on a unit, it lasts shorter.

• The hook can hit units up to range away (max travel distance + search radius).

• The search radius is centered around the hook's tip. Getting close to other parts of the hook has no effect.

• Can only affect units while extending, not while retracting. Fully affects invisible units.

• Cannot hit ancient creeps and invulnerable or hidden units.

• The hook flies through impassable terrain and trees. It also can drag units over them.

• Hooked enemies are fully disabled for the entire pull duration.
  • Allies are not disabled. They can act freely while being pulled by the hook.

• When the hook hits a unit, it provides 500 radius flying vision at the unit's location upon hit for 4 seconds.

• Runes can be hooked as well. Pudge gets the mana cost refunded when doing so.
  • Always gets the full {{#show:#Meat Hook|?mana cost#}} mana cost refunded, even when the cast's cost was reduced by mana loss reduction.

Rot

▶️WR

Ability
Toggle / Aura

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

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

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: 250

Damage per Second: 30/60/90/120 ( )

Move Speed Slow: 11%/18%/25%/32% ( )

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

 0

Modifiers [?]

Rot

Undispellable

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

• Rot does not interrupt Pudge's channeling spells upon toggling.

• The self-damage is lethal, so it can be used to deny oneself.

• The area damage and self-damage are independent from each other, so when the self-damage is blocked, the area damage is still applied.

• The slow and damage are provided by an aura. This aura debuff lingers for {{#show:#Rot|?value4#}} seconds.
  • When an enemy leaves the area, the lingering debuff continues slowing and damaging until expiring.
  • When Rot gets toggled off, the lingering debuff only slows, but stops dealing damage.

• Deals ( ) damage in 0.2 second intervals. The time intervals are set for the whole game when Rot is toggled the first time.

• Silencing or disabling Pudge does not turn Rot off, not even when hidden.

Flesh Heap

EF

Ability
Passive

Affects
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.

Enemy Death Radius: 450

Magic Resistance Bonus: 6%/8%/10%/12%

Strength Bonus per Death: 1/1.5/2/2.5 ( )

Modifiers [?]

Flesh Heap

Undispellable

The Butcher gives new meaning to the words 'meat shield'.

• The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.

• Increases Pudge's total base magic resistance to .

• It does not matter how an enemy hero within the radius dies, Pudge always gains a stack of Flesh Heap.

• Pudge always gains a stack when he deals the killing blow on an enemy hero within 1600 radius.

• If an enemy dies to Pudge while more than 1600 range away from Pudge, or dies while Pudge is already dead, no stack is gained.

• Cannot gain stacks from killing illusions or hero clones.
  • When Pudge kills a Meepo clone however, he does gain a stack, since killing a Meepo clone also kills the main Meepo.

• Each stack effectively grants health, health regen amp, magic resistance, and {{#show:#Flesh Heap|?value3#}} attack damage.
  • The talent increases these to health, health regen amp, magic resistance, and {{#show:#Flesh Heap|?value3 tal#}} attack damage.

• The number of stacks and amount of strength gained can be seen on the status buff icon.

• Upon leveling Flesh Heap, all stacks adapt to its new level.

• Upon gaining a stack, a red "+1" appears above Pudge's head, indicating that he gained a stack.

Dismember

▶️RD

Ability
Target Unit / Channeled

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

Pudge chows down on an enemy unit, disabling it and dealing damage over time. Pudge gets healed for the same amount he damages. Lasts 3 seconds on Heroes, 6 seconds on creeps.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Cast Range: 160

Hero Max Channel Time: 3 ( )

Non-Hero Max Channel Time: 6 ( )

Base Damage per Second: 60/90/120

Strength as Damage per Second: 30%/45%/60%

Base Heal per Second: 60/90/120

Strength as Heal per Second: 30%/45%/60%

Pull Speed: 75

 30/25/20 ( )

 100/130/170

Modifiers [?]

Dismember

Strong

Dismember Pull

Strong

'When I'm through with these vermin, they'll be fit for a pie!'

• Fully disables the target as long as it is channeled.

• Pulls the target closer to Pudge at a speed of {{#show:#Dismember|?value8#}}. The pull debuff disappears when the target gets within 125 range of Pudge.

• Provides True Sight over the target, but only when the target was not invisible or within a fade time upon cast.

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting immediately upon cast, resulting in up to {{#show:#Dismember|?value2#}} ( {{#show:#Dismember|?value2 tal#}}) ({{#show:#Dismember|?value3#}} ( {{#show:#Dismember|?value3 tal#}}) against non-heroes) damage instances.

• Can deal up to + ( + ) of own strength as damage to the target hero (before reductions).
  • Can deal up to + ( + ) of own strength as damage to the target non-hero unit (before reductions).
  • Also heals Pudge for the same amount when fully channeled.

• The damage and heal work independently from each other, meaning it always heals for the full amount per interval, regardless of how much damage the target takes.

• Treats creep-heroes as heroes and ancient creeps as creeps.

• Pudge's Dismember responses are global and audible to everyone, even through the Fog of War.

Talents

Hero Talents
+2.0 Flesh Heap Stack Str	25	+3s Dismember Duration
15% Cooldown Reduction	20	+180 Gold/Min
+12% Rot Slow	15	13% Spell Lifesteal
+35 Rot Damage	10	+30% XP Gain

Notes:

• Stacks additively with other spell lifesteal sources.
  • Heals for 2.6% from non-hero units. Treats creep-heroes as creeps and does not heal off of illusions.

• Multiple percentage-based cooldown reduction sources do not stack. The highest value takes priority.

• Gold granted from the talent is unreliable gold.

Gameplay

The Butcher loomed over the field, strewn with dead and dying, his body swaying with heaped flesh. Swish, thunk. Pudge hacks tendon from joint, flesh from bone, and gobbles down his grisly harvest. But carcasses were no substitute for fresh meat. So the Butcher lies in wait, peering through foliage with beady eyes. Was it food or foe? Pudge rarely made the distinction. His Meat Hook sails through the air, dragging the prey across the river with a savage yank. Disoriented, the meat stumbles, gagging on a sudden stench of Rot. It looks up at the fleshy hulk, hoping for an answer, only to watch the cleaver fall as the Butcher Dismembers his next meal in a bloody slaughter.
Roles:	Disabler Initiator Durable Nuker
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Audio

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History

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Equipment

Pudge Equipment (expand sets) Personas The Toy Butcher Sets Arms of the Bogatyr Bindings of the Trapper Butcher's Wake Candy Cat Chains of the Black Death Champion of Nurgle Compendium Bindings of the Trapper Cursed Cryptbreaker Dapper Disguise Delicacies of Butchery Set Direcourt Jester Doll of the Dead Doomsday Ripper Feast of Abscession Bundle Frosty the Sew-Man Gladiator's Revenge Hunt of the Odobenus One Iron Hog Jolly Reaver Mindless Slaughter Murder of Crows Plague Champion of Nurgle Scavenger of the Basilisk Surgical Precision The Abscesserator Bundle The Ghastly Gourmand The Ol' Chopper's Set Tools of the Mad Harvester Set Writ of the Royal Butcher Weapon Pack Chained Slayers Set The Butcher's Broilers Pack Weapon Blood Drainer Dragonclaw Hook Flesh Ripper Force Hook Golden Ripper's Reel Grievous Grapnel Hook of the Sorrowful Prey Jade Talon Meat Dragger Ripper's Reel Ripper's Reel of the Crimson Witness Scorching Talon Whalehook Off-Hand Bloodlust Fork Heavy Tenderizer Insatiable Bonesaw Head Rotten Stache Left Arm Golden Scavenging Guttleslug Scavenging Guttleslug Back Bloodstained Britches Taunt Taunt: Shake Your Money Maker Kinetic Gems Kinetic: Crow's Feet Kinetic: Trapper's Treachery

Trivia

• 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.
• Pudge's line ▶️ "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.
  • In DotA1, the exact same sound is used by Pudge upon casting Dismember.

Gallery

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  Christmas artwork

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  Concept art

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  Drow Ranger, Pudge and Slark in a cartoon scene

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  Pudge in-game

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  Pudge in Model Viewer

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  Low Violence model

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  Model before November 21, 2013 Patch

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  Ability icon progress

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  Hero icon progress

References

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