DotA Pudge-The Butcher Character Guide

Roles :

1. Tanker(Primary)

2. Ganker

3. Support

4. Initiator

Capabilities : 

• Have a good combination of skill
• Big STR, Have a good defence on Magic damage too.
• always included in the top 10 woDotA Best Save Replay.
• Easy to Killing if you can Hooking enemy.

Weakness :

• Your ability to read enemy mind challenged here.(Hook)
• AGI and INT very low.
• Hard to use for newbie.

DotA Pudge-The Butcher's Skills

1. Meat Hook : Launches a bloody hook at a unit or location. The hook will snag the first target it encounters, dealing damage then dragging the victim back to the Butcher.

Damage : 90/180/270/360(Pure Damage)

Casting range:600/800/1000/1200

Area of Effect: 100

Mana Cost: 110/120/130/140

Cooldown: 14/13/12/11

2. Rot: Pudge releases the disease and filth inside of him, dealing intense damage and slowing surrounding enemies while hurting Pudge as well. 

Damage : 35/60/85/110 dps(Damage per Second)

Reduces movement speed of enemies by 20%.

Area of Effect: 250 

Duration: Until deactivated

3.Flesh Heap : Pudge is made of innumerable rotting corpses, giving him extra protection against spells as well as the chance to add more to his bulk.

Level 1 - Gives Pudge 4% extra resistance to spells. +0.9 STR for each hero killed.

Level 2 - Gives Pudge 8% extra resistance to spells. +1.2 STR for each hero killed. 

Level 3 - Gives Pudge 12% extra resistance to spells. +1.5 STR for each hero killed. 

Level 4 - Gives Pudge 16% extra resistance to spells. +1.8 STR for each hero killed.

AoE for get STR : 525

4.Dismember: Chows down on a target, causing excruciating pain. Lasts 3 seconds.

Level 1 - 75 damage/second 

Level 2 - 125 damage/second

Level 3 - 175 damage/second

With Aghanim, DPS: + 0.75 * Strength 

Casting range: 160 

Duration: 3 seconds (heroes) / 6 seconds (creeps)

Mana Cost: 100/130/170 

Cooldown: 30

Skill Build

1. Meat Hook

2. Rot

3. Meat Hook

4. Rot

5. Meat Hook

6. Dismember

7. Meat Hook

8. Rot

9. Rot

10. Flesh Heap

11. Dismember

12. Flesh Heap

13. Flesh Heap

14. Flesh Heap

15. Stats

16. Dismember

17. Stats

18. Stats

19. Stats

20. Stats

21. Stats

22. Stats

23. Stats

24. Stats

25. Stats

Early Item

Read the guide for active item to ease you understanding it

• Empty Bottle
• Courier(Support Type)
• Boot of Speed

Alternative Item

• Bracer
• Blade Mail
• Vanguard
• Observer's Ward(Support Type)

Core Item

• Mana Boot's/Phase Boot's(I recommend use Mana boot's )
• Hood of Dafiance
• Force Staff
• Aghanim's Sceptre

Luxury Item

• Heart of Tarrasque
• Khadgar’s Pipe

Drafting

Pick Pudge If :

1. If your team need a Ganker.

2. A lot of your enemies are carry.

3. You are smart to read your enemy movements.

Don't Pick Pudge if :

1.You favour Carry type heroes

2. Your enemy pick clockwerk. It will make you mad if you pick Pudge / Raigor. XD

Lane

Mid is best choice if you can reading your enemy movements and know how to play Fog. If you can't, you can go anywhere as you like. 

Early game's Strategy

Mid Lane Strategy

In early game, go wild on mid lane!!Focus to farming and if there are an opportunity to Hook, just hook them ! XD. Remember to buy Empty Bottle if you are in mid lane. It will help you out to go wild !

Another Lane Strategy

Your armour is low. And your body is so sexy, so play save is the best choice. If you have an opportunity, just go to another lane for ganking. 

Mid game's Strategy

When in mid game, you will do "ganking" easily. Just Hook your enemy then Bite them! XD. If you are pros, you can buy force staff to ease you. when your enemy running away from you, just use force staff and hook straight. It usually will hit.

War game's Strategy and Ganking's Strategy

When you do Meat Hook, Read your enemy movement. actually, it is easy. Just think what  you will do if you become them. Then hook at the place that you will moved arround. It is same as Mirana-PoTM. 

If you like, you can use shift Queueing trick. So right after you hook, you will also do "Dismember"

Late game's Strategy

It will be hard for you in the late game. Actually, in DotA, teamwork are everything. In Late game, teamwork will determine who will win. It is because, when someone do "blunder" in late game(Especially in the 60th minute ++) It mean the lose for the same team.

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