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Pudge
Pudge

Patch 7.41d05.06.2026+0.45 (0.45)

GENERAL

  • BUFFBase Agility increased from 11 to 13+18%

Patch 7.41b07.04.2026+0.90 (0.90)

Abilities

Flesh Heap

Flesh Heap

  • BUFFStrength gain per stack increased from 1.6 to 2.0+25%

Patch 7.4124.03.2026+0.81 (1.21)

Abilities

Flesh Heap

Flesh Heap

  • REWORKNo longer levels with Dismember
  • BUFFPermanent Bonus Strength rescaled from 1.1/1.4/1.7/2.0 to 1.6+45%+14%-6%-20%
Passive – scales with Dismember
Pudge's skin thickens permanently every time he kills an enemy Hero, gaining 1.1/1.4/1.7/2 bonus Strength for each stack.
Strength per stack
1.1/1.4/1.7/2
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Passive
Pudge's skin thickens permanently every time he kills an enemy Hero, gaining 1.6 bonus Strength for each stack.
Strength per stack
1.6
Rot

Rot

  • MISCNo longer has a separate value for incoming heal reduction?Still reduces incoming heals due to Health Restoration changes

Patch 7.40c22.01.2026-0.17 (0.17)

Abilities

Meat Shield

Meat Shield

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 50/60/70/80 to 65/70/75/80+30%+17%+7%0%

Patch 7.40b23.12.2025-1.15 (1.15)

Facets

Fresh Meat

  • NERFStrength increase decreased from 2/4/6 to 2/3/40%-25%-33%

Abilities

Meat Hook

Meat Hook

  • NERFMana Cost increased from 110 to 120+9%

Patch 7.3922.05.2025-0.76 (0.76)

Abilities

Rot

Rot

  • NERFAghanim's Scepter instead of reducing Healing, Health Regen, Lifesteal, and Spell Lifesteal by 20%, now reduces Health Restoration by 20%?Health Restoration does not reduce incoming healing (it does since 7.41): the healing cut is gone

Patch 7.3819.02.2025+1.05 (3.21)

Facets

Rotten Core

  • NEWNew facet
Toggle: Rot
While Rot is active, Pudge gains 4/8/12/16% bonus attack damage every second, up to 20/40/60/80% max bonus attack damage after 5s. Once Rot is deactivated, damage bonus rapidly decays over 1s
Attack damage per second
4/8/12/16%
Max bonus attack damage
20/40/60/80%
Time to max
5s
Decay duration
1s

Flayer's Hook

  • DELRemoved

Fresh Meat

  • BUFFStrength Increase increased from 1/3/5 to 2/4/6+100%+33%+20%

Abilities

Meat Hook

Meat Hook

  • NEWAghanim's Shard: When Meat Hook hits an enemy, it deals 20% of the pulled distance as bonus damage. When Meat Hook hits an ally, Meat Hook's cooldown is reduced by 50%
  • NEWAdded Aghanim's Shard.
Dismember: Decreases cooldown, and allows targeting an ally with bonus cast range to swallow them and heal them for a percentage of their max health per second.
Cooldown
25/20/15s
Max health regen
5%
Ally cast range
300
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Meat Hook: When Meat Hook hits an enemy, it deals bonus damage (20%) based on the distance pulled. When Meat Hook hits an ally, Meat Hook's cooldown is reduced by 50%.
Damage per distance pulled
20%
Cooldown reduction
50%
Dismember

Dismember

  • DELRemoved Aghanim's Shard.

Patch 7.0801.02.2018-0.80 (0.80)

Abilities

Rot

Rot

  • NERFSlow rescaled from 30% to 20/24/28/32%?Effectively a nerf at levels 1–3 (20%, 24%, 28%) and a buff only at level 4 (32%)-33%-20%-7%+7%