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Pudge, the Butcher.
Pudge is the most played hero in Dota 2, beating 
Bounty Hunter by over 300,000 in matches played. Why is he the most played hero you ask? The reason why Pudge has an amazing popularity in Dota 2 is because he is an extraordinary hero. With his notorious hook/rot/dismember combo, he can turn any hero into his daily snack. But don't get too excited, just because he is a killing machine, it doesn't mean he is easy to use. It takes time to master the precision of his hook, to know when to suicide with his rot when the gank goes wrong and know when its right to use his dismember late game. This is the reason why I have made a guide. To help you achieve what every professional Pudge player feels when looking at his outstanding final match score.
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An undead behemoth seemingly impervious to even the most potent magic, this starving abomination roams the battlefield, continually in search of unwary prey. It is said his victims catch only a glimpse of his monstrous frame as they are dragged them through the shadows, bleeding profusely as a jagged hook etches deeper in their flesh. Wails of agony echo in the distance, only to be drowned out by the Butcher's maniacal laughter as he severs their limp bodies with his great maw. Unspeakable horrors ensue in a deathly silence, a dreadful omen for what is to come. |
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+ He's one of the best ganking heroes. + He has one the best combos. + He can handle solo. + Skills are made to destroy. + He is addictive to play. |
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- It takes practice to master Pudge. - He has a slow movement/attack speed. - He has a low mana pool. - The skills have low cooldown. - He is addictive to play. |
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Meat Hook is Pudge's signature move. It is what makes Pudge, the Butcher. This skill basically grapples a unit within the skills AoE and drag it back to him and dealing damage if it is an enemy. What makes this skill special is that it is a skill shot. It takes dedication and practice to master this skill. You can use Meat Hook to also save allies so use it wisely. Meat Hook, aim towards the direction which the aimed enemy is heading towards to. This can take time to master. Meat Hook your allies to save them from ganks or from unwanted crowd control.
Pudge and usually gives the last blow to tanks. Once you have snagged an enemy, use Rot as soon as possible to give the slow buff and damaging them bit by bit. There is a downside to using Rot though, which is that once activated, it also deals damage to Pudge. That's when Hood of Defiance comes in which I will talk about later in this guide. You can also use this skill to deny yourself when a gank has gone wrong. Use it and leave it on if you know 100% that you are going to die. Keep in mind that I highlighted 100% because I mean it.
Poison Sting with low hp.
Flesh Heap is situational, meaning you can level this skill up depending on how the match is being played but most of the time you don't really need to level this up until late game has hit. Why you say? Let's say that the opposition has a lineup consisting of annoying intel heroes with those annoying skills which love to stay together as a group to gank or farm and you have been targeted to be ganked or you would want to gank them. It's probably smart to level this skill up to help escape or to tank that extra damage from those magic skills when either escaping from the annoying intel gank or dismembering an intel and tanking the magic skills from the other annoying intels. But that's probably not going to happen which brings me to the point that there isn't much situations where you need to level this skill up. But don't think negative of this skill, if you want that survivability and tankness early, feel free to level Flesh Heap whenever. Also, if you're in desperate need of strength for somewhat reason that you desperately need to last hit an unit(s), Flesh Heap gives you bonus strength that increases when an enemy hero dies around you. Flesh Heap will still gain charges before it has been skilled which it being much more useful for that late game survivability.
Dismember. Pudge's killer blow. Finisher. Knockout. Pudge's Ultimate Pudge's initiating skill, Meat Hook. This is what makes one of the best combo's in the game, deadly early/mid game. It chows down on a unit/enemy and disables them dealing damage over time. It's a gaurentee killer move if a team-mate(s) is with you. You can also use it to delay time to deny yourself when you know that you are going to die by using Rot while dismembering. You can also use it to stop a channelling move and save you and your team-mates from getting damage such as 
Sand King's 
Epicenter. Rot or for help to come. Aghanim's Scepter will heal Pudge the same amount as it deals damage.
Pudge has one of the most lethal combos in DotA. The combo is performed as followed: Meat Hook + Rot + Dismember = Fatality Rot and Dismember. If you are approaching from behind, you may not need to cast Meat Hook since it'll be a surprise attack. This will usually happen during early game. Dismember quick enough leading to Rot not damaging. If this is the case stop your Rot, wait until Dismember is finish and run towards the enemy with Rot back on. Follow and secure the kill. If however he escapes, find a different safer route towards the weakened enemy, stop where the enemy cannot see you but is close by, heal and wait for your Meat Hook to finish its cooldown and try your luck with a blind hook.
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Magic Stick is mainly used for survivability. It's great for Pudge because Rot will usually drain your hp after a gank which you could use your Magic Stick to have that extra hp while escaping if you notice that an enemy is coming towards you. This is usually your last resort to surviving so use the charges wisely.
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Buying Clarity Potion's will help you regain the mana at early game while harassing. Use it whenever you go for a Meat Hook so you can be sure to have the right of mana once the skill has finished the cooldown. Remeber that if you have taken damage while the potion is active, it will cancel it and stop regenerating mana.
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