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Version
Description
7.07d
Increased Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook mana cost from 110/120/130/140 to 140 on each level.
7.07
Increased base health regeneration from 0 to 1.5.
Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9.
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook
Can now latch on and pull runes, and doing so refunds the mana cost.
Neutral creeps hooked with Meat Hook now draw aggro and can be auto-attacked again.
Units hooked onto cliffs no longer grant unobstructed movement for 5 seconds.
Dismember icon.png Dismember now pulls the target closer to Pudge.
Reworked talents:
Old:
Level 10: +2 mana regeneration or +8 Strength attribute symbol.png strength
Level 15: +15 movement speed or +5 armor
Level 20: +1s Dismember icon.png Dismember duration or +150 gold per minute
Level 25: +120 Rot icon.png Rot damage per second or +1.75 Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap strength per stack
New:
Level 10: +35 Rot icon.png Rot damage per second or +5 armor
Level 15: +75 attack damage or 13% spell lifesteal
Level 20: 15% cooldown reduction or +180 gold per minute
Level 25: +2 Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap strength per stack or +3s Dismember icon.png Dismember duration
7.06
Increased Strength attribute symbol.png strength gain from 3.2 to 3.5.
Reduced base health regeneration from 0.25 to 0.
Increased Dismember icon.png Dismember duration from 2.95/5.9 to 3/6.
Level 20 left talent: Replaced 40 seconds respawn time reduction with 1/2 seconds Dismember icon.png Dismember duration bonus.
7.03
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook
Can no longer latch on invulnerable units.
Reduced hook speed from 1600 to 1450.
7.02
Reduced movement speed from 285 to 280.
Level 20 left talent: Increased respawn time reduction from 35 to 40.
7.00
Added talents:
Level 10: +8 Strength attribute symbol.png strength or +2 mana regeneration
Level 15: +5 armor or +15 movement speed
Level 20: +150 gold per minute or -35s respawn time
Level 25: +1.75 Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap strength per stack or +120 Rot icon.png Rot damage per second
6.88b
Increased Dismember icon.png Dismember own Strength attribute symbol.png strength as damage from 30%/40%/50% to 30%/45%/60%.
6.88
Increased Rot icon.png Rot movement speed slow from 27% to 30%.
Reduced Dismember icon.png Dismember cooldown from 30 on each level to 30/25/20.
6.87
Increased attack range from 128 to 150.
6.86b
Reduced Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook damage from 175/275/375/475 to 180/270/360/450.
6.86
Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter
No longer upgrades Dismember icon.png Dismember (upgrade was, adds 100% of Pudge's Strength attribute symbol.png strength as damage to Dismember and causes it to heal Pudge).
Now reduces Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook cooldown from 14/13/12/11 to 4 on each level and increases damage from 90/180/270/360 to 175/275/375/475.
Dismember icon.png Dismember
Rescaled damage per second from 75/125/175 to 60/90/120 + 30%/40%/50% of own Strength attribute symbol.png strength
Now heals Pudge for the damage it does.
6.85
Rot icon.png Rot
Increased damage per second from 35/60/85/110 to 30/60/90/120.
Increased movement speed slow from 20%/22%/24%/26% to 27% on each level.
Fixed Dismember icon.png Dismember sometimes not granting True Sight over the target properly.
6.84
Increased Rot icon.png Rot movement speed slow from 20% to 20%/22%/24%/26%.
6.83
Increased Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook max distance and cast range from 700/900/1100/1300 to 1000/1100/1200/1300.
6.82
Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.7.
[U] Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook damage now pierces spell immunity.
6.79
Can now buy Blink Dagger icon.png Blink Dagger.
If a unit gets hooked onto an impassable ledge, the unit gains free pathing for 5 seconds.
Reduced Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap magic resistance from 4%/8%/12%/16% to 6%/8%/10%/12%.
Increased Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Dismember icon.png Dismember Strength attribute symbol.png strength multiplier from 0.75 to 1.0.
6.78
Increased Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap Strength attribute symbol.png strength bonus per enemy hero death from 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 to 1/1.5/2/2.5.
6.72d
Increased collision size from 12 to 24.
6.72c
Reduced collision size from 24 to 12.
6.72
Increased Rot icon.png Rot damage from 25/50/75/100 to 35/60/85/110.
6.68
Reduced armor from 0 to -1 (total armor is now 0.96).
Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap is now retroactive.
This means it will now track all enemy hero deaths within the radius, even when not learnt, and adapt the strength bonus based on its level.
Reduced Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap radius from 525 to 450.
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook
Changed damage type from physical to pure.
Reduced damage from 100/200/300/400 to 90/180/270/360.
6.67
Increased Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap enemy death radius from 400 to 525.
6.65
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook
Increased max distance and cast range from 400/600/800/1000 to 550/700/850/1000.
Reduced cooldown from 14 to 14/13/12/11.
Reduced mana cost from 140 to 110/120/130/140.
6.64
Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap reworked:
Old Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap:
Each unit Pudge kills grants him 0.03/0.06/0.09/0.12 strength if it was a non-hero unit, and 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 if it was a hero.
Pudge has to make the last hit to gain the strength. Works on denies.
Grants Pudge 4%/8%/12%/16% magic resistance.
New Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap:
Whenever an enemy hero dies within 400 radius of Pudge, or Pudge kills an enemy hero from any range, he gains 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 strength.
It doesn't matter how the enemy hero died, if it died within 400 range of Pudge, he gets the strength. Does not work with denies or allied hero deaths.
Grants Pudge 4%/8%/12%/16% magic resistance.
6.60
Added Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter upgrade for Pudge: Causes Dismember icon.png Dismember to additionally deal 75% of Pudge's strength as damage and heals Pudge for the amount of damage dealt.
6.58
Increased Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap Strength attribute symbol.png strength per hero kill from 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2 to 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8.
6.52
Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap now works with denies.
Fixed Rot icon.png Rot, Sand Storm icon.png Sand Storm and Eye of the Storm icon.png Storm Seeker from not being able to affect the same area at the same time.
6.42
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook now properly interrupts channeling.
6.35
Increased armor from -1 to 0 (total armor is now 1.96).
6.04
Pudge can no longer get first blood for Rot icon.png Rotting at start.
6.00
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook
Fixed bug that caused it to get erractic at long range.
No longer bends based on environmental props.
Can no longer hook wards.
Reduced the cast phase during which Pudge is disabled from 0.5 to 0.4.
Rot icon.png Rot now slows affected enemies by 20%.
Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap
No longer turns Pudge immune to piercing damage.
Increased Strength attribute symbol.png strength per killed hero from 0.03/0.06/0.09/0.12 to 0.3/0.6/0.9/1.2 (creep kills still grant 0.03/0.06/0.09/0.12).
5.83
Can no longer buy Blink Dagger icon.png Blink Dagger.
5.82
Increased Dismember icon.png Dismember cooldown from 25 to 30.
5.80
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook
No longer turns Pudge invulnerable during the 0.5 second cast phase.
No longer bends based on Pudge's facing direction.
5.79
Reduced base Strength attribute symbol.png strength from 26 to 25.
Increased base Intelligence attribute symbol.png intelligence from 13 to 14.
5.76
Re-added and reworked Pudge (to see the previous Pudge, see here).
Patch history[edit]
Patch
Description
10 Jul 2017
Fixed Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook's anti-cliffing mechanic not working and updated which cliffs are affected and which are not.
21 Nov 2013
Updated model.
07 Feb 2013
Fixed some ability Backswing timing issues (Kunkka Kunkka, Clockwerk Clockwerk, Timbersaw Timbersaw, Meepo Meepo, Pudge Pudge, Spirit Breaker Spirit Breaker, Sand King Sand King, Riki Riki, Nyx Assassin Nyx Assassin, Lion Lion, Pugna Pugna, Shadow Demon Shadow Demon, Batrider Batrider).
10 Jan 2013
Fixed being able to get units stuck using Refresher Orb icon.png Refresher Orb
21 Sep 2012
[U] Updated Enchantress Enchantress' and Pudge Pudge's textures.
13 Sep 2012
[U] Added new attack animations for Pudge.
22 Aug 2012
[U] Updated Pudge's model and textures.
15 Aug 2012
[U] Updated Pudge's textures.
26 Jul 2012
[U] Added teleport start and end animations for Earthshaker Earthshaker, Pudge Pudge, Night Stalker Night Stalker, Shadow Demon Shadow Demon, Tidehunter Tidehunter, Tinker Tinker.
[U] Added Haste Rune Run animations for Night Stalker and Pudge.
28 Jun 2012
Fixed a bug that was sometimes causing Dismember icon.png Dismember to do an extra tick of damage.
Fixed a bug that allowed Pudge to deal damage without hurting himself by quickly toggling Rot icon.png Rot.
17 May 2012
Fixed Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook interrupting channeling spells if the target is spell immune.
Added additional dialog for Earthshaker Earthshaker, Pudge Pudge, Storm Spirit Storm Spirit, Shadow Fiend Shadow Fiend, and Doom Doom.
26 Apr 2012
[U] Updated the hero selection portrait.
20 Apr 2012
Fixed bug with Pudge and Aghanim's Scepter icon.png Aghanim's Scepter.
19 Apr 2012
Fixed Dismember icon.png Dismember damage happening one second too late.
12 Apr 2012
Reduced the delay before being able to issue orders after Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook.
Fixed Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook and Sacred Arrow icon.png Sacred Arrow not hitting Lone Druid Lone Druid's Lone Druid Spirit Bear icon.png Spirit Bear.
22 Mar 2012
Fixed some abilities having incorrect durations against creep heroes (like Dismember icon.png Dismember).
15 Mar 2012
Fixed being unable to hook Nightmare icon.png Nightmared targets.
08 Mar 2012
Made Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook conform to terrain for more accurate visual read.
16 Feb 2012
[U] Pudge has a new animation upon getting a kill.
12 Jan 2012
Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap now has a overhead notification when Strength attribute symbol.png strength is gained.
Made Rot icon.png Rot way less subtle.
01 Dec 2011
Fixed Rot icon.png Rot doing continuing to do damage after you die.
17 Nov 2011
Fixed Dismember icon.png Dismember lasting too long on Roshan.
Fixed Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook interrupting allied channel abilities.
27 Oct 2011
Fixed cases where Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook would drop the pulled target to a lower level if your target was near a ledge.
13 Oct 2011
Dismember icon.png Dismember channel will now correctly break if dispelled by Kraken Shell icon.png Kraken Shell.
Fixed Force Staff icon.png Force Staff (and other forced movements like Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook) not triggering Rupture icon.png Rupture damage.
29 Sep 2011
Changed Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook to pull back units he kills with it.
09 Sep 2011
Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook now properly gives 500/500 flying vision for 4 seconds at location where a unit is hooked.
06 Aug 2011
Fixed Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook not working on spell immune units.
04 Aug 2011
Updated Pudge's Icons.
02 Aug 2011
Made radius of Rot icon.png Rot more static/representative of actual its radius.
Made Rot icon.png Rot debuff effect have a more distinct palette, with a hit effect and constant blood for recipients.
01 Jul 2011
Fixed Rot icon.png Rot toggling to not proc Magic Stick icon.png Magic Stick charges.
24 Jun 2011
Fixed toggling Rot icon.png Rot (and item/ability toggles in general) not breaking invisibility.
Disabled Blink Dagger icon.png Blink Dagger for Vengeful Spirit Vengeful Spirit and Pudge Pudge. Disabled Quelling Blade icon.png Quelling Blade for Kunkka Kunkka.
20 May 2011
Fixed Pudge's health not updating when upgrading Flesh Heap icon.png Flesh Heap.
05 May 2011
Hooked up Pudge's new Rot icon.png Rot animation.
03 Mar 2011
Fixed Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook animation getting stuck on if Pudge gets interrupted before his action phase ends.
Fixed Sacred Arrow icon.png Sacred Arrow and Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook to not miss nearby targets.
09 Feb 2011
Can no longer hook ancient creeps/Roshan.
30 Jan 2011
Fixed bug with spamming Rot icon.png Rot, and adjusted its tick interval to 0.2 from 1.0.
Fixed cases where creating a linear projectile directly on yourself would cause it to get stuck. This includes fixes to Fissure icon.png Fissure, Ghostship icon.png Ghostship, Dragon Slave icon.png Dragon Slave, Sacred Arrow icon.png Sacred Arrow, Earth Spike icon.png Earth Spike, Waveform icon.png Waveform, Illusory Orb icon.png Illusory Orb, Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook, Burrowstrike icon.png Burrowstrike, Wave of Terror icon.png Wave of Terror, and Powershot icon.png Powershot.
27 Jan 2011
Fixed incorrect mana cost on Meat Hook icon.png Meat Hook.
18 Jan 2011
Pudge's hook now interrupts the hooked unit.
