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Dendi’s Pudge – Items, skill build, and talents

Let’s check out Dendi’s item and skill builds on Pudge in the matches played during the past six months. I also inspected the new talents introduced by 7.07 and the best choices.

Danil “Dendi” Ishutin is undoubtedly the most famous Pudge player in the world. If you want to learn the hero, he is your best teacher and source of inspiration.

For this article, I analyzed the data from the matches played on his main Dota 2 account. Smurfs have not been considered, but note that he could have played more Pudge games on them – subscribe to his YouTube channel for more replays.

We will study his item and skill builds used in pub games during the previous six months, and figure out his preferences.

I am ignoring pro games as the last one listed on OpenDota is dated to April 21, 2016: the game changed a lot along the years, so the data from those matches is irrelevant for our purpose.

Item build

Starting Items

In most games, Dendi entered the battlefield with Boots of Speed, Tango, Clarity, and a Smoke of Deceit.

This is an aggressive and roaming intensive choice: he can use the Smoke for an early gank, while the boots help to move faster around the map.

He picked these items both as a roamer and a mid hero. Instead, he went for the Stout Shield in place of the boots when playing in the safe lane.

Consumables

A roamer should also aid the team with supportive items. In my games, I regularly encounter Pudges that refuse to buy even a single ward. Instead, Dendi often contributed to the team’s efforts and helped the position 5 with both Sentry and Observer Wards.

Dendi’s item progression as a roamer Pudge – Match ID: 3340117042. In this game, he severely slowed down his own item build as the team required extra vision on the map. Image: Dotabuff

Core Items

He never got a Bottle, but instead purchased the Magic Wand in almost all matches.

The Tranquil Boots are his only choice as boots. Pudge can make a great use of the extra mobility and health regeneration. Only in two games, played in the safe lane, Dendi took the Power Treads.

The Urn of Shadows is another popular item choice as Pudge will easily charge it while performing his job as a ganker. There is no reason to skip it, unless someone else in the team already has one.

Blink Dagger or Force Staff

Dendi bought the Blink Dagger in all games. In a few matches, he enhanced his mobility even more with the Force Staff.

Only in one situation, where he was facing a team with multiple AoE skills, he preferred the latter. Otherwise, the opponents would have disabled the Dagger constantly.

Typical core item build and some extra – Match ID: 3293332936 – Image:Dotabuff

Extra

Ghost Scepter when dealing with many right-clickers as Pudge can continue using his abilities while avoiding their attacks.

Rod of Atos in a single game where he was against very mobile heroes: Bloodseeker, Dark Seer, and Spirit Breaker. Usually, this is a recommended item for all players that require an extra help to land their hooks. Of course, Dendi’s skills are already flawless, but with the RoA he could easily stop a SB’s charge, or prevent BS from going berserk on his team.

Eul’s Scepter of Divinity in a game as well. He clashed versus three heroes with AoE abilities and ultimates – I believe he got it to boost his survivability. Generally, the Eul is a source of mana regeneration and movement speed, and it helps with your hooks as the enemy will stand in place under its effect.

Black King Bar in two matches versus heavy magic damage heroes with lots of disables at their disposal. Pudge is naturally resilient to casters, but sometimes even his passive isn’t enough.

Glimmer Cape as a situational pick. It isn’t just a self-defense item that gives magic resistance, but the invisibility can be a real lifesaver for yourself or your teammates. As a roamer, you should always prioritize the life of the cores over yours.