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Pugna build & guide (7.41)

Drains enemy life to heal himself

Pugna Soft Support build

Divine – Immortal · 51.8% win rate · 2,249 matches · Tier A · Sep 11 – Sep 17

Skill order

Skill priority Nether Blast › Nether Ward › Decrepify

Life Drain at 6, 12 and 18

  1. Level 1: Nether Blast
  2. Level 2: Nether Ward
  3. Level 3: Nether Blast
  4. Level 4: Decrepify
  5. Level 5: Nether Blast
  6. Level 6: Life Drain
  7. Level 7: Nether Blast
  8. Level 8: Nether Ward
  9. Level 9: Nether Ward
  10. Level 10: Nether Ward
  11. Level 11: Nether Ward Health (talent)
  12. Level 12: Decrepify
  13. Level 13: Life Drain
  14. Level 14: Decrepify
  15. Level 15: Decrepify
  16. Level 16: +250 Health (talent)
  17. Level 18: Life Drain
  18. Level 20: Decrepify Duration (talent)
  19. Level 25: Nether Ward Damage Per Mana (talent)

Items

Starting items

  • Tango 90% pick · 51.9% win rate
  • Blood Grenade 75% pick · 51.9% win rate
  • Magic Stick 63% pick · 51.2% win rate
  • Iron Branch 62% pick · 52.2% win rate
  • Sentry Ward 51% pick · 50.2% win rate

Early game

  • Ring of Basilius 7 min · 86% pick · 52.3% win rate
  • Null Talisman 4 min · 17% pick · 52.4% win rate

Boots

  • Arcane Boots 11 min · 86% pick · 52.3% win rate
  • Tranquil Boots 8 min · 10% pick · 50.8% win rate
  • Boots of Travel 44 min · 6% pick · 60.7% win rate

Core build

  • Aether Lens 22 min · 79% pick · 54.8% win rate
  • Glimmer Cape 22 min · 69% pick · 52.3% win rate
  • Blink Dagger 30 min · 21% pick · 60.3% win rate
  • Aghanim's Scepter 36 min · 24% pick · 61.4% win rate

Situational

  • Aghanim's Shard 31 min · 15% pick · 49.4% win rate
  • Force Staff 27 min · 15% pick · 47.8% win rate
  • Eul's Scepter of Divinity 30 min · 14% pick · 56.3% win rate
  • Meteor Hammer 26 min · 12% pick · 70.6% win rate
  • Lotus Orb 34 min · 8% pick · 56.7% win rate
  • Aeon Disk 39 min · 7% pick · 61.4% win rate

Late game

  • Magic Wand 5/10 games
  • Scythe of Vyse 2/10 games

Talents

  • Level 25: Nether Ward Damage Per Mana 63% pick · 62.3% win rate or Nether Blast Damage 37% pick · 56.9% win rate
  • Level 20: Life Drain Heal 57% pick · 60.0% win rate or Decrepify Duration 44% pick · 58.6% win rate
  • Level 15: +250 Health 75% pick · 56.1% win rate or Decrepify Movement Speed To Allies 25% pick · 57.1% win rate
  • Level 10: Nether Ward Health 77% pick · 51.7% win rate or Nether Blast Cooldown 23% pick · 54.1% win rate

Matchups

Strong against

  • Abaddon +10.4% advantage · 60.8% win rate · 120 games
  • Mars +7.0% advantage · 61.0% win rate · 269 games
  • Templar Assassin +5.9% advantage · 60.6% win rate · 216 games
  • Arc Warden +5.5% advantage · 53.4% win rate · 193 games
  • Keeper of the Light +5.5% advantage · 55.7% win rate · 273 games
  • Storm Spirit +5.3% advantage · 60.4% win rate · 240 games

Weak against

  • Dazzle -8.4% advantage · 41.6% win rate · 185 games
  • Leshrac -7.7% advantage · 40.7% win rate · 135 games
  • Death Prophet -6.9% advantage · 44.9% win rate · 178 games
  • Lone Druid -6.8% advantage · 45.8% win rate · 179 games
  • Huskar -5.9% advantage · 50.6% win rate · 158 games
  • Slardar -5.5% advantage · 48.6% win rate · 251 games

Builds from 3,572 parsed games

Pugna counters & matchups

  • Strength: 19 +2
  • Agility: 21 +1.3
  • Intelligence: 27 +5.2
  • Damage: 48–55
  • Armor: 3.5
  • Move speed: 325
  • Attack range: 630

Pugna abilities

Nether Blast

An exploding pulse deals damage to enemies and structures in the area. Deals 65% damage to structures.

Decrepify

A powerful banishing spell that slows a unit and renders it unable to attack or be attacked. Healing on affected allies is increased, while afflicted enemies take extra magic damage instead.

Nether Ward

Pugna places a Nether Ward at the target location. The ward will fire at any enemy hero who casts a spell dealing base damage plus the damage multiplier of the mana spent by the enemy hero.

Aghanim's Shard: Increases cast range to 375.

Oblivion Savant

Pugna can cast spells and use items while channeling. Pugna receives 1.5% spell amplification per destroyed tower.

Life Drain

CHANNELED - When cast on an enemy, Pugna drains health from the target enemy unit to heal himself and granting vision over the target. When cast on an ally, Pugna will drain his own health into his ally.

Aghanim's Shard: Life Drain can target your Nether Ward, causing life drain to refract to all enemy heroes within 700 units of the ward for 75% of its normal value. The effect is interrupted if the ward is destroyed.

Aghanim's Scepter: Reduces cooldown by 50s. When targeting an enemy hero, Pugna reduces their outgoing spell damage by 8% per second up to a maximum of 75% and increases his own, up to a maximum of 100%. When draining through a Nether Ward using Shard, the rate of increase/decrease is 4% instead. Debuff lasts 8 seconds.

A crafty trickster, Pugna turns the enemy's power against itself as he blasts their defenses. While his nether ward strikes nearby foes that dare to cast a spell, he drains life from enemies to ensure he will be ready for the next assault.