Hey, I’m Zathong, and this guide is about Pugna Build in Dota 2. Pugna is a powerful ranged Intelligence hero who excels at dealing magical damage, destroying enemy structures, and controlling the battlefield with his unique abilities. His strong nuking potential, Nether Ward, and Life Drain allow him to pressure enemies, punish spell-heavy heroes, and sustain himself during fights. Pugna is especially effective when you can keep your distance, manage your positioning, and use his abilities at the right moment.
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Attack Type: Ranged
Strength: 19 + 2 | Agility: 24 + 1.3 | Intelligence: 26 + 5.2
Pugna Items build
Meta build:
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- Aether Lens
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- Boots of Trave
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- Blink Dagger
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- Heart of Tarrasque
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- Octarine Core
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- Shiva’s Guard
Pro Build:
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- Aether Lens
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- Tranquil Boots
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- Refresher Orb
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- Octarine Core
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- Ghost Scepter
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- Aeon Disk
Pugna’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Nether Blast -> Nether Ward -> Decrepify -> Life Drain.
Combo Pugna
Heroes combo: Pugna + Grimstroke
How To Counter Pugna ?
Pros
- Strong pusher.
- High movement speed.
- Can disarm enemies.
- Can save allies.
Cons
- Low health pool.
- No hard disables.
- Low strength and agility gain.
- Low armor.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Pugna ?
Best items for Pugna
Start items for Pugna in dota 2 are: Tango, Enchanted Mango, Circlet, Gauntlets of Strength
Meta items for Pugna in dota 2 are: Aether Lens, Boots of Trave, Blink Dagger, Heart of Tarrasque, Octarine Core, Shiva’s Guard.
Pro items for Pugna in dota 2 are: Aether Lens, Tranquil Boots, Refresher Orb, Octarine Core, Ghost Scepter, Aeon Disk.
Tips and Tricks
Pugna has a faster base movement speed and a shorter cast animation than other casters, allowing her to move into position to use abilities more swiftly.
He is a vulnerable target for enemy heroes due to his weak defense.
Pugna gains the most from creating items that expand his health supply and give him mana regeneration.
Pugna has no hard disables, therefore opponents can get away from him by fleeing or by channeling a Town Portal Scroll.
Pugna’s Ability
NETHER BLAST
A pulse that explodes damages nearby adversaries and objects. damage to structures is 65.0%.
DECREPIFY
An effective banishing spell that slows the target and prevents it from attacking or being attacked. Increased magic damage is dealt to afflicted opponents while decreased magic damage is dealt to affected allies. cast while channeling is possible.
NETHER WARD
The target area receives a Nether Ward from Pugna. Any enemy hero who performs a spell causing base damage plus the damage multiplier of the mana the enemy hero expended will be hit by the ward.
LIFE DRAIN
CHANNELED – Pugna grants vision over the target and absorbs life from the opponent unit it is cast on in order to recover himself. Life Drain will instead restore mana if Pugna has all of her health and the opponent target is a Hero.
Pugna will transfer his own health into his buddy when he casts a spell on them.
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