Pudge — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Toy Butcher
Pudge (Toy Butcher) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Pudge counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
Pudge counters & matchups
Pudge is a tanky roamer whose Meat Hook + Dismember picks a single hero out of position and deletes them. He thrives against immobile, squishy heroes he can hook from the fog: Tinker (57.2%), Nature's Prophet (56.8%) and Gyrocopter (55.5%) get yanked and bursted. Pudge is countered by tanks and scalers a single hook can't kill: Wraith King (43.3%) respawns and out-tanks, Spectre (45.4%) out-scales, and Dawnbreaker (45.5%) is too durable to delete. Draft tip: Pudge is a terrifying pick into squishy, low-mobility line-ups; his impact drops sharply into tanky, high-armor hard-carry drafts.
Strong against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Tinker | 57.21% | 72,758 |
 Nature's Prophet | 56.76% | 114,020 |
 Gyrocopter | 55.54% | 55,404 |
 Timbersaw | 54.96% | 64,089 |
 Shadow Demon | 54.86% | 44,677 |
 Templar Assassin | 54.63% | 94,764 |
 Mars | 54.49% | 120,190 |
 Chen | 54.22% | 12,205 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Wraith King | 43.34% | 228,265 |
 Spectre | 45.42% | 142,117 |
 Dawnbreaker | 45.46% | 108,836 |
 Meepo | 45.56% | 58,182 |
 Lifestealer | 45.86% | 259,627 |
 Lone Druid | 45.93% | 42,462 |
 Tidehunter | 46.11% | 214,491 |
 Night Stalker | 46.40% | 116,506 |
Pudge synergies
Pudge hands a single isolated, slowed target to his team — he wants burst follow-up and AoE that punishes the pick. He pairs best with nukers and clump control: Spectre (55.0%) and Wraith King (53.7%) finish whatever Pudge drags in, while Crystal Maiden (53.1%) and Grimstroke (53.0%) chain control + burst onto the hooked hero. Tidehunter (53.2%) loves the grouped fights Pudge forces. Give Pudge a team that converts one hook into a kill, and his ganks snowball the map.
Best teammates
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Spectre | 55.02% | 137,939 |
| Wraith King | 53.69% | 188,366 |
| Tidehunter | 53.23% | 152,134 |
 Crystal Maiden | 53.11% | 148,040 |
 Grimstroke | 52.98% | 54,407 |
| Dawnbreaker | 52.90% | 80,198 |
 Underlord | 52.62% | 62,893 |
 Necrophos | 52.62% | 189,515 |