Background history:

Forcefully raised from the dead with little memory of his former self, Pugna is truly a terrible sight to behold. Retaining traces of necromantic magic, this shamble of bones finds sadistic pleasure in temporarily sending his enemies into a tormented dimension and greeting their return with a blast of unholy energy. Those who survived an encounter with the horror often recount with fearful eyes of how the Oblivion literally drains life from his enemies, giving him a brief, but satisfying, taste of the living.

Pros:
-Excellent farmer
-Highest int growth in the game
-Decrpify amplifies magical and pure dmg
-Life drain makes him stay in lane forever
-Don't really rely on items
-Deadly in mid-late game

Cons:
-Extremly fragile
-Very hard to play well
-Low str growth

If you want to know about Pugna's advance and basic statistics, please go to http://www.playdota.com/heroes/oblivion.

Skills:

Nether blast



Our main farming tool, it's maxed out asap because it's our nuke and it's part of my combo.

Decrepify



This is probably the reason that Pugna is feared of, 44%(20%for heros)spell dmg amplified! Just imagine using Decrepify with Lion's Finger of death.

Nether ward



Pugna's mana destroying skill, this skill best works on CM because of her ulti.

Life drain



Ahh, Pugna's lane staying/killing skill. I'll explain how to use this skill later on.

Skill build:

1.Nether blast
2.Decrepify
3.Nether blast
4.Decrepify
5.Nether blast
6.Life drain
7.Decrepify
8.Nether blast
9.Decrepify
10.Nether ward
11.LIfe drain
12-14.Nether ward
15.Stats
16.Life drain
17-25.Stats

Skill build justification:

is taken whenever possible because it's our nuke and farming tool.

is taken after Nether blast because it amplifies spell dmg.

is not taken at mid game because spells don't cost alot os mana in early game.

is taken whenever possible because it's our main lane staying/killing skil.

Item build:

Starting items:

x2
x2


My favorite starting items, they give PUgna enough mana to spam Nether blast, it gives some good hp and agi, and we can transform the 2x Circlets into 2 bracers later.

Core items:

x2
or

Bracers are a must on Pugna because it gives him lots of hp for survivabilitie.

Treads and BoT are both good boots on him, 1 gives more mana/hp, the other 1 gives dominant lane control.


Mid game objectives:




Dagon is gotten because Pugna is just nasty with Dagon, I mean seriously, Decrepify+Dagon is just nasty.

Scepter is gotten because it removes his ulti's cd! At Life drain lvl3 with scepter+Decrepify, thats 300dmg/sec!

Late game luxries:


Very useful, it slows down the opponent so you will have more time to ulti, also it completely wipes out his armor problems!


I get this everytime I play Pugna. The reason is that it gives you a disable as well as tons of int and mana regen.


It gives spell immunitie which means no one could stun you when you're using life drain! So why are you goin to skip this?


Completely solves Pugna's low hp problem.


Silence is very useful because the opponent cant blink away when you're using ulti.


This item has saved my life many times! Why? because the spell block is just so useful. Also it gives a good amount of all attirbutes.

Optional items: