Pugna

Abilities
{{Ability
 * ID = 5187
 * name = Decrepify
 * image = File:Decrepify icon.png
 * sound = Pugna Decrepify
 * description = A powerful banishing spell that slows a unit and renders it unable to attack or be attacked. Afflicted units take extra magic damage.
 * lore = A now-mastered relic from his childhood, Pugna delights in banishing others into the Nether Realm, whether for good, evil, or simple enjoyment.
 * target = Target Unit
 * affects = Enemies
 * affects2 = Allies / Nether Ward
 * key = W
 * legacy key = C


 * piercesdbi = No
 * linkenblock = Yes


 * buff1 = modifier_pugna_decrepify
 * buff1text = Decrepify: Slowing movement by x% and increasing spell damage by x%.
 * buff1dispel = Any
 * debuff1 = modifier_pugna_decrepify
 * debuff1text = Decrepify: Slowing movement by x% and increasing spell damage by x%.
 * debuff1dispel = Any


 * cast point = 0.2
 * cast backswing = 0.4
 * trait1 = Cast Range
 * trait1amp = castrange
 * value1 = 400/475/550/625
 * trait2 = Enemy Move Speed Slow
 * value2 = 30%/40%/50%/60%
 * trait3 = Ally Heal Amp
 * trait3amp = incomingheal
 * value3 = 5%/10%/15%/20%
 * trait4 = Enemy Magic Resistance Reduction
 * value4 = 30%/40%/50%/60%
 * trait5 = Duration
 * value5 = 3.5
 * value5 tal = {{#expr:{{#var:Decrepify value5}}+{{Show|T|Pugna|talent3left value}}}}


 * mana = 80
 * cooldown = 16/13/10/7


 * notes = * Does not interrupt Pugna's channeling abilities upon cast.
 * While channeling, Decrepify has an {{Symbol|Instant Cast}} instant cast time and does not require facing the target to cast.


 * Turns the enemy target ethereal, disarming them, rendering them attack immune, and granting 100% physical damage resistance.
 * {{Key press|double}} automatically targets self.
 * Cannot be cast on allies who have {{Key press|disablehelp}} from Pugna.
 * The magic resistance reduction of multiple ethereal effects does not stack, the one with higher value takes priority.
 * However, the movement speed slow does stack with other movement speed slow sources, including Decrepify itself.


 * Successive casts on the same target update the ability values of the current instance, with the latter cast overriding the previous cast, regardless of factions.


 * Can be cast on ally {{A|Nether Ward|Pugna|text=Nether Wards}} and {{A|Tombstone|Undying|text=Tombstones}}, but not enemy ones.
 * Cannot be cast on any other wards.


 * Grants {{#var:Decrepify value3}} incoming heal amplification and does not slow allied targets.
 * Stacks multiplicatively with other heal amplification sources.
 * Does not grant other restoration manipulations.
 * Increases {{A|Life Drain|Pugna}} health restore per second up to the following values per Decrepify level:
 * {{#loop:lvl|0|4|{{cf|Level|{{#expr:{{#var:lvl}}+1}}}} {{calc|v1*(1+{{#explode:{{#var:Decrepify value3}}|/|{{#var:lvl}}}})|v1={{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value6}}}} ({{Symbol|Talent}} {{ValueColor|3|{{calc|v1*(1+{{#explode:{{#var:Decrepify value3}}|/|{{#var:lvl}}}})|v1={{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value6 tal}}}}|20tal}})
 * }}

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 * Stacks multiplicatively with other {{Symbol|Magic Resistance}} magic resistance sources.
 * Reduces most heroes' magic resistance to {{calc|1-(1-{{G|magic resistance}})*(1+v1)|v1={{#var:Decrepify value4}|%}}.
 * With the magic resistance reduction from this source, every 10 points of {{Attribute ID|intelligence}} further increases the total magic resistance by {{calc|(1+v1)*{{G|bonus magic resistance}}*10|v1={{#var:Decrepify value4}|%}}. [{{tooltip|?|Reduces the efficiency of magic resistance reduction of this source by {{calc|v1*{{G|bonus magic resistance}}*10|v1={{#var:Decrepify value4}|%}} per 10 points of intelligence.}}]

{{Ability
 * ID = 5188
 * name = Nether Ward
 * image = File:Nether Ward icon.png
 * sound = Pugna Nether Ward 1
 * sound2 = Pugna Nether Ward 2
 * description = 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.
 * lore = While at the lamasery for the Arts of Oblivion, Pugna learned to dominate his classmates with a simple ward charged with Nether magic.
 * target = Target Point
 * target2 = Aura
 * affects = Enemies
 * damagetype = Magical
 * key = E
 * legacy key = W


 * piercesdbi = No


 * buff1 = modifier_pugna_nether_ward
 * buff1text = Hidden modifier
 * buff1dispel = None
 * debuff1 = modifier_pugna_nether_ward_aura
 * debuff1text = Nether Ward: Affected by Nether Ward
 * debuff1dispel = None


 * cast point = 0.2
 * cast backswing = 0.4
 * trait1 = Cast Range
 * trait1amp = castrange
 * value1 = 150
 * value1 shard = {{#expr:{{#var:Nether Ward value1}}+350}}
 * trait2 = Radius
 * value2 = 1400
 * trait3 = Hero Attacks to Destroy
 * value3 = 4
 * value3 tal = {{#expr:{{#var:Nether Ward value3}}+{{#explode:{{Show|T|Pugna|talent2left value}}|/}}}}
 * trait4 = Non-Hero Attacks to Destroy
 * value4 = 16
 * value4 tal = {{#expr:{{#var:Nether Ward value4}}+{{#explode:{{Show|T|Pugna|talent2left value}}|/|1}}}}
 * trait5 = Base Damage
 * value5 = 50/60/70/80
 * trait6 = Damage per Used Mana
 * value6 = 1/1.2/1.4/1.6
 * value6 tal = {{calc|v1+{{Show|T|Pugna|talent4left value}}|v1={{#var:Nether Ward value6}}}}
 * trait7 = Ward Duration
 * value7 = 18/22/26/30
 * trait8 = Aura Linger Duration
 * value8 = 0.5
 * trait9 = Life Drain Refract Radius
 * trait9amp = castrange
 * value9 shard = {{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value1}}
 * trait10 = Life Drain Damage Multiplier
 * value10 shard = 0.75
 * trait11 = Life Drain Spell Amp Change per Second
 * trait11amp = outgoing
 * value11 aghs = 4%


 * mana = 80
 * cooldown = 35
 * aghanimsupgrade = When draining through a Nether Ward using Shard, the rate of increase/decrease is {{#var:Nether Ward value11 aghs}} instead.
 * aghshard = Increases cast range by {{#expr:{{#var:Nether Ward value1 shard}}-{{#var:Nether Ward value1}}}}.


 * unit wrapper = Nether Ward


 * notes = * {{Key press|double}} automatically places the {{U|Nether Ward}} right in front of Pugna, {{#var:Nether Ward value1}} ({{Symbol|Aghshard}} {{ValueColor|1|{{#var:Nether Ward value1 shard}}|shard}}) range away from him.


 * Illusions and creep-heroes are treated as creeps when attacking the Nether Ward.


 * The aura only affects enemy heroes, including illusions, clones, and creep-heroes.


 * The damage is independent of the aura, so even though the debuff lingers, Nether Ward cannot damage units beyond {{#var:Nether Ward value2}} radius.
 * Unlike the aura, the damage affects every enemy unit and not just heroes.


 * The damage triggers on every instance of mana usage from abilities. If an ability costs no mana to use, it does not trigger it.
 * This means if an ability uses mana over time (e.g. {{A|Chakram|Timbersaw}}), the flare triggers on every single instance of mana they use.


 * The damage does not trigger on mana loss caused by abilities that removes mana offensively (e.g. {{A|Mana Burn|Satyr Mindstealer}} or {{A|Mana Break|Anti-Mage}}).
 * Fully ignores abilities that do not trigger on-cast effects (i.e. active attack modifiers and toggle-abilities).


 * The damage is dealt before the actual ability is cast, so if the target dies to Nether Ward's damage, the ability stays unused.
 * This means that damage-negating effects with mana cost (e.g. {{A|Refraction|Templar Assassin}}) or abilities granting spell immunity with mana cost (e.g. {{A|Rage|Lifestealer}}), do not save the caster if the damage is lethal.
 * Dying with {{A|Reincarnation|Wraith King}} ready triggers the damage, but it does not prevent Reincarnation from going off.


 * The damage source is the ward itself, meaning certain on-damage effects (e.g. {{A|Damage Return|Blade Mail}}) react on the ward rather than on Pugna.


 * Fully affects invulnerable and invisible units and units in the Fog of War.
 * This includes neutral creeps despite not having the debuff on them.
 * However, it does not deal damage to invulnerable units.


 * {{cf|Shardnotes}} {{A|Life Drain|Pugna}} can now be cast on the Nether Ward, and causes it to refract and be cast on all enemy heroes within {{ValueColor|1|{{#var:Nether Ward value9}}|shard}} radius of the ward.
 * Life Drain refracted this way treats illusions and creep-heroes as heroes.
 * The range uses Life Drain's current cast range and is affected by cast range bonuses.
 * This only happens once upon cast; enemies entering the refract radius after cast are not affected.
 * Life Drain can be cast on any Nether Wards, regardless of factions.
 * Multiple Life Drains from different sources can be cast on the same Nether Ward as well, creating independent Life Drain refractions.
 * Although Nether Ward is refracting Life Drain, the damage is sourced to its caster, and not to the {{U|Nether Ward}}.
 * Therefore, the damage is affected by outgoing damage manipulation and spell lifesteal.

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 * {{cf|Shardnotes}} Life Drain cast this way drains {{ValueColor|3|{{calc|v1*{{#var:Nether Ward value10 shard}}|v1={{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value5}}}}|shard}} health per second per affected target.
 * Can drain up to {{ValueColor|3|{{calc|v1*{{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value2}}*{{#var:Nether Ward value10 shard}}|v1={{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value5}}}}|shard}} health per affected target (before reductions) when fully channeled.
 * The effect is interrupted when the channeling is canceled or when the Nether Ward is destroyed.
 * Life Drain and its {{ValueColor|1|scepter upgrade|aghs}} notes fully apply.
 * {{cf|Aghsnotes}} The refracted Life Drain also grants a stack of {{ValueColor|1|{{#expr:{{#explode:{{#var:Nether Ward value11 aghs}}|%}}*{{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value4}}}}%|aghs}} spell damage amplification per affected target in {{ValueColor|1|{{Show|A|Pugna|Life Drain|value4}}-second|aghs}} intervals, starting {{ValueColor|1|0.25|aghs}} seconds after cast, resulting in the same amount of instances as its damage instances.

{{Ability
 * ID = 5189
 * name = Life Drain
 * image = File:Life Drain icon.png
 * sound = Pugna Life Drain
 * type = ultimate
 * description = When cast on an enemy, Pugna drains health from the target enemy unit to heal himself and grant vision over the target. If Pugna has full HP, and the enemy target is a Hero, Life Drain will restore mana instead. When cast on an ally, Pugna will drain his own health into his ally.
 * lore = Pugna has truly become more powerful than even the grandmaster of Oblivion.
 * target = Target Unit
 * target2 = Channeled
 * affects = Enemies
 * affects2 = Allies / Nether Ward shard
 * damagetype = Magical
 * damagetype2 = Instant Kill
 * key = R
 * legacy key = D


 * piercesdbi = Partially
 * dbitext1 = The damage is always affected, no matter whom it is dealt to.
 * dbitext2 = True Sight pierces debuff immunity.
 * linkenblock = Partially
 * linkentext1 = Fully blocked when primary target.
 * linkentext2 = Not blocked when the Life Drain cast is refracted by Nether Ward.;shard
 * linkentext3 = Refracted Life Drain casts do not trigger Spell Reflection.;shard


 * debuff1 = modifier_pugna_life_drain
 * debuff1text = Life Drain: Draining Life.
 * debuff1dispel = Death
 * debuff2 = modifier_pugna_life_drain_spell_amp
 * debuff2text = Spell damage changed by x%.
 * debuff2dispel = Death


 * cast point = 0.2
 * cast backswing = 0
 * trait1 = Cast Range
 * trait1amp = castrange
 * value1 = 700
 * trait2 = Max Channel Time
 * value2 = 10
 * trait3 = Link Break Distance
 * trait3amp = castrange
 * value3 = {{#expr:{{#var:Life Drain value1}}+200}}
 * trait4 = Instance Interval
 * value4 = 0.25
 * trait5 = Damage per Second
 * value5 = 160/240/320
 * trait6 = Heal per Second
 * value6 = {{#var:Life Drain value5}}
 * value6 tal = {{calc|v1*(1+{{Show|T|Pugna|talent3right value}}/100)|v1={{#var:Life Drain value6}}}}
 * trait7 = Self Spell Amp Change per Second
 * trait7amp = outgoing
 * value7 aghs = 8%
 * trait8 = Self Max Spell Amp Bonus
 * trait8amp = outgoing
 * value8 aghs = 100%
 * trait9 = Enemy Max Spell Damage Reduction
 * trait9amp = enemyoutgoing
 * value9 aghs = 75%
 * trait10 = Buff/Debuff Duration
 * value10 aghs = 8


 * mana = 125/175/225
 * cooldown = 7
 * cooldown aghs = {{#expr:{{#var:Life Drain cooldown}}*0.5}}
 * aghanimsupgrade = Reduces cooldown by {{#expr:{{#var:Life Drain cooldown aghs}}/{{#var:Life Drain cooldown}}*100}}%. When targeting an enemy hero, Pugna reduces their outgoing spell damage by {{#var:Life Drain value7 aghs}} per second up to a maximum of {{#var:Life Drain value9 aghs}} and increases his own, up to a maximum of {{#var:Life Drain value8 aghs}}. Debuff lasts {{#var:Life Drain value10 aghs}} seconds.
 * aghshard = Life Drain can target your Nether Ward, causing life drain to refract to all enemy heroes within 700 units of the ward for {{#var:Life Drain value11 shard}} of its damage. The effect is interrupted if the ward is destroyed.


 * notes = * The links break when the targets turn invulnerable or hidden, exceed the break distance, or run out of health.
 * When Pugna turns invisible or is in the Fog of War, Life Drain's particle effects continue to draw toward his last known location for the enemies.


 * Exposes the affected targets, and provides True Sight over it.
 * Also provides a {{#var:Life Drain value2}}-second 200 radius ground vision centered on the affected target upon cast. This vision does not follow the affected target and its duration is independent of the channeling time.


 * Casting Life Drain on ally targets works akin of the ally casting Life Drain on Pugna.
 * The self-damage when targeting allies is also lethal, so it can be used to deny oneself.


 * If Pugna's or the allied hero's health is full and the damaged unit is a hero, it restores their mana instead.
 * This means it also restores mana on allied creeps when they are at full health since Pugna (i.e. a hero) is damaged.
 * Therefore, with spell lifesteal sources on Pugna, he can restore the ally's health and restore his mana at the same time.
 * The mana restored is neither affected by incoming nor outgoing mana restore manipulation.
 * Only restores mana to ally heroes.
 * Treats damaged strong illusions and creep-heroes as creeps.
 * Can be cast only on ally {{U|Courier|text=Couriers}}.


 * Drains {{#vardefineecho:per int|{{calc|v1*{{#var:Life Drain value4}}|v1={{#var:Life Drain value5}}}}}} health in {{#var:Life Drain value4}}-second intervals, starting {{#var:Life Drain value4}} seconds after cast, resulting in up to {{#vardefineecho:sum inst|{{#expr:{{#var:Life Drain value2}}/{{#var:Life Drain value4}}}}}} instances.
 * Can drain up to {{calc|v1*{{#var:Life Drain value2}}|v1={{#var:Life Drain value5}}}} health (before reductions) when fully channeled.
 * Always heals for the full amount per instance, regardless of how much damage the target actually takes.
 * Can heal up to {{calc|v1*{{#var:Life Drain value2}}|v1={{#var:Life Drain value6}}}} ({{Symbol|Talent}} {{ValueColor|3|{{calc|v1*{{#var:Life Drain value2}}|v1={{#var:Life Drain value6 tal}}}}|20tal}}) health when fully channeled.
 * {{cf|Talnotes}} The {{ValueColor|1|heal increasing|20tal}} {{Symbol|Talent}} talent amplifies the heal value without changing the damage value.


 * The color of Life Drain's link changes depending on the situation:
 * When draining life from an enemy, the link is red ➜ green (pink ➜ blue if Pugna is at full health).
 * When draining life into an ally, the link is green ➜ green (blue ➜ green if the ally is at full health).


 * Instantly destroys targeted enemy illusions on the first instance. Allied illusions are not destroyed.


 * Life Drain first deals damage, applies the heal, {{ValueColor|1|then applies its spell damage amplification|aghs}} on each interval.


 * {{cf|Aghsnotes}} Life Drain now applies generic outgoing spell damage reduction on the affected enemy target while applying the same generic outgoing spell damage amplification on Pugna.
 * Stacks additively with other sources of generic outgoing damage manipulation.
 * Treats clones as heroes, illusions, and creep-heroes as creeps.
 * The reduction affects only spell damage enemies deal that is not flagged as HP removal.
 * Grants a stack of {{ValueColor|1|{{#expr:{{#explode:{{#var:Life Drain value7 aghs}}|%}}*{{#var:Life Drain value4}}}}%|aghs}} spell damage amplification in {{ValueColor|1|{{#var:Life Drain value4}}-second|aghs}} intervals, starting {{ValueColor|1|{{#var:Life Drain value4}}|aghs}} seconds after cast, resulting in the same amount of instances as its damage instances.
 * Vice versa, the affected target loses the same amount of spell damage amplification per interval.
 * Can grant up to {{ValueColor|1|{{#vardefineecho:spell amp sum|{{#expr:{{#explode:{{#var:Life Drain value7 aghs}}|%}}*({{#var:Life Drain value2}}-{{#var:Life Drain value4}})}}%}}|aghs}} spell damage amplification bonus when fully channeled.
 * Life Drain can only grant up to {{ValueColor|1|{{#var:Life Drain value8 aghs}}|aghs}} spell damage amplification bonus to Pugna, while the affected target can only lose up to a flat {{ValueColor|1|{{#var:Life Drain value9 aghs}}|aghs}}.
 * With the spell damage amplification bonus, it can drain up to {{ValueColor|3|{{#vardefineecho:Life Drain dmg aghs|{{calc|v1*({{#var:sum inst}}*(1+1+{{#var:spell amp sum}})/2)|v1={{#var:per int}}}}}}|aghs}} health (before reductions) when fully channeled.


 * {{cf|Aghsnotes}} Each stack places a new buff/debuff on both Pugna and the affected target and refreshes the buff/debuff duration.
 * The counter modifiers on both Pugna and his targets show how much spell damage amplification they gained or lost.
 * Upon death, the dying hero's outgoing spell damage values restore back to their normal values, while Pugna keeps the spell damage amplification values for the remaining duration.


 * {{cf|Shardnotes}} Multiple Life Drain sources can be cast on any {{A|Nether Ward|Pugna|text=Nether Wards}} or the same Nether Ward, regardless of factions.

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 * bindnotes = Life Drain on the primary target ends prematurely when the secondary target is no longer affected by it. However, prematurely ending the channeling on the primary target does not affect the channeling on the other target, even with {{A|Soulbind|Grimstroke}}'s leash debuff expired.

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 * According to 's rival hero taunt, Pugna is composed largely of phosphorus. Being a skeleton, he would be made of the phosphorus-containing mineral hydroxyapatite, a major component of bone.


 * Several lines of dialogue reference being Pugna's pet before he was summoned from the Nether by a wizard.


 * "Pugna" is a Latin word that translates to a few meanings, namely "fight", "dispute", or "conflict".


 * Pugna's unused response vo_pugna_pugna_ability_decrep_02.mp3 "First, do no harm." is a reference to the medical principle "Primum non nocere", which is latin and translates into "First, do no harm".


 * In DotA, Pugna's title was Oblivion. While his lore and lines still mention "Oblivion" in Dota 2, this is now the name of his art of sorcery rather than his title, making Pugna one of the few Dota 2 heroes without both a name and a title.