Quick answer
The stored matchup model favours Necrophos over Pudge by +1.8%. This is not a measured win rate; compare recorded patch results below.
These positions don't share a lane; compare teamfight interaction instead. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.
Separate lanes — this is a rotation & teamfight matchup.
Neither hero's lane record establishes a direct laning advantage over the other. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.
Usual role
Role priority · 18–28 min
Eats the one spell that starts every fight against your core.
Situational / another teammate may buy · 10–20 min
Keeps your supports and mid alive through the burst they are drafted to delete you with.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
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Usual role
Role priority · 8–18 min
Cuts their sustain nearly in half while the lane and early fights are still decided by HP.
Situational / another teammate may buy · 20–34 min
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.
Situational / another teammate may buy · 26–40 min
Mutes the save spells and items on their heroes, so the target you jump actually dies.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.
0 hero games · 0 vs Pudge · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
18–28 min · In window
Eats the one spell that starts every fight against your core.
10–20 min · In window
Keeps your supports and mid alive through the burst they are drafted to delete you with.
0 hero games · 0 vs Necrophos · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
8–18 min · Past window
Cuts their sustain nearly in half while the lane and early fights are still decided by HP.
20–34 min · In window
Skadi's attacks cut their healing, regen and lifesteal, so heroes who win by sustaining through fights can't outheal your damage.
26–40 min · Upcoming
Mutes the save spells and items on their heroes, so the target you jump actually dies.
Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.
Necrophos position 2; Pudge position 4.
Direct lane evidence is not applicable to these selected positions.
For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.
Compare full lane combinationsA spell answer covers the named effect, not the entire enemy kit or a guaranteed win.
+1.8% vs Pudge · Soft edge
-2.8% vs Necrophos
Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.
Necrophos
Pudge