Puck: Ranged, position 2 (mid), Initiator, Disabler, Escape, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 46.6% win rate in pubs and a 2.9% pick rate.
Puck has a talent for confounding its enemies with playfully elusive mischief. By teleporting to its damaging orb in order to hop short distances, it attacks foes with bursts of silencing dust. By the time its enemies can react, Puck has long since escaped.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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22′Core items in order: Witch Blade (around minute 14), Blink Dagger (around minute 18), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 22).
Full build by minute →
Max Illusory Orb, then Waning Rift, then Phase Shift.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Io, Meepo and Night Stalker; easiest: Gyrocopter, Shadow Fiend and Terrorblade.
All 122 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 572 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 788.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
2′100%
4′97%
5′54%
5′31%
8′99%
14′93%
18′98%
22′91%
30′31%
30′36%
30′74%
34′43%
35′51%67% of 100 pro matches
Vector Targeted. Puck launches a magic orb that travels along the path, damaging enemy units along the way. The orb deals an additional 3% of its impact damage every 0.5s in its area of effect, but if it exceeds the max cast range it will be destroyed. At any point, Puck may teleport to the orb's location using Ethereal Jaunt. Can be put on alt-cast to launch the Orb straight ahead.
Pros max it by level 7
Puck teleports to the target location and releases a burst of faerie dust that deals damage and silences enemy units nearby.
Pros max it by level 10
CHANNELED - Puck briefly shifts into another dimension where it is immune from harm.
Pros max it by level 14
Whenever Puck disjoints an attack, it restores 3% of its max health and mana. Dodging a targeted spell projectile restores 3x that amount. Does not apply to attacks by Towers.
Creates a coil of volatile magic that latches onto enemy Heroes, damaging and leashing them. If the enemy hero stretches the coil by moving too far away, it snaps, stunning and dealing additional damage.
Pros max it by level 17
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Puck: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Divine (49.1% wins) and wins 44.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 99% of games. Pros usually build Witch Blade, Blink Dagger and Aghanim's Shard by minute 22. It struggles most against Io, Meepo and Night Stalker and has the easiest time against Gyrocopter, Shadow Fiend and Terrorblade.
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