Dota 2

Puck

● Intelligencerangedmagical damageInitiatorDisablerEscapeNuker

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.

Pos 2 — Mid
Win rate
46.8%
Pick rate
2.5%
Armor / MS
2.3 / 290
Range
550
Plan matchupRole builds

Abilities

Official ability data from Valve
Illusory OrbQ⏱ 12 / 11 / 10 / 9s◆ 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
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.
Mechanics notes (2)
  • • The Illusory Orb grants unobstructed vision around its location while it travels.
  • • Jaunting to the Orb will disjoint projectiles.
Waning RiftW⏱ 16 / 15 / 14 / 13s◆ 100 / 110 / 120 / 130
Puck teleports to the target location and releases a burst of faerie dust that deals damage and silences enemy units nearby.
Phase ShiftE⏱ 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5s
CHANNELED - Puck briefly shifts into another dimension where it is immune from harm.
Mechanics notes (3)
  • • Puck retains collision size while under the effects of Phase Shift.
  • • Issuing any action will cancel Phase Shift.
  • • Puck is invulnerable during Phase Shift.
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PuckishInnate
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.
Dream CoilR⏱ 75s◆ 125 / 175 / 225
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.
Traits ours:High mobilityMagic burstStuns & disablesSilencesInitiation

Our ratings

0–10, our judgement — every planner uses them
EarlyMidLateLaningWave clearTeamfightPickoffDisableDurabilityMobility

Aghanim's upgrades

Upgrade text from Valve · priority is ours Our recommendation
Aghanim's Sceptermedium priority
Dream Coil: All enemies affected by Dream Coil are attacked at a rate equal to 90% of Puck's attack rate. The attacks continue while the target is stunned if they break the Dream Coil.
Aghanim's Shardmedium priority
Phase Shift: Puck's attacks deal bonus magic damage. Puck attacks all enemies within its attack range every time it phase shifts.

Tips & counterplay

Playing as Puck

Elusive initiator. Start fights with Coil and slip away untouched.

Laning: Illusory Orb on the creep wave hits the enemy mid too.

Kill combo: Orb → Waning Rift → Dream Coil + autos.

Staying alive: Phase Shift dodges projectiles; Orb jump away.

From real games (OpenDota)
  • • Most games are in the mid lane (97.5%, 47.1% win rate).
  • • Power Treads: usually done by 10 min; finishing it by 8 min wins 53.5%.
  • • Blink Dagger: usually done by 20 min; finishing it by 15 min wins 67.4%.
  • • Aghanim's Shard: usually done by 25 min; finishing it by 20 min wins 67.3%.

Playing against Puck

Generated from this hero's traits, counters and real matchups

High mobility Lock them down before they can jump away: Rod of Atos, Orchid, Scythe of Vyse or Abyssal Blade.

Magic burst Black King Bar, Pipe of Insight, Glimmer Cape and Infused Raindrops blunt the burst. Don't stand clumped.

Stuns & disables Black King Bar, Linken's Sphere or Lotus Orb. Spread out so one stun doesn't catch the whole team.

Silences Manta Style, Eul's Scepter or Lotus Orb dispel the silence. Keep a dispel ready before you commit.

Initiation Ward their approach paths, hold Black King Bar or Aeon Disk, and stay spread.

  • • Respect Puck at Lvl 6 + Blink: Initiate fights with Coil.
  • • Respect Puck at Aghanim's: Coil becomes devastating.
  • • Respect Puck at Octarine: Spell spam.

Items that counter it

Black King Bar Magic burst, Stuns & disables, Silences, InitiationGlimmer Cape Magic burst, Stuns & disablesEul's Scepter of Divinity Silences, InitiationAeon Disk Magic burst, InitiationLotus Orb Stuns & disables, SilencesGuardian Greaves Silences, Magic burst

Heroes that beat it

Talents

Current talents (Valve)
-30s Dream Coil Cooldown
25
+350 Waning Rift Radius/Max Distance
-2.5s Waning Rift Cooldown
20
+200 Initial/Break Dream Coil Damage
+2% Puckish Health and Mana Restoration
15
+60 Waning Rift Damage
+35 Illusory Orb Damage
10
+1.25s Waning Rift Silence Duration

Best items

Position 2 build Our recommendation
Starting
Early
›››
Core
›››
Luxury

Power spikes

Our recommendation
Lvl 6 + BlinkInitiate fights with Coil.
Aghanim'sCoil becomes devastating.
OctarineSpell spam.

Best skill build

Position 2 Our recommendation
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Q Illusory OrbQQQQ
W Waning RiftWWWW
E Phase ShiftEEEE
R Dream CoilRRR
T Talent★★

Counters

Strong against ours

Countered by

Weak against ours

Synergies

Great with ours

Best lane partners

Toughest lane opponents

From our matchup model, adjusted by each opponent's laning rating Our recommendation
Huskar−34
Faceless Void−23
Axe−22
Shadow Shaman−21
Centaur Warrunner−16

Live stats OpenDota · 2026-10-14

Public match stats

Win rate (all ranks)
46.8%
Win rate (Divine+)
49.8%
Pick rate
2.5% of matches
Sample
101,665 picks
Pro
18 picks · 50% WR · 30.6% ban

Lane presence

mid97.5% · 47.1% WR
safe1.7% · 57.1% WR

Win rate by rank

Public matches per medal bracket
45%Herald44.4%Guardian45.5%Crusader46%Archon46.7%Legend47.2%Ancient49.8%Divine

Win rate by game length

Minutes · OpenDota parsed games
52.7%10′50%20′49.1%30′50.6%40′49.8%50′53.7%60′

Item timings

When the item is finished, and the timing that wins most (≥15 games)
ItemGamesUsualWin %Best timing
Power Treads74910′48.2%≤8′ · 53.5%
Blink Dagger73820′49.5%≤15′ · 67.4%
Aghanim's Shard52425′54.2%≤20′ · 67.3%
Eul's Scepter of Divinity14325′51%≤25′ · 54.5%
Octarine Core7330′75.3%≤25′ · 78.9%
Linken's Sphere6430′54.7%≤30′ · 56.6%
Aeon Disk4630′50%≤25′ · 53.3%
Maelstrom4530′60%≤30′ · 68.2%
Aghanim's Scepter3530′74.3%≤30′ · 70.8%

What players actually buy

Most purchased items by game phase
Start
Early
Mid
Late

Best real matchups

Head-to-head win rate, ≥40 games
Invoker101 games57.4%
Crystal Maiden58 games56.9%
Tidehunter170 games56.5%
Bristleback105 games56.2%
Juggernaut87 games55.2%

Worst real matchups

Head-to-head win rate, ≥40 games
Centaur Warrunner175 games40%
Huskar64 games40.6%
Axe153 games41.8%
Faceless Void62 games41.9%
Dazzle67 games43.3%

Recent pro & league games

Most recent league matches featuring this hero
LeagueResultK / D / ALengthDate
DreamLeague Season 30 QualifiersLoss0 / 2 / 334′2026-10-14
1win Streamers League #3Loss5 / 5 / 1134′2026-10-13
EPL Masters 2026 Win17 / 1 / 1759′2026-10-13
DreamLeague Season 30 QualifiersLoss3 / 4 / 1250′2026-10-13
1win Streamers League #3Win1 / 3 / 1037′2026-10-13
DreamLeague Season 30 QualifiersLoss1 / 3 / 333′2026-10-12
DreamLeague Season 30 QualifiersWin4 / 1 / 432′2026-10-12
DreamLeague Season 30 QualifiersLoss6 / 1 / 344′2026-10-11

Lore

While Puck seems at first glance a mischievous, childish character, this quality masks an alien personality. The juvenile form of a Faerie Dragon, a creature that lives for eons, Puck spends countless millennia in its childish form. So while it is technically true that Puck is juvenile, it will continue to be so when the cities of the present age have sloughed away into dust. Its motives are therefore inscrutable, and what appears to be play may in fact hide a darker purpose. Its endless fondness for mischief is the true indicator of Puck's true nature.