Pugna — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate

Pugna in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Pugna counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.

Pugna counters & matchups

Pugna is an anti-caster pusher whose Nether Blast melts towers and heroes, Nether Ward punishes enemy spellcasting, and Life Drain sustains or executes. It dominates spell-spamming, immobile heroes — Timbersaw (61.0%) literally kills himself on Nether Ward, and Elder Titan (56.5%), Mars (56.5%) and Tinker (55.8%) get out-pushed. Pugna is countered by physical carries and pickoff that ignore its wards: Spectre (45.0%), Wraith King (45.1%) and Nyx Assassin (46.1%) out-scale or burst its fragile frame. Draft tip: Pugna is a brutal anti-spell and tower-push core into caster-heavy drafts; it's weaker into physical hard-carries and pickoff line-ups.

Strong against

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Timbersaw	60.99%	8,368
Elder Titan	56.50%	4,136
Mars	56.50%	17,449
Tinker	55.83%	11,053
Brewmaster	54.85%	4,430
Terrorblade	54.84%	8,453
Shadow Demon	54.55%	7,168
Templar Assassin	54.50%	14,894

Struggles against

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Spectre	45.02%	22,333
Wraith King	45.09%	31,966
Nyx Assassin	46.05%	16,897
Night Stalker	46.30%	17,977
Lone Druid	46.42%	6,111
Riki	46.53%	15,051
Primal Beast	46.63%	10,423
Meepo	46.74%	8,290

Pugna synergies

Pugna's Nether Blast obliterates towers and its Decrepify can set up or save — it's a premier push-and-pickoff core. It pairs best with summon/push and durable cores: Chen (57.3%) doubles the early tower pressure, while Spectre (56.3%) and Lycan (54.6%) snowball off the map control Pugna creates. Give Pugna a push partner and its Nether Blast tempo ends games before late-scaling carries online.

Best teammates

Hero	Win Rate	Matches
Chen	57.33%	1,903
Spectre	56.33%	21,899
Lycan	54.63%	3,575
Wraith King	54.61%	31,604
Axe	54.30%	36,075
Dark Seer	53.97%	4,128
Naga Siren	53.97%	6,787
Bloodseeker	53.28%	12,670