
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 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.
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 60.99% | 8,368 | |
| 56.50% | 4,136 | |
| 56.50% | 17,449 | |
| 55.83% | 11,053 | |
| 54.85% | 4,430 | |
| 54.84% | 8,453 | |
| 54.55% | 7,168 | |
| 54.50% | 14,894 |
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 45.02% | 22,333 | |
| 45.09% | 31,966 | |
| 46.05% | 16,897 | |
| 46.30% | 17,977 | |
| 46.42% | 6,111 | |
| 46.53% | 15,051 | |
| 46.63% | 10,423 | |
| 46.74% | 8,290 |
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.
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 57.33% | 1,903 | |
| 56.33% | 21,899 | |
| 54.63% | 3,575 | |
| 54.61% | 31,604 | |
| 54.30% | 36,075 | |
| 53.97% | 4,128 | |
| 53.97% | 6,787 | |
| 53.28% | 12,670 |