Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna wins the Puck vs Pugna matchup: Pugna beats Puck in 59.57% of 376 ranked matches.
Picking Puck into a Pugna puts your entire draft on the back foot. The main problem is Nether Ward, which punishes every single thing Puck wants to do. The typical engagement of Illusory Orb, Waning Rift, and then Phase Shift becomes a self-destructive sequence that drains Puck’s health and mana for a huge amount of damage. This forces Puck into an impossible choice: either don't cast spells and be useless, or cast them and risk dying to the ward before having any real impact. Pugna can simply place his ward in a fight and completely zone Puck out, neutralizing a hero that relies on casting many low-cooldown spells to survive and deal damage.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Puck's win rate against Pugna in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Puck win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 39.42% | 104 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.97% | 274 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.77% | 265 |
| Divine & Immortal | 40.98% | 122 |
Puck's win rate against Pugna in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Puck win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 40.43% | ▼ -5.8pp | 376 |
| 7.41d | 46.23% | ▼ -0.6pp | 24,549 |
| 7.41c | 46.83% | ▲ +0.1pp | 13,280 |
| 7.41b | 46.74% | — | 13,762 |
Move this data into a draft
Puck starts on Radiant and Pugna on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 14, 2026.