Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Riki wins the Puck vs Riki matchup: Riki beats Puck in 59.50% of 8,069 ranked matches.
Trying to play your usual slippery game as Puck feels awful against a Riki. The moment Riki uses Blink Strike, he's probably dropping Smoke Screen too. That silence is the core problem; it stops you from using Phase Shift to dodge or Illusory Orb to escape. You're stuck in a cloud, missing attacks, and taking a ton of damage from a hero who is difficult to target. Even if you manage to cast Dream Coil, Riki can often use Tricks of the Trade to dodge the stun or simply kill you before the leash even breaks. Riki has the perfect tools to lock down and eliminate a hero that relies entirely on magical mobility to survive.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Puck's win rate against Riki 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 | 47.00% | 100 |
| Crusader & Archon | 37.00% | 200 |
| Legend & Ancient | 36.16% | 224 |
Puck's win rate against Riki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 40.50% | ▼ -0.1pp | 8,069 |
| 7.41e | 40.59% | ▼ -0.2pp | 27,553 |
| 7.41d | 40.77% | ▲ +0.1pp | 34,256 |
| 7.41c | 40.67% | — | 18,701 |
Move this data into a draft
Puck starts on Radiant and Riki on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.