Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Puck wins the Puck vs Shadow Demon matchup: Puck beats Shadow Demon in 53.28% of 3,645 ranked matches.
Trying to land Disruption on a Puck is incredibly frustrating. Puck can often use Phase Shift to dodge the setup entirely, leaving Shadow Demon and his team out of position. Even if you manage to catch Puck, the hero's mobility from Illusory Orb usually provides a clean escape before any real follow-up can happen. In fights, Puck can easily find and jump on Shadow Demon, using Waning Rift's silence to prevent any defensive spells. While Demonic Purge is a decent answer with its slow and break, it's often not enough to truly pin down a target this slippery, making the whole interaction feel difficult for Shadow Demon.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Puck's win rate against Shadow Demon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Legend & Ancient | 53.97% | 126 |
Puck's win rate against Shadow Demon 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 | 53.28% | ▲ +0.0pp | 3,645 |
| 7.41e | 53.24% | ▼ -0.7pp | 13,972 |
| 7.41d | 53.95% | ▲ +1.2pp | 15,991 |
| 7.41c | 52.72% | — | 8,181 |
Move this data into a draft
Puck starts on Radiant and Shadow Demon on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.