How Alchemist and Puck perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Puck win 39.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 203 matches.
Having a Puck on the team means Alchemist can often get the space needed to accelerate his farm. Puck is great at creating pressure and drawing attention, which lets Alchemist focus on hitting his item timings. When they do fight together, Dream Coil is a perfect way to hold enemies inside an Acid Spray, maximizing the armor reduction and damage over time. Puck’s control also provides a clean setup for Alchemist to land a fully charged Unstable Concoction without much risk.
This game plan is fragile, though. The entire strategy depends on the enemy team allowing Alchemist to have a free game, and Puck doesn't offer much direct protection if opponents decide to group up and invade his jungle. If the enemy plays aggressively and delays Alchemist's key items, the duo's primary win condition evaporates. The success of this pairing often feels less about their own strengths and more about whether the other team has the coordination to punish a greedy draft before it comes online.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 42.16% | 185 |
| Legend & Ancient | 36.49% | 211 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 39.41% | ▼ -5.8pp | 203 |
| 7.41d | 45.26% | ▼ -1.4pp | 23,449 |
| 7.41c | 46.65% | ▼ -3.1pp | 21,208 |
| 7.41b | 49.75% | — | 39,584 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.