How Lich and Puck perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lich and Puck win 48.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,384 matches.
Picking these two together looks like a plan for massive teamfight control, but their abilities can work at cross-purposes. Puck wants enemies to move and break Dream Coil for the stun, but all of Lich’s spells encourage targets to stand still. An enemy slowed by Frost Blast or Chain Frost is often happy to wait inside the leash area instead of triggering the stun. Lich also lacks an instant lockdown to set up for Puck’s aggressive initiations; Sinister Gaze is a channeled spell that's often too slow and stationary for a fast-moving hero like Puck to play around.
Throughout the game, their positioning rarely aligns. Puck dives deep into the enemy formation to find kills, while Lich prefers staying on the outskirts to protect allies with Frost Shield. While a good Chain Frost inside a Dream Coil can happen, it’s an unreliable setup that depends entirely on how the enemy team reacts. They end up playing their own separate games more often than not. They don't actively enable each other so much as they simply coexist on the same side of the map, doing their own thing.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 43.75% | 176 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.36% | 624 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.90% | 759 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.71% | 415 |
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 | 48.12% | ▼ -1.0pp | 5,384 |
| 7.41d | 49.14% | ▼ -0.4pp | 62,724 |
| 7.41c | 49.58% | ▲ +1.0pp | 35,286 |
| 7.41b | 48.54% | — | 34,708 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.