How Mars and Puck perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Mars and Puck win 36.96% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 257 matches.
Dropping Arena of Blood on top of a Dream Coil seems like a guaranteed teamfight win, but the two spells don't combine their strengths effectively. Mars wants to trap enemies in a small space so his team can hit them. Puck wants to punish enemies for moving. When trapped inside the Arena, enemies are already contained and have less reason to move and break the Coil leash. This overlap means you're using two huge ultimates to solve the same problem, leaving the team without the raw damage needed to actually secure kills during the lockdown.
This dynamic creates awkward mid-game fights where your team's biggest spells are spent for minimal gain. Mars wants a brawling, static fight inside his ultimate, while Puck excels at kiting and controlling a more spread-out area. The result is that they feel disconnected, each trying to create a different kind of fight. Instead of compounding their power, their timings and abilities clash. This often leaves the draft feeling one-dimensional and short on the sustained carry potential required to close out a game, as both heroes are filling a similar tempo-control role.
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 | 42.54% | 228 |
| Legend & Ancient | 41.38% | 290 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.62% | 183 |
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 | 36.96% | ▼ -5.9pp | 257 |
| 7.41d | 42.90% | ▲ +0.9pp | 28,748 |
| 7.41c | 41.96% | ▲ +0.9pp | 20,750 |
| 7.41b | 41.07% | — | 22,575 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.