How Puck and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Puck and Templar Assassin win 42.91% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,720 matches.
Hitting the mid-game often leaves these two heroes competing for the same role. Both Puck and Templar Assassin want to be the team's primary initiator and damage dealer, accelerating the pace after hitting their key item timings. This creates a greedy draft that is fragile if it falls behind. While Puck can set up a kill with Dream Coil, this isn't something Templar Assassin's kit is necessarily lacking; she's already built to isolate and burst a target on her own. The result is two heroes trying to fill one job, leaving the team without the defensive tools or lane presence needed to secure the game if their initial snowball plan fails.
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 | 44.16% | 231 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.55% | 143 |
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 | 42.91% | ▼ -0.4pp | 1,720 |
| 7.41d | 43.29% | ▼ -1.0pp | 21,021 |
| 7.41c | 44.25% | ▲ +1.1pp | 9,545 |
| 7.41b | 43.11% | — | 12,647 |
Move this data into a draft
Both heroes start on Radiant. Fill the remaining slots to test this pairing inside a complete draft and get next-pick recommendations.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.