How Puck and Warlock perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Puck and Warlock win 46.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,109 matches.
Putting two big teamfight ultimates together seems like a good plan, but the reality is more complicated. Puck wants to find an aggressive initiation with Dream Coil, but Warlock is a slow-casting backliner who needs his own setup for Chaotic Offering. They both want to control the same teamfight, but from different positions and at different speeds. Puck is all about getting in and out quickly, while Warlock is about positioning for a single, massive spell. This often leads to one of them using their ultimate without the other, or stacking them for redundant lockdown on targets who were already caught.
This lack of clean setup continues all game. A Warlock Golem can enable a follow-up Coil, but if the initial stun was that good, the fight was likely already won. A Puck initiation rarely gives Warlock the time he needs to position and cast his own ultimate in response. Their damage doesn't line up well either; Puck is all burst, while Fatal Bonds and the Golem offer sustained damage. They aren't actively working against each other, but they don't provide the specific tools that would make either hero's job easier, leading to a combo that can feel disjointed.
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 | 51.82% | 137 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.58% | 429 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.79% | 468 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.38% | 130 |
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 | 46.45% | ▼ -0.5pp | 3,109 |
| 7.41d | 46.94% | ▼ -1.1pp | 38,787 |
| 7.41c | 48.01% | ▲ +0.5pp | 20,595 |
| 7.41b | 47.55% | — | 23,956 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.