How Puck and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Puck and Witch Doctor win 48.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,123 matches.
Pairing these heroes together hinges on the combination of Dream Coil and Death Ward. The idea is for Puck to lock everyone down so Witch Doctor has a free channel. The problem is that Dream Coil is a leash, not a hard stun, so enemies can still cast spells and use items to escape or interrupt. A single stun on Witch Doctor breaks his channel, and a Force Staff can push a key target out of danger. Puck’s Waning Rift provides a silence to help, but the window to execute the combo perfectly is small, and any disruption can make it fall apart.
Early on, these two don't help each other much from different lanes. Their game plan comes together for mid-game teamfights, where the outcome is very polarized. A successful Coil into a full Death Ward can win the fight on its own. However, if the enemy saves a stun for Witch Doctor, he is often left as a sitting duck and dies instantly. Puck can always Phase Shift or use Illusory Orb to get out safely, but Witch Doctor has no such escape, making him a risky and often unreliable damage source in these drafts.
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 | 46.97% | 330 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.57% | 1,122 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.10% | 1,004 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.76% | 335 |
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 | 48.79% | ▲ +0.1pp | 7,123 |
| 7.41d | 48.67% | ▼ -0.4pp | 85,930 |
| 7.41c | 49.07% | ▲ +0.9pp | 47,753 |
| 7.41b | 48.13% | — | 48,555 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.