VPESPORTS

Dota 2 Counter Picks

Pick the enemy hero and get the punish: hardest answers, the heroes they eat for free, the items that break them and the lane matchups that decide the first ten minutes.

Patch

7.41

Updated 50m ago

Matchups tracked

12,929

Recent high-level matches, OpenDota

Best answer

Lone Druid

72.7% vs Puck

Top counters win

64.9%

Average of the eight best picks

Puck

Playing against

Puck

INT Pos 3 · Off

46.8%win rate

Lone Druid

Hardest answer

Lone Druid

AGI Pos 3 · Off

72.7%vs this hero

+22.7

advantage

Lone Druid eats the burst combo and walks out of it alive.

Full Puck report

/ Pick the enemy hero

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/ Items against Puck

  • Eaglesong 5.6% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Blitz Knuckles 5.5% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Claymore 5.1% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Hyperstone 4.8% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Blade of Alacrity 4.4% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Blink Dagger 3.7% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Oracle — the strongest answers in this matchup.

/ Off lane matchups

  • Lone Druid 72.7%
  • Nyx Assassin 63.2%
  • Huskar 58.8%
  • Magnus 58.5%
  • Centaur Warrunner 58%

Ban priority

  • Bounty Hunter 95.8%
  • Bane 50%
  • Lone Druid 41.7%
  • Slark 33.3%
  • Nature's Prophet 29.2%

/ How to draft against Puck

  • 01

    Take the Off matchup seriously — Puck converts a won lane into map control faster than most heroes in the tier.

  • 02

    Lone Druid is the cleanest answer in the pool with a 72.7% win rate over 33 tracked games.

  • 03

    Spend the early ward and dust budget on vision, not on damage — the hero only dies when the escape is tracked.

  • 04

    Stack magic resistance across the team instead of on a single core; the burst is spread damage, not a single-target combo.

  • 05

    Ban priority stays high whenever Puck is picked into a Pos 3 slot with a comfort player behind it.

/ Hardest matchups in the patch

Biggest advantage gaps among meta heroes
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