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 2h ago

Matchups tracked

13,203

Recent high-level matches, OpenDota

Best answer

Lone Druid

71% vs Puck

Top counters win

63.6%

Average of the eight best picks

Playing against

Puck

INT Pos 3 · Off

46.2%win rate

Hardest answer

Lone Druid

AGI Pos 3 · Off

71%vs this hero

+21

advantage

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

Full Puck report

/ Pick the enemy hero

127 heroes

Struggles against

Heroes that beat Puck

Dominates

Heroes Puck beats

/ Items against Puck

Purchase rate in winning games

Blitz Knuckles 5.1% 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.
Eaglesong 5% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
Staff of Wizardry 4.3% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Bounty Hunter — the strongest answers in this matchup.
Hyperstone 4.3% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
Blade of Alacrity 4.2% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.

/ Off lane matchups

Same-position opponents · role estimate

Lone Druid 71%
Nyx Assassin 61.5%
Dark Seer 60%
Huskar 59.2%
Magnus 58%

Ban priority

Contest rate of the best answers

Treant Protector 98.4%
Lone Druid 55.7%
Nature's Prophet 52.5%
Dark Seer 50.8%
Bane 39.3%

/ 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 71% win rate over 31 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

Next step

Puck item build →

Context

Patch 7.41 meta report →