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 2h ago

Matchups tracked

13,085

Recent high-level matches, OpenDota

Best answer

Lone Druid

71% vs Puck

Top counters win

63.8%

Average of the eight best picks

Puck

Playing against

Puck

INT Pos 3 · Off

46.5%win rate

Lone Druid

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

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/ Items against Puck

  • Blitz Knuckles 5.2% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Eaglesong 5.2% 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.
  • Staff of Wizardry 4.9% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Bounty Hunter — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Hyperstone 4.5% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.
  • Blade of Alacrity 4.3% Core pickup on Lone Druid, Naga Siren — the strongest answers in this matchup.

/ Off lane matchups

  • Lone Druid 71%
  • Nyx Assassin 62.5%
  • Huskar 58.6%
  • Dark Seer 58.6%
  • Magnus 58.3%

Ban priority

  • Bounty Hunter 75%
  • Lone Druid 61%
  • Dark Seer 53%
  • Centaur Warrunner 40%
  • Bane 32%

/ 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
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