[0] About This Guide

[0.1] Synopsis

[0.2] Changelog

[1] The Hero

[1.1] Skills

[1.2] Pros and Cons

[1.3] Role in Competitive DotA

[2] Builds

[2.1] Skill Builds

[2.2] Item Builds

[3] Gameplay

[3.1] Early Game

[3.2] Mid Game

[3.3] Late Game

[4] Replays
[5] Summary / Conclusion

This is the first and probably last guide I am writing. I have been playing DotA for several years, hopping teams quite a bit, and participating in a few open tournaments, such as Pickleague, or DLG-cups. Due to private issues that consume pretty much all of my freetime now, I decided to finally quit DotA. As my last contribution to the DotA scene, I want to share my thoughts and experience on playing the Faerie Dragon on a competitive, that is, team oriented level. Puck has been my favorite hero in this version, and that for good reasons I will try to explain in this guide.

[0.1] Synopsis

This guide expects you to play in a team. You will probably not be able to extract much of this guide into the vast majority of public games. Rather than to focus on how the hero works in general, I will elaborate more into the way of playing Puck in competitive games: what you are supposed to do in order to fulfill your role in the team, how you can be most efficient and how to make as much of an impact on the game as possible.
I will assume that you have decent knowledge about DotA mechanically, as well as strategically. If you are trying to learn Puck from scratch, this unfortunately is not the guide for you.

[0.2] Changelog

Date	Description
2011-11-04	Release in the drafting stage. There isn't anything done yet but the layout this guide is supposed to have.
2011-11-09	Filled sections [0] and [1] with content.

• Statistics
• Hero Introduction

Puck The Faerie Dragon

Strength Agility Intelligence 15 + 1.7 22 + 1.7 25 + 2.4

Affiliation:	Sentinel		Attack Animation:	0.5 / 0.8
Damage:	42 - 53		Casting Animation:	0.1 / 0.51
Armor:	2.08		Base Attack Time:	1.7
Movespeed:	295		Missile Speed:	900
Attack Range:	550		Sight Range:	1800 / 1200

Loved by aggressive players everywhere, Puck the Fairie Dragon is one of the best heroes in the game at starting fights. Puck's skills are useful in any situation, giving him a lot of flexibility and making him a great hero in both support and offensive roles. His signatue skill, Illusory Orb, is an example of this. Although it functions like a regular line damage spell, at any time during its course Puck can use his Ethereal Jaunt skill and instantly teleport to the position of the Illusory Orb. This makes the spell useful in both attacking and escaping. It also works perfectly with his second offensive spell, Waning Rift. Waning Rift deals damage and silences in an area around Puck, making it the natural choice for use after an Illusory Orb and Ethereal Jaunt. Puck's final offensive spell, Dream Coil, can be used either before or after this combo with great effect. Dream Coil traps enemies in a small area, forcing them to remain near the target point or take damage and get stunned. To complement his need to get up into his target's face, Puck has Phase Shift to help in sticky situations. Phase Shift renders Puck invulnerable for several seconds, although he is unable to move in this state. Puck is a relatively easy hero to pick up, but a rewarding one to master.

[1.1] Skills

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Illusory Orb

Ability Type: Active Targeting Type: Point Ability Hotkey: R

Sends a magic orb flying down a straight path damaging everything in its way. At any time during the life of the orb the Faerie Dragon may teleport up to it, taking its place.

Skills Table

Level	Mana Cost	Cool- down	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	150	13	3000	200	N/A	Enemy unit	Deals 70 damage
2	150	13	3000	200	N/A	Enemy unit	Deals 140 damage
3	150	13	3000	200	N/A	Enemy unit	Deals 210 damage
4	150	13	3000	200	N/A	Enemy unit	Deals 280 damage

Notes

• Damage type: magical


• The Illusory Orb grants flying vision to the area around it while it travels.


• Even though it is castable at 3000 range, it will only travel at most 1800.

Ethereal Jaunt

Ability Type: Active Targeting Type: Instant Ability Hotkey: E

Shifts into the Illusory Orb.

Skills Table

Mana Cost	Cool- down	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Shifts into the Illusory Orb

Notes

• This ability is automatically gained when the first level of Illusory Orb is learned.


• Unlike the Blink ability, Ethereal Jaunting to an Illusory Orb cannot dodge projectiles.

Waning Rift

Ability Type: Active Targeting Type: Instant Ability Hotkey: W

Releases Puck's mystical faerie dust around him dealing damage and silencing enemies.

Skills Table

Level	Mana Cost	Cool- down	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	100	16	N/A	400	0.75 seconds	Enemy unit	Deals 60 damage and Silences
2	110	16	N/A	400	1.5 seconds	Enemy unit	Deals 120 damage and Silences
3	120	16	N/A	400	2.25 seconds	Enemy unit	Deals 180 damage and Silences
4	130	16	N/A	400	3 seconds	Enemy unit	Deals 240 damage and Silences

Notes

• Damage type: magical

Phase Shift

Ability Type: Active Targeting Type: N/A Ability Hotkey: F

Shifts the Faerie Dragon out of existence for a brief period, temporarily avoiding any further damage.

Skills Table

Level	Mana Cost	Cool- down	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	50	6	N/A	N/A	0.75 seconds	Self	Grant tempo- rary invulner- ability
2	40	6	N/A	N/A	1.5 seconds	Self	Grant tempo- rary invulner- ability
3	30	6	N/A	N/A	2.25 seconds	Self	Grant tempo- rary invulner- ability
4	20	6	N/A	N/A	3 seconds	Self	Grant tempo- rary invulner- ability

Notes

• Puck can avoid most damage from spells or attacks when this ability is on autocast, but if he is disabled this ability won't work.


• Phase Shift will not trigger from damages that come after a disable or stun.


• Pcuk retains his collision size while phaseshifted.

Dream Coil

Ability Type: Active Targeting Type: Area Ability Hotkey: C

Puck's powerful imagination engulfs an area, creating coils of volatile magic that damages and stuns enemy unit as it latches on to them. Stretching the coils beyond 600 range causes it to snap and deal additional damage and stun time.

Skills Table

Level	Mana Cost	Cool- down	Casting range	Area of Effect	Duration	Allowed Targets	Effects
1	100 (150*)	85	750	375	0.5 seconds (Initial) / 1.5 seconds (Coil Break)	Enemy unit	100 initial damage, 100 (200*) Coil Break damage, and stun
2	150 (200*)	85	750	375	0.5 seconds (Initial) / 2.25 seconds (Coil Break)	Enemy unit	150 initial damage, 150 (250*) Coil Break damage, and stun
3	200 (250*)	85	750	375	0.5 seconds (Initial) / 3 seconds (Coil Break)	Enemy unit	200 initial damage, 200 (300*) Coil Break damage, and stun

Notes

• Damage type: magical


• The initial stun and damage can be blocked by Linken's Sphere, but the target will still be affected by the coils themselves.


• Each coil lasts a maximum of 5 (7*) seconds before it disappears.


• Can be upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter (* shows the upgraded values).

[1.2] Pros and Cons

Puck shines the most in the following situations:

(+) Your team can spare a solo lane, preferably the hard lane
(+) You expect to lane against a strong trilane or very strong duallane
(+) Your team is lacking a good initiator
(+) Your team is lacking clash power

Puck probably is not the best choice in the following situations:

(-) You are lacking supporters
(-) You have to play on a trilane
(-) There are lots of silences or strong nukes on the other team
(-) There already is a strong initiator in your team

[1.3] Role in Competitive DotA

As you probably have guess from reading section [1.2], Puck is an initiator.
Its long attack range and the load of escape skills makes Puck incredibly hard to kill throughout the game, and thus Puck is predestined for facing a hard lane. Its very low attack damage paired with the slow missile and orb speed gives him problems in dominating a 1v1 laning situation against many heroes though.
Puck needs quite an amount of levels and gold to be effective, so is generally not suitable for a purely supportive role. It is possible to become a secondary supporter after obtaining one's core items (see section [2.2]).
The reason for Puck being such a popular pick or ban in competitive DotA nowadays is the extreme mobility and versatility it offers. The Faerie Dragon is a good pusher and anti-pusher, great at ganking, great in big clashes, great at surviving on his own, and scales quite well into the late game.

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[2.1] Skill Builds

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[2.2] Item Builds

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[3.1] Early Game

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[3.2] Mid Game

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[3.3] Late Game

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