DOTA Allstars: Puck the Firey Dragon

"DOTA Allstars" Guide to Puck The Firey (Faerie) Dragon
By MaxQ

In this Dota Allstars guide we will discuss the power of Puck - The fiery Dragon. This hero is one of my loved ones, if i get this when i play in -arem or -dmarem -apem etc I'm always very happy and i know my team will probably win the game :P.

Few people like puck because of its low health and maybe they don't know what spells to use and in which way. I don't get this hero to often but when i get it i always kill kill and kill, sometimes i die 1 time in a game but that's OK when i kill 15 times in a game at least.

Anyway enough with the chit-chat let us see what this birdie can do for the team and against the other team. And hey, if you aren't a fan of this DOTA Allstars hero, then go stick to your little "Tower Defence mod" ok? Or maybe "Pudge Wars"! :)

First of all he is an intelligence hero and you will need a lot of intelligence and so a huge amount of mana that you can spend as the game advances. I say this because all of his spell have a very fast cooldown between 6-15 seconds without the ultimate that has 85 seconds cooldown. So you will need to buy many intelligence items, this is a must.

The strongest and the most useful spell is the Illusory Orb (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. It has 1800 Range, that's allot and a 225 AOE damage. It costs you 125 mana to cast and has only 15 second cooldown so you can use this many times just your mana has to last. You can really annoy heroes with this spell as you can cast it from far away and still get them.

Or if you want to chase a hero just cast the orb let it fly and when its close to the hero just teleport in its place :P that's really great, and you can escape the same way to. Wanning Rift (W) is the next spell it is very useful to but i only use it when i think I'm in trouble, i gather and manage my mana so i can cast many illusory orbs. This spell releases Puck's mystical faerie dust around him dealing damage and silencing enemies in a 400 AOE Deals 240 damage and silences for 3 seconds, now this is useful don't u think?

The next spell will be Phase Shift (F) you can set this to auto cast, when used shifts the Faerie Dragon out of existence for a brief period, temporarily avoiding any further damage.Mana cost 20 Cooldown 6 seconds and up to 3 seconds out of existence. I write here only about the last i mean the max lvl of the spells, so you know. I don't really use this spell, although it's useful i let it always be the last to level.

And finally we get to the Ultimate Dream Coil (C) Puck's powerful imagination engulfs an area, creating coils of volatile magic that damages and stuns enemy units as it latches on to them. Stretching the coils beyond 600 range causes it to snap and deal additional damage and stun time. Which means it deals initially 200 damage and 0.5 seconds stun and when they run and the coil brakes they receive an additional 200 damage and 3 second stun. You can always kill or put them on the run with this one for sure.

As far as what items to buy i don't really have an idea of the best items for this hero just buy intelligence stuff and the other useful boots etc maybe Linken Sphere. Check back soon as i will write another "DOTA Allstars guide" in the next day or two days.

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