Semi-daily hero tips. Day 69: Puck

DISCLAIMER

A lot of you probably know about the weekly hero discussion, but that often ends up in a meta discussion (whether or not the hero needs buffs, etc) or a meme war than actual tips to play, itemize and build the hero.

This is what I'd like to do. Please discuss any notes I made and possible improvements while also giving tips of your own if you have them.

The roles, skill builds and item builds, as well as a lot of the notes are my opinion on matters and should not be seen as a must do or don't. Also remember that almost every single build or role is situationally possible.

A lot of the tips on heroes were also mentioned in tsunami's amazing hero tips series he did over the last couple of years.

Puck

Notes:

• Be careful with using Illusory orb when you can get ganked and don't have blink + phase shift yet
• Illusory orb gives a lot of flying vision
• Ways to jaunt to your orb at max distance: Orb turns red, Cooldown hits 9 seconds, Count to 3
• Toss orb in the opposite direction of where you run when escaping. Enemy has to choose
• Try to blink in the direction you were facing before you phase shifted or you will need turn time when you get out.
• Million dollar dream coil the shit out of everyone who wants to TP
• Versus: If puck just used the orb and hasn't got phase blink yet, look to kill her/him/it
• Versus: Cancel animation to bait or wait for phase shift before you use expensive spells with travel time against puck
• Versus: If you remember the 6 seconds dream coil lasts and know when to run out, you're a champ
• You will get stunned after you blink out of dream coil. Boulder roll, waveform, ball lightning, etc won't stun you.
• You can't phase shift while rooted. (/u/PumpkinJak)
• Good versus: Magnus (lane winner, easy to doge spells), Slark, Morphling, Invoker, Necrophos (silence), PL, TB (silence, AOE burst), IO, BH (you are hard to gank, they are squishy), QoP (lane counter, easy to dodge spells)
• Counters: TA (lane counter), Medusa, Spectre, WK, Huskar, Underlord, DK, Alchemist, AM (tanky against you), Riki (silence)
• Friends: LS (infest bombs), Gyro (dream coil + call down), MK (Dream Coil + Wukong's Command), KotL (dream coil --> illuminate --> blinding light)

Role: mid (, offlane)

Item build: Bottle, Wand, Treads, (Veil <->) Blink dagger, (Drum, Sheep stick, Orchid, Dagon, Ghost scepter, Eul's, Aghs, Shiva's, Lotus orb, Linken's)

Skill build: Illusory Orb --> Rift --> Phase shift

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