Ah Puch

How to play Ah Puch

Ah Puch is a ranged mage from the Maya pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Ah Puch in the Mid lane.

In your kit, Fleeting Breath (dot, stun healing target) is your main crowd control. Undead Surge (line damage, anti-heal) and Corpse Explosion (area explosion, chains corpses) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Empty the Crypts (damage and debuff zone), on a long cooldown (about 110s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Hollow Ground: corpse pickups, cooldown reduction.

Community guides level Undead Surge, Fleeting Breath and Corpse Explosion first. Max Undead Surge first, then Corpse Explosion, then Fleeting Breath.

Most of your damage comes from abilities, so fight from behind your front line and never be the closest god to the enemy. Look for the moment your crowd control can land, then follow up with the rest of your damage. You have no dash, so your positioning is your escape. In the mid lane, clear the wave quickly, then help the side lanes or the jungle.

Start with Bluestone Brooch, then buy The World Stone. Your core is Spear of Desolation and Chronos' Pendant, and you finish with Soul Reaver, Rod of Tahuti and Obsidian Shard. A good relic is Aegis of Acceleration. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of the Death March, it reworks Hollow Ground (corpse pickups, cooldown reduction), Wraith Call (damage, debuff targets) and Empty the Crypts (debuff area). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Sylvanus, Hachiman and Kuzenbo, and struggle against Agni, Ishtar or Ne Zha. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.