Question 1

Who counters Venomancer?

Accepted Answer

Phantom Lancer (+5.6%), Weaver (+3.9%), and Brewmaster (+3.6%) are the strongest against Venomancer — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Venomancer strong against?

Accepted Answer

Venomancer does best against Undying (+3.4%), Io (+3.1%), and Tiny (+2.5%).

Question 3

Who is Venomancer stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Venomancer are Meepo (+5.4%), Morphling (+2.9%), and Tidehunter (+2.4%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Venomancer?

Accepted Answer

“Position 4: Support”: players usually start with Tango, Blood Grenade, Iron Branch ×2, Circlet, Sentry Ward, and Magic Stick, pick Arcane Boots for boots, then build Magic Wand (3 min), Urn of Shadows (7 min), Ring of Basilius (8 min), and Spirit Vessel (18 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Venomancer?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 10 — “15% Poison Sting Health Regen Reduction” (57%), at level 15 — “+10% Poison Sting Slow” (100%), at level 20 — “-2s Plague Ward Cooldown” (59%), and at level 25 — “2.5x Plague Ward HP/Damage” (70%).

Question 6

What position to play Venomancer in?

Accepted Answer

Venomancer is played most often as “Position 4: Support” — 50% of its matches. Less often: Position 5: Hard Support (44%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Phantom Lancer	+5.6%	60.4%	3,487
Weaver	+3.9%	53.6%	1,501
Brewmaster	+3.6%	57.1%	475
Magnus	+3.3%	53.6%	2,348
Beastmaster	+3.0%	49.9%	393
Slark	+2.7%	53.6%	3,511
Legion Commander	+2.7%	57.4%	4,499
Oracle	+2.5%	54.5%	811
Tinker	+2.4%	51.5%	1,045
Void Spirit	+2.4%	54.2%	871
Arc Warden	+2.1%	57.8%	1,112
Enchantress	+2.1%	53.0%	683

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Undying	+3.4%	51.5%	3,770
Io	+3.1%	51.5%	806
Tiny	+2.5%	56.5%	1,075
Drow Ranger	+2.5%	54.9%	3,039
Kunkka	+2.4%	51.7%	1,118
Dazzle	+2.4%	50.9%	1,264
Dawnbreaker	+2.3%	48.1%	2,167
Bristleback	+2.0%	51.3%	2,059
Axe	+2.0%	49.2%	4,859
Chaos Knight	+2.0%	49.3%	1,378
Ogre Magi	+1.9%	49.2%	5,996
Jakiro	+1.9%	51.1%	2,705

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Meepo	+5.4%	59.2%	348
Morphling	+2.9%	49.8%	804
Tidehunter	+2.4%	50.2%	2,152
Dark Willow	+2.2%	49.1%	1,031
Nyx Assassin	+2.1%	52.2%	1,447
Night Stalker	+2.1%	50.8%	1,666
Riki	+2.1%	52.6%	1,545
Puck	+2.1%	46.6%	582
Void Spirit	+2.0%	50.1%	966
Death Prophet	+1.9%	47.4%	968
Enchantress	+1.7%	48.5%	462
Outworld Destroyer	+1.5%	52.5%	3,141

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