Venomancer counters and build in Dota 2

Phantom Lancer (+4.4%), Dark Seer (+3.5%), and Beastmaster (+3.3%) are the strongest against Venomancer — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Venomancer does best against Batrider (+5.0%), Ursa (+4.2%), and Marci (+4.0%).

The best partners for Venomancer are Meepo (+5.3%), Anti-Mage (+4.0%), and Centaur Warrunner (+2.8%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

“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).

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%).

Venomancer is played most often as “Position 5: Hard Support” — 49% of its matches. Less often: Position 4: Support (44%).