Venomancer — Dota 2 7.41f Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Lesale
Venomancer (Lesale) in Dota 2 7.41f: win rate, pick rate, top counters and best teammates, from Batru's ranked-match pipeline.
Move this data into a draft
Start a live draft with Venomancer
Venomancer is already placed on Radiant. Add the other picks to get a calibrated win probability and the strongest next-hero recommendations.
Venomancer by rank bracket
Venomancer is strongest in Herald & Guardian games, winning 48.52% (#70 of 127 heroes), but drops to 45.72% (#111) in Divine & Immortal.
| Bracket | Tier Rank | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | #70 of 127 | 48.52% | 8.17% | 11,795 |
| Crusader & Archon | #81 of 127 | 48.51% | 7.47% | 33,555 |
| Legend & Ancient | #89 of 127 | 47.96% | 6.19% | 28,542 |
| Divine & Immortal | #111 of 127 | 45.72% | 4.01% | 5,792 |
Recent ranked matches split by average match rank — the same data behind the per-rank tier lists each bracket links to.
Venomancer win rate by patch
Venomancer is winning 47.88% of 237,810 ranked matches in patch 7.41f, up 0.3pp from 7.41e.
| Patch | Win Rate | Change | Pick Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 47.88% | ▲ +0.3pp | 7.03% | 237,810 |
| 7.41e | 47.60% | ▲ +0.6pp | 7.27% | 2,164,038 |
| 7.41d | 47.02% | ▲ +0.2pp | 8.53% | 2,530,369 |
| 7.41c | 46.78% | ▼ -1.2pp | 9.34% | 1,280,462 |
| 7.41b | 48.01% | ▼ -0.1pp | 12.50% | 1,760,343 |
| 7.41a | 48.13% | — | 17.27% | 987,811 |
Win rate and pick rate per patch window over all quality-filtered ranked matches; the newest patch accumulates matches for days after release — its row shows the current sample size.
Venomancer counters & matchups
Venomancer is a damage-over-time support/core whose Venomous Gale, Poison Sting, and Plague Wards apply relentless poison and zone fights. He's strong into immobile, low-sustain heroes his DoT grinds: Gyrocopter, Timbersaw and Mars get poisoned down. Venomancer is countered by illusions and burst that beat his ticking damage: Phantom Lancer drowns his single target in clones, while Spectre, Legion Commander and Slark out-scale or burst him. Draft tip: Venomancer is a strong zone-control and slow support into grouped, low-sustain drafts; he's weaker into illusion comps and high-sustain hard-carries.
Strong against
 Shadow Fiend | 55.78% | 18,594 |
 Treant Protector | 54.20% | 4,240 |
 Monkey King | 54.03% | 6,167 |
 Shadow Demon | 53.55% | 2,633 |
 Templar Assassin | 53.48% | 5,722 |
 Gyrocopter | 53.43% | 4,116 |
 Tiny | 53.26% | 5,484 |
 Batrider | 52.64% | 1,647 |
Struggles against
 Phantom Lancer | 41.71% | 14,415 |
 Legion Commander | 42.68% | 18,244 |
 Juggernaut | 43.58% | 24,084 |
 Slark | 43.70% | 14,888 |
 Wraith King | 43.78% | 14,963 |
 Arc Warden | 44.33% | 5,206 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 44.58% | 11,456 |
 Witch Doctor | 44.69% | 18,163 |
Venomancer synergies
Venomancer's wards and poison provide vision, chip damage, and slows that set up the whole team — he softens and zones fights. He pairs best with AoE and snowball cores: Spectre and Wraith King finish whatever his poison chunks, while Meepo bursts the slowed targets. Give Venomancer a follow-up carry and his ward zones plus poison slows keep enemies pinned for the kill.
Best teammates
| Wraith King | 53.71% | 15,178 |
| Outworld Destroyer | 52.73% | 11,099 |
| Legion Commander | 52.65% | 14,249 |
| Phantom Lancer | 52.08% | 13,098 |
 Riki | 51.81% | 6,968 |
 Pudge | 51.71% | 23,652 |
 Visage | 51.57% | 1,724 |
 Nyx Assassin | 51.45% | 5,534 |
Data updated Sep 23, 2026.