Venomancer — Dota 2 7.41 Counters, Synergies & Win Rate
Also known as: Lesale
Venomancer (Lesale) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Venomancer counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
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 (55.2%), Timbersaw (55.1%) and Mars (54.8%) get poisoned down. Venomancer is countered by illusions and burst that beat his ticking damage: Phantom Lancer (42.0%) drowns his single target in clones, while Spectre (42.9%), Legion Commander (43.2%) and Slark (43.7%) 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
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Gyrocopter | 55.24% | 35,235 |
 Timbersaw | 55.09% | 27,744 |
 Mars | 54.79% | 71,469 |
 Templar Assassin | 54.08% | 50,131 |
 Tiny | 53.62% | 70,457 |
 Nature's Prophet | 53.51% | 72,959 |
 Monkey King | 52.96% | 75,844 |
 Tinker | 52.92% | 38,893 |
Struggles against
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
 Phantom Lancer | 42.05% | 72,511 |
 Spectre | 42.92% | 84,655 |
 Legion Commander | 43.16% | 172,477 |
 Slark | 43.72% | 162,010 |
 Tidehunter | 44.12% | 130,732 |
 Phoenix | 44.54% | 65,975 |
 Lifestealer | 44.94% | 149,879 |
 Techies | 44.95% | 104,813 |
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 (54.4%) and Wraith King (53.6%) finish whatever his poison chunks, while Meepo (53.3%) 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
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Spectre | 54.35% | 89,680 |
 Wraith King | 53.59% | 138,723 |
 Meepo | 53.29% | 27,184 |
| Legion Commander | 52.11% | 143,857 |
 Riki | 51.89% | 46,244 |
| Lifestealer | 51.76% | 145,124 |
| Tidehunter | 51.73% | 122,811 |
 Night Stalker | 51.41% | 71,057 |