Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Slark wins the Slark vs Venomancer matchup: Slark beats Venomancer in 53.65% of 1,327 ranked matches.
Picking Venomancer into a potential Slark is a huge risk for any lineup. So much of Venomancer's power comes from damage-over-time spells, and Slark's Dark Pact provides a basic, spammable way to purge them off. This makes it incredibly difficult for Venomancer to secure kills or even apply meaningful pressure in lane. Slark can Pounce onto Venomancer and build Essence Shift stacks with little fear of retaliation. Even if a big Poison Nova lands in a teamfight, Slark can often disengage, cleanse the debuff, and then re-enter the fight at full health thanks to Shadow Dance. Slark's core mechanics simply invalidate too much of what Venomancer wants to accomplish.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Slark's win rate against Venomancer in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Slark win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 57.05% | 610 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.22% | 1,539 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.98% | 1,188 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.51% | 353 |
Slark's win rate against Venomancer in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Slark win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.65% | ▼ -1.9pp | 1,327 |
| 7.41d | 55.51% | ▼ -0.5pp | 137,193 |
| 7.41c | 56.04% | ▲ +0.7pp | 90,327 |
| 7.41b | 55.35% | — | 143,854 |
Move this data into a draft
Slark starts on Radiant and Venomancer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.