Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Spirit Breaker wins the Spirit Breaker vs Venomancer matchup: Spirit Breaker beats Venomancer in 52.21% of 16,034 ranked matches.
Bulldoze allows Spirit Breaker to run through the slows that are central to Venomancer's entire kit. Trying to kite a charging Spirit Breaker with Venomous Gale or Poison Sting is often ineffective, as he can power through the debuffs and land his stuns. This lets him stick to Venomancer and finish him off, something other melee heroes struggle to do. Without the ability to create distance, Venomancer is very exposed and can't contribute his damage over time.
The game plan for Spirit Breaker becomes hunting down Venomancer before a fight fully breaks out. A successful Charge of Darkness can kill Venomancer before he can place his Plague Wards or use his ultimate, crippling his team's area control. Venomancer's best response is to play defensively, using wards for vision and staying close to allies who can interrupt the charge. If Spirit Breaker is forced to charge into a prepared team, he is the one who will be punished, which keeps the matchup from being completely one-sided.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Spirit Breaker'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 | Spirit Breaker win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 54.59% | 1,057 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.62% | 2,530 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.42% | 1,801 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.85% | 470 |
Spirit Breaker'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 | Spirit Breaker win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.21% | ▼ -1.0pp | 16,034 |
| 7.41d | 53.16% | ▼ -0.0pp | 193,274 |
| 7.41c | 53.18% | ▲ +2.0pp | 101,920 |
| 7.41b | 51.19% | — | 160,426 |
Move this data into a draft
Spirit Breaker 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 17, 2026.