How Abaddon and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Abaddon and Venomancer win 48.61% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,193 matches.
Trying to close out a teamfight can feel a bit awkward with this duo. Venomancer excels at applying immense pressure over time with his poisons, making the entire enemy team sick and slow. Abaddon's whole kit is also about attrition, out-healing damage with Mist Coil and Aphotic Shield while his ultimate makes him impossible to burst down. The problem is that neither hero brings the hard lockdown or burst damage needed to finish what the other starts. They can make the enemy miserable, but they often lack the tools to turn that misery into a kill on a key target, leading to fights that fizzle out.
Across the game, this pairing can feel like it's missing a piece. Abaddon can successfully save Venomancer from a stun with a well-timed Aphotic Shield, letting him get a Poison Nova off. However, the enemy team can often just walk away or reset, since there's no follow-up stun to lock them in the poison. The game plan becomes about slowly grinding the opponent down, but against teams with strong disengage or their own high sustain, this duo struggles to force a decisive advantage and can get outpaced.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 52.03% | 271 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.98% | 541 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.55% | 344 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 48.61% | ▲ +0.7pp | 3,193 |
| 7.41d | 47.92% | ▼ -0.1pp | 47,049 |
| 7.41c | 48.02% | ▼ -0.4pp | 17,754 |
| 7.41b | 48.38% | — | 22,808 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.