How Anti-Mage and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Anti-Mage and Venomancer win 47.90% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 12,047 matches.
Setting up a kill for Anti-Mage usually means a hard stun, but Venomancer only brings slows. The core issue is a mismatch in how they deal damage. Anti-Mage wants to Blink in, burn all of a target's mana, use Mana Void for a huge burst of damage, and then escape. This is a very fast process. Venomancer’s entire kit, from Poison Gale to Poison Nova, is built around slow, grinding damage over time. By the time Venomancer's poison has done significant work, Anti-Mage has either already gotten the kill and left, or he’s been forced to retreat because the target wasn’t locked down long enough for him to finish the job.
This conflict in tempo defines the whole game. Venomancer wants to group up and force messy, drawn-out teamfights where his damage-over-time can wear everyone down. Anti-Mage wants to avoid those exact situations, preferring to split-push and find isolated pickoffs on his own terms. The team gets pulled in two different directions. Either Anti-Mage is forced into five-on-five brawls he isn't equipped for, or Venomancer’s attempts to pressure the map are wasted because his carry isn't there to follow up.
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 | 46.54% | 881 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.43% | 2,020 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.72% | 1,190 |
| Divine & Immortal | 38.79% | 232 |
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 | 47.90% | ▲ +1.0pp | 12,047 |
| 7.41d | 46.92% | ▲ +1.3pp | 150,348 |
| 7.41c | 45.63% | ▼ -1.4pp | 71,777 |
| 7.41b | 46.98% | — | 93,571 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.