How Axe and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Venomancer win 48.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,880 matches.
Deciding to pair these two heroes often comes down to how you plan to win teamfights. Axe provides the perfect setup with Berserker's Call, grouping enemies together so Venomancer can land a huge Poison Nova. The trouble is that their damage profiles don't always align. Axe wants to burst a target down for a Culling Blade reset, but Venomancer's poison deals its damage slowly over time. This can create a window where the called targets survive the initial lockdown and can turn on the squishy Venomancer before his poison finishes the job. The combination can certainly overwhelm opponents, but it requires the rest of your team to bridge that gap.
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 | 49.68% | 934 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.83% | 2,345 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.70% | 1,659 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.41% | 446 |
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 | 48.35% | ▼ -1.7pp | 1,880 |
| 7.41d | 50.02% | ▼ -0.6pp | 211,469 |
| 7.41c | 50.63% | ▼ -0.4pp | 119,331 |
| 7.41b | 51.01% | — | 145,007 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.