How Chaos Knight and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Venomancer win 50.84% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,039 matches.
Picking these two heroes together can create a team with a split identity. Chaos Knight is all about finding one target, using Reality Rift to get on top of them, and then deleting them instantly with Phantasm illusions. Venomancer, on the other hand, wants to drag out the fight, applying damage over time to the whole enemy team with Poison Nova and Plague Wards. These two game plans don't line up very well. Chaos Knight needs hard lockdown to guarantee his burst, but Venomancer mostly provides slows, which aren't as reliable for setting up kills.
In practice, this means teamfights can feel awkward. Chaos Knight will often commit everything to burst down a single hero. If he succeeds, that hero is dead long before Venomancer's poisons have done their full damage, making his contribution feel less impactful. If the initial burst on CK's target fails, the team is left with slow-acting damage but lacks the follow-up control or burst needed to finish off retreating enemies or protect Chaos Knight. The two heroes simply want to win the fight in different ways, and it often results in neither plan fully succeeding.
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 | 49.13% | 462 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.30% | 825 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.58% | 438 |
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 | 50.84% | ▲ +1.7pp | 5,039 |
| 7.41d | 49.13% | ▲ +1.5pp | 59,758 |
| 7.41c | 47.63% | ▼ -0.7pp | 24,717 |
| 7.41b | 48.37% | — | 34,659 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.