How Crystal Maiden and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Venomancer win 49.58% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 841 matches.
Committing to both Crystal Maiden and Venomancer often leaves your team short on reliable lockdown. While the laning phase can be oppressive with endless slows and mana from Arcane Aura, turning that pressure into kills is difficult. Both heroes excel at applying damage over time, but they lack the stuns needed to interrupt teleports or crucial enemy spells. In larger fights, this weakness becomes more apparent. Venomancer’s Poison Nova and Crystal Maiden’s Freezing Field can feel redundant, applying slow damage to enemies who can often walk away or use items to escape. Without a core that brings its own hard control, this duo struggles to finish off key targets.
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 | 50.40% | 494 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.38% | 972 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.90% | 634 |
| Divine & Immortal | 39.44% | 142 |
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 | 49.58% | ▲ +2.5pp | 841 |
| 7.41d | 47.06% | ▲ +0.3pp | 84,362 |
| 7.41c | 46.78% | ▼ -1.7pp | 45,699 |
| 7.41b | 48.43% | — | 61,304 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.