How Enigma and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Enigma and Venomancer win 47.39% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,507 matches.
Landing a perfect Black Hole feels great until the only follow-up is more damage-over-time. Enigma needs allies to unload burst onto the targets he's holding down, securing kills before the channel ends. Venomancer, however, offers almost no upfront damage. His Poison Nova and other abilities simply add another layer of slow drain on top of Black Hole's own, which is often not enough to kill tanky heroes before they can react. Enemies frequently survive the combination with enough health to use their items and turn the fight around once they're free.
This core timing mismatch extends to their broader strategies. Enigma's game plan revolves around finding the ideal moment for a single, fight-ending ultimate, forcing a static engagement to win decisively. Venomancer thrives in the opposite scenario: messy, prolonged skirmishes where he can continuously apply his poisons and kite enemies to death. These conflicting approaches mean the team often feels pulled in two directions, unable to fully commit to either a fast initiation or a slow, attrition-based fight, making it difficult to execute a coherent plan.
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 | 46.70% | 212 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.39% | 423 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.91% | 265 |
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 | 47.39% | ▲ +1.9pp | 2,507 |
| 7.41d | 45.50% | ▼ -0.7pp | 31,699 |
| 7.41c | 46.21% | ▼ -0.8pp | 14,054 |
| 7.41b | 47.05% | — | 18,048 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.