How Kez and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Kez and Venomancer win 42.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 12,262 matches.
Struggling to create space or force objectives is common for this duo, often leading to a slow and difficult game. The core problem is a mismatch in how they enable kills. Kez is a duelist who thrives on isolating a target and needs a hard lockdown to secure the finish. Venomancer brings powerful slows and damage over time with abilities like Poison Gale, but he lacks a reliable stun. An enemy that Kez jumps can often still use an escape spell or a teleport scroll to get away. Without that hard setup, Kez can't find the clean pickoffs he needs to snowball, leaving the team without a clear way to play aggressively.
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 | 41.73% | 127 |
| Crusader & Archon | 39.50% | 400 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.80% | 391 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 42.55% | ▲ +0.6pp | 12,262 |
| 7.41e | 41.96% | ▲ +0.7pp | 44,900 |
| 7.41d | 41.27% | ▼ -1.8pp | 50,203 |
| 7.41c | 43.10% | — | 35,463 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.