How Marci and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Marci and Venomancer win 49.35% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,384 matches.
Pairing a physical burst hero with a damage-over-time specialist can lead to awkward fights. Marci wants to jump in with Rebound and kill a single target very quickly during Unleash. She needs allies who can add to that immediate burst or provide hard lockdown. Venomancer offers neither. His contribution is slow, with spells like Poison Nova and Plague Wards designed to wear enemies down over a long period. This fundamental mismatch in timing means Marci’s aggression often goes unsupported, as Venomancer’s damage isn't front-loaded enough to help secure her kills.
In a typical mid-game fight, Marci dives a priority target and expects them to melt. Instead, the enemy is only slowed and taking gradual poison damage, giving their team plenty of time to turn and collapse on Marci. She gets isolated and killed before Venomancer’s poisons have a chance to be truly effective. The core problem is that both heroes want to dictate the pace of a fight, but in completely opposite ways. Marci tries to force a quick ending while Venomancer is setting up for a slow burn, leaving them uncoordinated and vulnerable.
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 | 42.80% | 243 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.77% | 520 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.21% | 371 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.94% | 129 |
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 | 49.35% | ▲ +2.5pp | 3,384 |
| 7.41d | 46.90% | ▲ +1.2pp | 39,159 |
| 7.41c | 45.72% | ▼ -1.7pp | 19,738 |
| 7.41b | 47.37% | — | 28,564 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.