How Omniknight and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Omniknight and Venomancer win 49.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,204 matches.
Trying to save a teammate from slow poison reveals the core problem here. Omniknight excels at reacting to and negating huge bursts of physical damage with Guardian Angel or purging a key stun with Heavenly Grace. He’s built to counter focused aggression on a single ally. Venomancer, however, deals widespread magical damage over time. His poison ticks away at the entire enemy team, and Omniknight’s saves are poorly equipped to handle that kind of slow, area-wide pressure. Guardian Angel provides no protection from Poison Nova.
This disconnect forces the team into awkward fights. The duo can't set up a quick kill, as Venomancer’s damage takes time to ramp up, and they struggle in long engagements because Omniknight contributes little offensively to complement the poison. Enemy teams can often pick their battles, focusing a target with magic damage that Guardian Angel can't block, or simply walking away and healing through the damage over time. The Omniknight and Venomancer side is left with a defensive kit that doesn't counter the primary damage type of its own offensive core.
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 | 39.52% | 167 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.26% | 357 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.32% | 224 |
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 | 49.55% | ▲ +3.4pp | 2,204 |
| 7.41d | 46.15% | ▼ -0.3pp | 29,155 |
| 7.41c | 46.43% | ▼ -0.9pp | 14,227 |
| 7.41b | 47.28% | — | 18,396 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.