How Pugna and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Pugna and Venomancer win 48.45% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,171 matches.
Facing a Decrepified target suffering from Poison Nova seems like a nightmare, but the reality is often complicated. While Pugna amplifies Venomancer's magic damage, he also makes that target immune to physical attacks. This can feel awkward for your team's carry, who suddenly can't contribute to finishing the kill. This duo also brings a lot of slows but no hard stuns, meaning slippery heroes can often escape before all the damage-over-time effects finish their work. Their kits overlap in ways that don't always help each other out.
The game plan is usually to group up early and pressure buildings with Plague Wards and Nether Blast, which can be effective against passive opponents. However, this strategy is very one-dimensional and easy to counter. Both heroes are fragile and susceptible to being initiated on. A well-timed Black King Bar activation from an enemy core can completely ignore the pair's entire contribution to a fight, leaving your team without reliable damage or control while key spells are on cooldown.
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 | 46.56% | 131 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.51% | 297 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.15% | 236 |
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 | 48.45% | ▲ +0.7pp | 9,171 |
| 7.41e | 47.75% | ▲ +1.2pp | 27,950 |
| 7.41d | 46.51% | ▲ +0.1pp | 32,975 |
| 7.41c | 46.42% | — | 16,730 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.