How Queen of Pain and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Queen of Pain and Venomancer win 44.28% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,248 matches.
Thinking these two heroes' damage over time will stack up is a common trap. Queen of Pain's game plan is to Blink in, land a full combo with Scream of Pain and Sonic Wave, and eliminate a single target instantly. She needs immediate follow-up damage or lockdown to secure these kills. Venomancer provides the opposite; his damage from abilities like Poison Sting and Plague Wards is slow, spread out, and designed for attrition in long fights. His contribution doesn't arrive in the short window where Queen of Pain needs it to matter.
This conflict means the team often lacks a coherent identity. Queen of Pain will hunt for solo pick-offs, but Venomancer can't add the necessary burst to guarantee a kill before she has to Blink out. In larger teamfights, Veno wants to apply Poison Nova to everyone and kite, but this doesn't help QoP survive after she commits to the enemy backline. The two heroes are trying to win the fight in two completely different ways, and their abilities rarely line up to create a decisive advantage.
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 | 41.56% | 563 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.14% | 1,391 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.28% | 1,133 |
| Divine & Immortal | 40.96% | 293 |
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 | 44.28% | ▲ +1.2pp | 10,248 |
| 7.41d | 43.08% | ▲ +0.3pp | 128,381 |
| 7.41c | 42.76% | ▼ -4.3pp | 82,489 |
| 7.41b | 47.09% | — | 128,813 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.