How Silencer and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Silencer and Venomancer win 45.44% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 768 matches.
Failing to build early map pressure is a common outcome for this pairing. Both Silencer and Venomancer want to play a slower, attrition-based game, but neither really helps the other secure kills or take objectives. There's too much overlap in what they do; Venomancer chips away with spells like Poison Gale, and Silencer punishes spell casts with Arcane Curse. The core issue is the lack of a reliable stun between them. Without a way to hold someone down, an enemy can often walk away or teleport out before the sustained damage becomes lethal, leaving your team vulnerable to more aggressive lineups that can control the game's tempo.
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 | 49.76% | 422 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.00% | 966 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.21% | 579 |
| Divine & Immortal | 33.08% | 130 |
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 | 45.44% | ▼ -1.5pp | 768 |
| 7.41d | 46.99% | ▲ +0.2pp | 87,017 |
| 7.41c | 46.77% | ▼ -0.9pp | 50,143 |
| 7.41b | 47.62% | — | 64,665 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.