How Spectre and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Spectre and Venomancer win 50.86% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,394 matches.
Teamfights against this pair are brutal. Venomancer’s Poison Nova is the perfect setup, crippling an entire team but leaving them alive for Spectre to hunt. Once everyone is weakened and slowed by poison, Spectre's Haunt turns the fight into a simple cleanup operation. Her illusions chase down targets who can't escape, and she can Reality to any low-health hero to secure the kill. The slow and damage-over-time effects create an ideal environment for a carry who excels at chasing down scattered, weakened enemies.
This dynamic forces the enemy into an impossible choice. Grouping up makes them a perfect target for Poison Nova, but spreading out leaves them isolated and vulnerable to Spectre's Desolate. Early on, Venomancer can apply pressure and create space, buying time for Spectre to get her core items. Once both heroes have their ultimates, they control the map's tempo, forcing the opponent to either take a losing fight or cede objectives while they wait to be picked apart one by one.
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 | 50.94% | 640 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.35% | 1,642 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.61% | 1,059 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.58% | 310 |
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 | 50.86% | ▼ -1.4pp | 1,394 |
| 7.41d | 52.29% | ▼ -0.1pp | 136,802 |
| 7.41c | 52.40% | ▼ -0.8pp | 67,400 |
| 7.41b | 53.21% | — | 86,532 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.