How Storm Spirit and Venomancer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Storm Spirit and Venomancer win 44.90% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,572 matches.
Building momentum is the core problem. Storm Spirit needs to turn aggressive Ball Lightning plays into quick gold, which requires a partner with burst damage or a reliable stun. Venomancer provides neither. His kit is based on damage-over-time and slows, which don't help Storm secure the kill before the enemy can react. A target hit by Poison Nova is a problem for the enemy team eventually, but it doesn't solve Storm's immediate need to pop a hero and get out safely. This clash in damage profiles makes it hard to coordinate pickoffs and get the snowball rolling.
This tempo mismatch defines teamfights. Storm will find a good initiation, but without immediate follow-up, he's left trying to finish the job alone as Venomancer's poison slowly ticks. This forces Storm to overcommit mana, weakening his ability to continue fighting or escape. While Venomancer is setting up Plague Wards for a prolonged engagement, Storm wants the fight to be over. This allows the enemy team to survive Storm's initial jump and then turn on him, or simply reposition to deal with Veno's slow push separately.
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 | 41.41% | 396 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.05% | 906 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.55% | 698 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.19% | 208 |
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 | 44.90% | 0.0pp | 6,572 |
| 7.41d | 44.90% | ▼ -0.4pp | 85,249 |
| 7.41c | 45.26% | ▲ +0.5pp | 46,697 |
| 7.41b | 44.81% | — | 55,432 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.