How Venomancer and Witch Doctor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Venomancer and Witch Doctor win 50.43% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 9,282 matches.
Stacking a Death Ward on top of a Poison Nova looks powerful, but both ultimates require setup that neither hero provides for the other. Venomancer's slows are helpful, but they don't stop enemies from using spells or mobility items to escape the Death Ward or kill the channeling Witch Doctor. Likewise, a Paralyzing Cask is too unreliable to hold targets in place for a perfect multi-hero ultimate from Venomancer. Both heroes bring a lot of area damage, but they lack the hard, reliable lockdown needed to ensure that damage connects.
This reliance on ideal conditions makes teamfights feel inconsistent. The duo needs the enemy team to group up tightly without having a good way to initiate on the back line. Since both Venomancer and Witch Doctor are fragile and lack escapes, they present easy targets for any coordinated dive. If one of them gets picked off before casting their spells, the whole plan falls apart. Their shared weaknesses can be exploited more easily than their potential synergy can be executed.
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 | 51.86% | 617 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.56% | 1,505 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.46% | 936 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.30% | 167 |
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 | 50.43% | ▲ +2.6pp | 9,282 |
| 7.41d | 47.78% | ▲ +0.3pp | 113,101 |
| 7.41c | 47.46% | ▼ -0.8pp | 60,870 |
| 7.41b | 48.27% | — | 83,288 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.