Venomancer: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Nuker, Initiator, Pusher, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 48.5% win rate in pubs and a 7.6% pick rate.
Venomancer brings slow death to his enemies. Sprouting an endless army of toxin-spitting watchers to defend his territory, should foes draw near he can release a massive cloud of lingering poison to weaken enemies.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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24′Core items in order: Spirit Vessel (around minute 19), Solar Crest (around minute 24), Glimmer Cape (around minute 24).
Full build by minute →
Max Plague Ward, then Venomous Gale, then Snakebite.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Meepo, Visage and Leshrac; easiest: Beastmaster, Shadow Fiend and Bristleback.
All 121 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 402 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 523.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
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37′21%9% of 93 pro matches
Launches a ball of venom in a line, poisoning enemy units so that they take both initial damage and damage over time, as well as suffering slowed movement. Venomous Gale deals damage every 3 seconds over its duration.
Pros max it by level 10
Venomancer summons a Spawn of Aktok to sink its fangs into a target, dealing magic damage and applying a toxin that does damage every second. When the target attacks while infected, they take the initial damage again.
Pros max it by level 15
Summons a plague ward to attack enemy units and structures. The ward is immune to magic. Wards gain the Poison Sting level from Venomancer, dealing 50% of the full damage.
Pros max it by level 7
Venomancer's attacks slow enemies and deal damage over time.
Infects an enemy with a plague that does damage on application then slows the target and deals damage over time based on their maximum health. When the debuff ends for any reason, all debuffs from Venomancer on the initial target and the plague are spread to nearby targets. Additional spreads beyond the first do not deal impact damage.
Pros max it by level 17
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Venomancer: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Guardian (48.8% wins) and wins 47.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 74% of games. Pros usually build Spirit Vessel, Solar Crest and Glimmer Cape by minute 24. It struggles most against Meepo, Visage and Leshrac and has the easiest time against Beastmaster, Shadow Fiend and Bristleback.
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