Venomancer Counters

Items

• Pipe of Insight   Item   Changelogs     Pipe of InsightB A powerful artifact of mysterious origin, it creates barriers against magical forces. Cost3200 (800) Bought FromSupport Active Barrier Passive Insight Aura Bonus +8 Health regeneration+30% Magic will heavily mitigate your damage.
• Glimmer Cape   Item   Changelogs     Glimmer CapeB The stolen cape of a master illusionist. Cost1850 Bought FromCaster Active Glimmer Bonus +20 Attack speed+15% Magic resistance Disassemble? Yes Alert allies? No Recipe The Glimmer Cape as well.
• Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe will entirely nullify your damage for its duration.
• Blade Mail   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Blade MailBL A razor-sharp coat of mail, it is the choice of selfless martyrs in combat. Cost2200 Bought FromArmor Active Damage Return Bonus +10 Intelligence+6 Armor+22 will reflects all damage back to you. Especially when they are Poisoned from Poison Nova.

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Hero   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Venomancer 18 + 2.15 22 + 2.8 17 + 1.8 Level Base

Strategy   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Contents 1 Gameplay 1.1 Generic/Support Venomancer 1.2 Mid/Pushing Venomancer 1.3 Safelane/Farming Venomancer

Counters

Equipment   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     v • d • e Venomancer Equipment (collapse sets)Sets Acid Hydra Corruption of the Virulent Krait Fatal Bloom Ferocious

Gear   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     This is a list of cosmetic items that reflects Venomancer s design aesthetics.

Responses   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     v • d • e  Voice responses Hero responses Abaddon Alchemist Ancient Apparition Anti-Mage Arc Warden Axe Bane

Sounds   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     v • d • e  Dota 2 Sounds Hero Sounds Abaddon Alchemist Ancient Apparition Anti-Mage Arc Warden Axe

Lore   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Lesale Deathbringer, the Venomancer In the Acid Jungles of Jidi Isle, poison

Old Abilities   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Shadow Strike QD AbilityTarget Unit AffectsEnemies DamageMagical Hurls a poisoned dagger which

Changelogs   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Contents 1 Version history 2 Patch history Version history edit] Version Description

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Rubick   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Spell Steal Interactions   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Rubick 19 + 1.8 14

• Rubick`s high magic resistance from Null Field prevents much of Venomancer`s damage.
• All of Venomancer`s spells are decent choices for Rubick`s Spell Steal.

• Anti-Mage has extremely high magic resistance thanks to Spell Shield.
• Venomancer has no proper lockdown so Anti-Mage will always be able to Blink away after an engagement.
  • At least, Venomancer can check for Anti-Mage inside trees or other juking spots with his Plague Wards.
• It doesn`t help that Poison Nova and Venomous Gale cost a huge amount of mana, immediately making him vulnerable to Mana Void.

Huskar   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Huskar 21 + 2.7 15 + 1.4 18 + 1.5 Level Base

• Huskar will progressively build magic resistance with Berserker`s Blood as his life slowly trickles down from your magical DoTs, rendering them ineffective.
• Venomancer has little armor and mobility, and rarely builds Linken`s Sphere, so he is quite vulnerable to Life Break.

Oracle   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Oracle 18 + 2.2 15 + 1.7 23 +

• Oracle can prevent some of your magical damage with Fate`s Edict.
• But mostly, he should easily be able to out-heal your magical DoTs through Purifying Flames and False Promise.
• Oracle can wait for the last possible moment before using False Promise on an ally that`s about to die since you provide no other form of control.
• Oracle has, from the start, more range Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform his or her basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by than your Plague Wards.

Terrorblade   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Terrorblade 15 + 1.7 22 + 3.2 19 + 1.75 Level Base

• Reflection will apply your own Poison Sting to yourself and, without any mobility, you are very vulnerable to it.
• Conjure Image and/or Metamorphosis will make quick work of your Plague Wards.
• While ticking down from your poison, Terrorblade can wait until the last possible moment to Sunder a target, either friend or foe.

Sniper   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Sniper 16 + 2 21 + 2.5 15 + 2.6 Level Base

• With a single point in Take Aim, Sniper will out-range your Plague Wards and will kill them for their bounty.
• Sniper mostly stays back during fights, so you will need to dive-in deep to hit him with Poison Nova.

Others

• Heroes that can easily come in to clean-up the enemies` back line after their @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### melted away from your poison. Weaver   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Weaver 15 + 1.8 14 + 2.8 15 + 1.8 Level Base and Nature`s Prophet   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Nature s Prophet 19 + 2.1 18 + 1.9 25 + 2.9 Level can fit this description.
• Any ability that further amplifies your magical damage: Decrepify, Ancient Seal, Soul Catcher...
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Templar Assassin   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Templar Assassin 18 + 2.4 23 + 2.3 20

• Your poison destroys TA`s Refraction quickly.
• Venomous Gale and Poison Nova both hit invisible units so Meld can hardly be used defensively against you.

Techies   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Techies 17 + 2.3 14 + 1.3 22 + 2.9 Level Base

• Plague wards may reveal a hiding Techies. If there`s a sentry nearby, they may also reveal a stack of mines hidden in a juking spot.

Axe   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Axe 25 + 2.8 20 + 2.2 18 +

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Slardar   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Slardar 21 + 3.1 17 + 2.4 15 + 1.5 Level Base

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Ancient Apparition "AA" redirects here. For the professional player, see ARS-ART.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs    

• Poison Nova deals a huge amount of damage, but cannot kill anyone by itself. Ice Blast is basically the opposite; it doesn`t deal colossal damage, but it will shatter anyone already weakened. Just be sure to use it after the enemies have already ticked down a bit from the poison.
• Even if you wasted or missed Ice Blast, you can still increase Venomancer`s damage by amplifying his poison with a well-positioned Ice Vortex.
• The slow from Venomous Gale will help trigger Cold Feet.

• With Undying spamming Decay, Venomancer`s poison will make even quicker work of his weakened enemies.
• Undying`s Flesh Golem damage amplification bolsters the damage of Venomancer`s Venomous Gale and Poison Nova.
• The slows from Venomancer`s Venomous Gale and Poison Sting, along with Undying`s Flesh Golem aura and Tombstone zombies continuously applying Deathlust, quickly slows enemies down to a crawl allowing huge teamfight control.

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