Venator

Deadlock hero Venator: win rate, tier, counters, synergies, builds and every buff and nerf received. Current win rate 47.1% across all ranks, tier C in our live tier list.

Strong against

• Shiv — 52.9% win rate
• Sinclair — 52.6% win rate
• Pocket — 52.6% win rate
• Mina — 52.1% win rate
• Viscous — 51.9% win rate

Struggles against

• Rat King — 39.5% win rate
• Graves — 40.0% win rate
• Paige — 40.3% win rate
• Seven — 42.6% win rate
• Kelvin — 43.6% win rate

Best teammates

• Graves — 54.7% win rate
• Paige — 53.9% win rate
• Rat King — 53.7% win rate
• Seven — 53.1% win rate
• Kelvin — 51.9% win rate

Our articles about Venator

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Recent changes

• Ira Domini - Blessed stake damage reduced from 115 to 95 (nerf, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Ira Domini - Blessed stake damage boon scaling increased from 3 to 3.6 (buff, Halloween 2026 + Gameplay Update)
• Hex-Lined Snap Trap: traps are now ignored by NPC targeting (troopers and neutrals no longer target them) (buff, Silent Update - 09-30-2026 (build 6723))
• Ira Domini now works with Ricochet, all the shots will bounce (buff, Minor Update - 09-16-2026)
• Ira Domini can now split shot (releases 1 extra bolt on each side, 3 total) (buff, Minor Update - 09-16-2026)
• Sprint speed reduced from 1.5m to 1m (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Bullet falloff range reduced from 20m-51m to 18m-47m (nerf, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Ira Domini cooldown no longer starts after the conclusion of the ability, now starts immediately (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Ira Domini blessed stakes damage increased from 100 to 115 (buff, Minor Update - 07-28-2026)
• Health increased from 790+43/boon to 830+48/boon (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Hex-Lined Snap Trap T3 increased from +25% Damage Against Revealed Targets to +30% (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Hex-Lined Snap Trap T3 now also grants +1 Charge (buff, Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026)
• Gutshot damage scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.7 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026)
• Gutshot wall hit damage scaling reduced from 0.9 to 0.8 (nerf, Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026)
• Hex-Lined Snap Trap immobilize duration reduced from 1.5s to 1.25s (nerf, Small Update - 04-10-2026)
• Hex-Lined Snap Trap cooldown increased from 25s to 28s (nerf, Small Update - 04-10-2026)
• Hex-Lined Snap Trap T1 increased from -8s Cooldown to -11s (buff, Small Update - 04-10-2026)
• Hex-Lined Snap Trap T2 increased from +0.75s Duration to +1s (buff, Small Update - 04-10-2026)
• Consecrating Grenade impact damage scaling reduced from 1.2 to 1.0 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Gut Shot wall stun reduced from 0.65s to 0.6s (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)
• Gut Shot damage scaling reduced from 1 to 0.8 (nerf, Small Update - 03-25-2026)