Venator counters and synergy
How to counter Venator
To counter Venator, play Rat King, Graves and Paige: Venator wins only 40.8% against Rat King. Overall Venator wins 48.0% of 61k matches in the last 30 days at Ritualist to Oracle. Venator does best with Vindicta on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.0%
- Pick rate
- 36.7%
- Matches
- 61k
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Venator's win rate and the other hero's predict, so a strong hero doesn't top every list. Green bars beat that expectation, red fall short, grey are within chance.
Same team
Best teammates
Vindicta 7,469 matches
+1.5 vs expected
49.9% win rate
Haze 9,859 matches
+1.4 vs expected
52.4% win rate
Mirage 2,178 matches
As expected
42.3% win rate
Warden 1,412 matches
As expected
42.4% win rate
Kelvin 5,912 matches
As expected
53.6% win rate
Grey Talon 4,537 matches
As expected
43.7% win rate
Calico 6,836 matches
As expected
48.8% win rate
Mina 8,348 matches
As expected
46.8% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
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Calico 7,301 matches
+1.5 vs expected
49.4% win rate
-
Vindicta 10k matches
+1.1 vs expected
48.8% win rate
Sinclair 3,638 matches
As expected
51.5% win rate
Seven 9,649 matches
+1.1 vs expected
45.7% win rate
Baba 9,531 matches
As expected
46.9% win rate
Rem 5,726 matches
As expected
51.8% win rate
Wraith 15k matches
As expected
45.6% win rate
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Haze 24k matches
+0.7 vs expected
45.8% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
-
Warden 2,639 matches
As expected
53.2% win rate
Graves 8,689 matches
−1.3 vs expected
41.2% win rate
Dynamo 7,670 matches
−1.3 vs expected
43.8% win rate
Rat King 20k matches
−1.1 vs expected
40.8% win rate
Paige 8,876 matches
As expected
42.1% win rate
Nurse Harrow 4,891 matches
As expected
47.4% win rate
Silver 5,745 matches
As expected
49.0% win rate
Deadman Danny 11k matches
As expected
53.1% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Venator against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Venator wins with each hero on the enemy team, lowest first. Strong heroes are hard for everyone, so the last column says how this compares with what the two heroes' win rates predict.
| Enemy hero | Venator wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat King | 40.8% | 20k | −1.1 points |
| Graves | 41.2% | 8,689 | −1.3 points |
| Paige | 42.1% | 8,876 | As expected |
| Kelvin | 43.3% | 5,816 | As expected |
| Dynamo | 43.8% | 7,670 | −1.3 points |
 Ivy | 44.3% | 7,537 | As expected |
 Victor | 45.2% | 7,740 | As expected |
| Wraith | 45.6% | 15k | As expected |
| Seven | 45.7% | 9,649 | +1.1 points |
| Haze | 45.8% | 24k | +0.7 points |
 Abrams | 45.8% | 8,916 | As expected |
 Apollo | 46.3% | 5,586 | As expected |
| Baba | 46.9% | 9,531 | As expected |
 Vyper | 46.9% | 4,304 | As expected |
 Celeste | 47.0% | 5,885 | As expected |
 Lash | 47.3% | 16k | As expected |
| Nurse Harrow | 47.4% | 4,891 | As expected |
 Holliday | 48.6% | 6,925 | As expected |
 Drifter | 48.7% | 13k | As expected |
 Yamato | 48.7% | 8,118 | As expected |
| Vindicta | 48.8% | 10k | +1.1 points |
 Mo & Krill | 49.0% | 10k | As expected |
| Silver | 49.0% | 5,745 | As expected |
 Violet | 49.4% | 8,319 | As expected |
| Calico | 49.4% | 7,301 | +1.5 points |
 Billy | 49.8% | 7,263 | As expected |
 Lady Geist | 49.9% | 5,925 | As expected |
| Mina | 50.1% | 11k | As expected |
 Bebop | 50.4% | 15k | As expected |
 McGinnis | 50.5% | 3,048 | As expected |
 Infernus | 51.3% | 14k | As expected |
| Sinclair | 51.5% | 3,638 | As expected |
| Rem | 51.8% | 5,726 | As expected |
 Pocket | 51.9% | 7,452 | As expected |
 The Doorman | 52.1% | 3,796 | As expected |
 Viscous | 52.2% | 3,835 | As expected |
 Paradox | 52.4% | 9,125 | As expected |
 Shiv | 52.7% | 9,117 | As expected |
| Deadman Danny | 53.1% | 11k | As expected |
| Warden | 53.2% | 2,639 | As expected |
| Grey Talon | 53.6% | 4,854 | As expected |
 Solomon | 54.3% | 7,810 | As expected |
| Mirage | 55.3% | 3,017 | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Venator in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Venator struggles against. Venator has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Graves and Paige (40.8% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Warden, Graves and Dynamo do better against Venator than expected.
- Who is Venator good against?
- Venator has the highest win rate against Mirage, Solomon and Grey Talon (55.3% against Mirage). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Venator does better than expected against Calico, Vindicta and Sinclair.
- Who is the best teammate for Venator?
- Vindicta: together they win 49.9%, 1.5 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Venator lane with?
- Mirage, Lady Geist and Haze make the best lane partners for Venator, measured against what each pair is expected to win.