Venomancer/Counters

Bad against...

 * Rubick's high magic resistance from prevents much of Venomancer's damage. Additionally, Rubick can use  to cast his own.


 * Anti-Mage has extremely high magic resistance thanks to . Additionally, Anti-Mage can punish Venomancer's high mana costs with.


 * Enrage reduces damage taken by 80%, so Ursa can get back at Venomancer from Poison Nova.


 * Venomancer has little armor and rarely builds Linken's Sphere, so he is quite vulnerable to Huskar's Life Break.
 * All Venomancer's abilities trigger Huskar's Berserker Blood, making Venomancer's abilities less damaging.


 * Sniper has the most attack range area in game, so he can clear Plague Wards easily.
 * Sniper mostly stays back during fights, so he rarely takes damage from Poison Nova.

Others

 * Sven God's Strength and Storm Hammer can take out Venomancer fast before he is escaping or spreading Poison Nova
 * Legion Commander kills Venomancer who bad as fighting with physical attack.
 * Dragon Knight has high HP, so it's impossible to death with poison.
 * Terrorblade's Reflection reflects Poison Sting to himself and his Sunder ignores Poison Nova or survive in clash. Also his Conjure Image is good for killing plague ward.
 * Viper.
 * Any good deny player make Venomancer get no credit from killing.

Items

 * Blademail reflects poison effect from Venomancer.
 * Black King Bar for ignores dmage from Poison Nova
 * Blademail reflects poison effect from Venomancer.
 * Black King Bar for ignores dmage from Poison Nova

Good against...

 * Can easily taken down by putting many nearby him, but make sure that he is always poisoned. And then, use  to slow him down and chase him down until his death.


 * Poison destroy Refraction quickly.


 * Plague ward may reveal hidden Techies.


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Others

 * Blink Dagger
 * Heart of Tarrasque
 * Entry

Works well with...

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Others

 * Entry
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 * Entry

List of heroes that counter Venomancer, and list of heroes that work well with Venomancer.