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Ursa vs Venomancer

Quick answer

Ursa is a spell-based counter to Venomancer. Enrage — strong self-dispel: Venomous Gale: removes Gale's lingering damage and slow, not the initial hit; wards can apply fresh poison and Noxious Plague can spread when it ends. The stored matchup model also favours this counter. Model edges are not measured win rates.

Ursa vs Venomancer: game-time comparison

These positions face each other in lane. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.

Role impact

Lane opponents — early trades matter directly.

Side-lane partners still affect the lane; this is not an isolated duel. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.

Ursa · Carry

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

  • Eul's Scepter

    Situational / another teammate may buy · 10–20 min

    Why against Venomancer

    Self-cast dispels their slows and damage-over-time, and lets you dodge their catch.

Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.

Lane skill & item build

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Venomancer · Soft support

Usual role

Item priorities · 20:00

  • Ghost Scepter

    Role priority · 8–18 min

    Why against Ursa

    A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.

  • Heaven's Halberd

    Situational / another teammate may buy · 14–26 min

    Why against Ursa

    Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.

  • Silver Edge

    Situational / another teammate may buy · 20–32 min

    Why against Ursa

    Break removes the passive their whole kit is built on before their items cover for it.

Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.

Lane skill & item build

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Ursa

Ursa

Venomancer

Venomancer

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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.

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Counter-item windows

  • Eul's Scepter

    10–20 min · In window

    Against Venomancer

    Self-cast dispels their slows and damage-over-time, and lets you dodge their catch.

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Counter-item windows

  • Ghost Scepter

    8–18 min · Past window

    Against Ursa

    A 1,500-gold answer that removes their kill window on you completely.

  • Heaven's Halberd

    14–26 min · In window

    Against Ursa

    Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.

  • Silver Edge

    20–32 min · In window

    Against Ursa

    Break removes the passive their whole kit is built on before their items cover for it.

Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.

Sources & sample limits
  • OpenDota parsed pro telemetry; missing observations stay blank.
  • STRATZ net-worth histories use up to 12 recent games per hero, with their own sample count. Unavailable histories stay blank; earned gold is separate.
  • Items use recorded purchase times plus final inventories; earlier sold items and exact six-slot histories are not reconstructed.
  • Counter-item windows are mechanical guidance, not measured item-driven win-rate changes.
  • Public results use dated OpenDota public matches; longer games are a different cohort.

Lane meeting & late-game evidence

Ursa position 1; Venomancer position 4 — can meet in lane.

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For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.

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Spell answers & exceptions

Strong dispel

Ursa — Enrage — strong self-dispel

Venomous Gale: removes Gale's lingering damage and slow, not the initial hit; wards can apply fresh poison and Noxious Plague can spread when it ends.

A spell answer covers the named effect, not the entire enemy kit or a guaranteed win.

Ursa

Ursa

+1.9% vs Venomancer · Soft edge

Spell-based counter: Ursa counters specific parts of Venomancer's kit. Enrage — strong self-dispel: Venomous Gale: removes Gale's lingering damage and slow, not the initial hit; wards can apply fresh poison and Noxious Plague can spread when it ends.

The stored matchup model also favours Ursa; the kit counter is not a guaranteed win.

  • Enrage — strong self-dispel: Venomous Gale: removes Gale's lingering damage and slow, not the initial hit; wards can apply fresh poison and Noxious Plague can spread when it ends.
Venomancer

Venomancer

-2.0% vs Ursa

No specific answer is documented here for Venomancer against Ursa; that does not prove the hero has no answer.

Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.

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