Venomancer stats, abilities and strategy
Deals damage over time with venomous attacks
Venomancer brings slow death to his enemies. Sprouting an endless army of toxin-spitting watchers to defend his territory, should foes draw near he can release a massive cloud of lingering poison to weaken enemies.
Win Rate 51.9%
Pick Rate 10.7%
Attributes
538 +46.2/lvl
303 +21.6/lvl
19 +2.1/lvl
24 +2.8/lvl
19 +1.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
61 - 64 + 4.7/level (226 - 229 at level 30)
Range:
450
Armor:
4.0 + 0.5/level (19.9 at level 30)
Movement:
280
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Patient Zero
Win Rate: 51.7%
Pick Rate: 34.3%
Noxious Plague spreads again.
Plague Carrier
Win Rate: 52.0%
Pick Rate: 65.7%
When Venomous Gale impacts enemy heroes, 2 Plague Wards are created around them. Plague Wards also deal Septic Shock damage based on their attack damage.
Patch 7.39
- Venomous Gale: When Venomous Gale impacts enemy heroes, 2 Plague Wards are created around them based on the current level of Plague Ward
- Septic Shock: Allows Plague Wards to deal Septic Shock damage based on their damage
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: Breakable
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Venomancer's attacks deal extra damage based on how many debuffs the attack target has. Extra damage is dealt as magical damage. Only counts debuffs from Venomancer or his Plague Wards.
Break only disables the bonus damage for Venomancer's attacks.
BASE DAMAGE PER DEBUFF: 10%
FACET: Plague Carrier
Plague Wards also deal Septic Shock damage based on their attack damage.
Patch 7.39
- Aghanim's Scepter no longer gives Plague Wards the ability to deal Septic Shock damage (moved to Plague Carrier facet)
- Aghanim's Scepter Base Damage per debuff increased from 20% to 25%
Venomous Gale
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Launches a ball of venom in a line, poisoning enemy units so that they take both initial damage and damage over time, as well as suffering slowed movement. Venomous Gale deals damage every 3 seconds over its duration.
Venomous Gale can be lethal.
Duration damage is dealt every 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 seconds.
Slow starts at 35 / -40 / -45 / -50%, and decreases as time passes.
DURATION: 15
INITIAL DAMAGE: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100
DAMAGE PER TICK: 10 / 40 / 70 / 100
SLOW: 35% / 40% / 45% / 50%
21 / 20 / 19 / 18
95 / 105 / 115 / 125
800
FACET: Plague Carrier
When Venomous Gale impacts enemy heroes, 2 Plague Wards are created around them based on the current level of Plague Ward.
Aghanim's Shard
If Venomous Gale is dispelled in any way, the target will receive 300 damage and be stunned for 1.6 seconds.
LEVEL 10 TALENT: -5s Venomous Gale CD
A concoction of various stings, poisons, and toxins gathered from the jungles of Jidi Isle, victims surviving it are rare.
Poison Sting
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: Breakable
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Adds poison damage to Venomancer's normal attacks and slowing movement speed.
Poison Sting damage can be lethal.
Damage from Poison Sting does not interrupt healing from items, nor does it activate the cooldown on Blink Dagger.
DURATION: 6 / 9 / 12 / 15
DAMAGE PER SECOND: 8 / 16 / 24 / 32
SLOW: 8% / 10% / 12% / 14%
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +5% Poison Sting Slow
LEVEL 10 TALENT: 15% Poison Sting Health Regen Reduction
The paralytic sting of the creature which caused his transformation now belongs to the Venomancer.
Plague Ward
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Summons a plague ward to attack enemy units and structures. The ward is immune to magic. Wards gain the Poison Sting level from Venomancer, dealing 50% of the full damage.
DURATION: 40
WARD HP: 150 / 250 / 350 / 450
WARD DAMAGE: 14 / 22 / 30 / 38
5
24 / 26 / 28 / 30
850
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 2.5x Plague Ward HP/Damage
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -1s Plague Ward Cooldown
Patch 7.39
- Ward HP increased from 120/230/340/450 to 150/250/350/450
- Gold Bounty rescaled from 15/17/19/21 to 10/14/18/22
A mixture of his old herbalist talents and newfound toxic mastery creates a living embodiment of plague.
Noxious Plague
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DEBUFF: Yes
Infects an enemy with a deadly plague that does an initial burst of damage and additional damage over time based on the unit's maximum health. The plague slows the target and nearby enemies based on their distance to the target. When the target dies or the debuff expires, all nearby enemies are infected with a noncommunicable version of the plague.
DURATION: 5
INITIAL DAMAGE: 200 / 300 / 400
MAX HP AS DAMAGE: 3% / 4% / 5%
DEBUFF RADIUS: 800
MAX SLOW: 50%
MIN SLOW: 15%
PROJECTILE SPEED: 1200
100 / 90 / 80
200 / 300 / 400
900
FACET: Patient Zero
Noxious Plague spreads 1 times. Impact damage for spreads after the first one is reduced by 100%.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Noxious Plague Aura reduces 200 Attack Speed
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +1% Noxious Plague Max HP Damage
Deep in the heart of the jungles of Jidi, the seeds of extermination freely grow.
Talents
2.5x Plague Ward HP/Damage
+ 4.4%
Noxious Plague Aura reduces 200 Attack Speed
+50 Base Damage
+1% Noxious Plague Max HP Damage
+ 1.4%
+5% Poison Sting Slow
+ 0.3%
-1s Plague Ward Cooldown
15% Poison Sting Health Regen Reduction
-5s Venomous Gale CD
+ 0.3%
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.39
- Level 20 Talent Gale Creates Plague Wards replaced with +50 Base Damage
Strategy
If the lane is tough, consider putting more points in Plague Wards and move to the jungle if necessary.
Hit opponents regularly to apply ticking damage from Poison Sting.
Galed opponents can be denied, so do your best to secure a last hit on a dying hero.
Deny low health Plague Wards to deprive opponents of extra gold.
Venomancer is great at defending towers as you can place a bunch of Plague Wards around it.
Use Plague Wards off cooldown when you are moving around to scout, control runes and block camps.
Farm aggressively, as Plague Wards provide vision and farm dangerous spots for you along with the kill threat of Venomous Gale and Noxious Plague.
In fights, look to affect as many heroes as possible with Venomous Gale.
When not much is happening, push out the side lanes with Venomous Gale and Plague Wards.
Pick up 
Aghanim's Scepter in the mid game to significantly increase your damage through right clicks and Plague Wards with the Plague Carrier facet.
Noxious Plague will snowball a teamfight in your favour if you can burst down the first hero affected by it.
Counter Strategy
Bring extra consumables to the lane against Venomancer's Poison Sting harass.
Cloak has a lot of value against Venomancer's insane magic damage output.
Consider 
Town Portal Scroll out quickly when you find yourself in trouble against Venomancer.
Debuff immunity and magic resistance items are great against Venomancer.
Items that provide dispels are able to remove Venomous Gale and Poison Sting. But be careful about dispelling Gale if Venomancer has 
Aghanim's Shard as it will stun you.