Venomancer
Historical Balance Tracker & Intelligence
Balance History
6/22/2026
Intelligence gain increased from 1.8 to 1.9
Damage gain per level increased from 3.0 to 3.1
5/6/2026
Poison Sting: Movement Slow decreased from 10% to 8%
Snakebite: Damage per second rescaled from 20/25/30/35 to 10/20/30/40
Talents: Level 15 Talent Poison Sting Slow increased from +7% to +10%
Talents: Level 20 Talent +40% Snakebite Damage replaced with +100 Snakebite Initial Damage
4/7/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/27/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/24/2026
Removed Septic Shock innate ability
Poison Sting: Now an innate ability
Poison Sting: Imbues Venomancer's attack with poison, which deals damage per second equal to 9 + 1 per level and slows movement by 10%. Duration: 4.5s + 0.5s per level
Venomous Gale: Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked
Venomous Gale: Increases cast range and projectile speed by 25%. Creates 2 Plague Wards around every enemy hero hit
Snakebite: New Basic Ability
Snakebite: Venomancer summons a Spawn of Aktok to sink its fangs into an enemy, dealing 40/60/80/100 magic damage and applying a deadly toxin which does 20/25/30/35 magical damage per second for 6 seconds. When the target attacks, they take the initial magic damage again. Cast Range: 600. Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100. Cooldown: 20/18/16/14s
Noxious Plague: Ability reworked
Noxious Plague: No longer has AoE effect, now affects only the host
Noxious Plague: Now when the plague spreads, it also carries all debuffs placed by Venomancer
Noxious Plague: Doesn't stack. Applying plague to an already plague-infected unit will deal projectile damage again, but won't affect the remaining debuff duration. Duration of carried debuffs is fixed and cannot be altered with Status Resistance or Debuff Amplification
Noxious Plague: Mana Cost decreased from 200/300/400 to 200/250/300
Noxious Plague: Duration decreased from 5s to 4s
Noxious Plague: Initial Damage decreased from 200/300/400 to 150/200/250
Noxious Plague: Initial Damage is now non-lethal
Noxious Plague: Now spreads a second time, but all spreads after the first one deal no initial damage
Noxious Plague: Spread Radius decreased from 800 to 700
Noxious Plague: Max HP as damage decreased from 3/4/5% to 2/3/4%
Noxious Plague: Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Noxious Plague: Decreases cooldown by 35s. Reduces Magic Resistance of affected units by 20% and allows additional spreads to deal initial damage
Talents: Level 15 Talent Poison Sting Slow increased from +5% to +7%
Talents: Level 15 Talent -1s Plague Ward Cooldown replaced with +75 Noxious Plague Spread Radius
Talents: Level 20 Talent +50 Base Damage replaced with -2s Plague Ward Cooldown
Talents: Level 20 Talent +1% Noxious Plague Max HP Damage replaced with +40% Snakebite Damage (applies to both initial damage and damage per second)
Talents: Level 25 Talent Noxious Plague Aura reduces 200 Attack Speed replaced with Snakebite Undispellable
1/22/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/23/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/16/2025
Septic Shock: Base Damage per Debuff decreased from 10% to 8%
Patch 7.39eNet Gain
10/2/2025Base agility increased from 24 to 25
Damage at level 1 increased by 1 (from 45–48 to 46–49)
Plague Ward: Ward damage increased from 14/22/30/38 to 16/24/32/40
6/12/2026
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/24/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/29/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Septic Shock: Aghanim's Scepter no longer gives Plague Wards the ability to deal Septic Shock damage (moved to Plague Carrier facet)
Septic Shock: Aghanim's Scepter Base Damage per debuff increased from 20% to 25%
Plague Ward: Ward HP increased from 120/230/340/450 to 150/250/350/450
Plague Ward: Gold Bounty rescaled from 15/17/19/21 to 10/14/18/22
Talents: Level 20 Talent Gale Creates Plague Wards replaced with +50 Base Damage
3/27/2025
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
3/4/2025
Venomous Gale: Slow decreased from 50% to 35/40/45/50%
2/19/2025
Base Damage increased by 21
Damage at level 1 increased by 5 (from 40-43 to 45-48)
Strength gain increased from 2.0 to 2.1
Agility gain increased from 2.0 to 2.8
Intelligence gain increased from 1.4 to 1.8
Damage gain per level decreased from +3.8 to +3
Damage at level 30 decreased by 27 (from 179-182 to 152-155)
11/20/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/3/2024
Noxious Plague: Minimum Movement Slow increased from 0% to 15%
8/28/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/14/2024
Septic Shock: Now counts one debuff per unique ability/item (e.g. Shiva's Guard will count as 1 debuff instead of 3)
7/31/2024
Base Damage decreased by 2
Septic Shock: New Innate ability. Passive, can't be leveled up
Venomancer's attacks deal extra magical damage based on how many debuffs the attack target has. Only counts debuffs from Venomancer and his Plague Wards. Base Damage per debuff: 10%
Septic Shock: Can be upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter. Increases Septic Shock base damage per debuff from 10% to 20%. Plague Wards also deal Septic Shock damage based on their attack damage
Poison Sting: No longer an innate ability
Poison Sting: Aghanim's Scepter upgrade removed
Poison Sting: Duration rescaled from 3/6/9/12/15s to 6/9/12/15s
Poison Sting: Damage per second rescaled from 2/6/14/22/30 to 8/16/24/32
Poison Sting: Slow rescaled from 3/6/9/12/15% to 8/10/12/14%
Plague Ward: Mana Cost increased from 21/24/27/30 to 24/26/28/30
6/25/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/6/2024
Noxious Plague: Max HP as Damage decreased from 4/5/6% to 3/4/5%
5/27/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
5/23/2024
Latent Toxicity ability removed
Poison Nova ability removed
Venomous Gale: Impact Damage decreased from 50/75/100/125 to 25/50/75/100
Venomous Gale: Damage per tick decreased from 15/45/75/105 to 10/40/70/100
Venomous Gale: Now upgraded with Aghanim's Shard
Venomous Gale: If Venomous Gale is dispelled from an enemy, they take 300 damage and are stunned for 1.6s
Noxious Plague: If an enemy already infected with the plague gets hit again, no impact damage is done and the debuff duration is refreshed
Talents: Level 15 Talent Poison Sting Slow decreased from +6% to +5%
Talents: Level 20 Talent Noxious Plague Max HP Damage decreased from +1.5% to +1%
3/21/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
2/22/2024
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
12/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/12/2026
Plague Ward: Ward Damage rescaled from 13/22/31/40 to 14/22/30/38
Noxious Plague: Initial Damage increased from 150/250/350 to 200/300/400
Noxious Plague: Cooldown decreased from 120/100/80s to 100/90/80s
Talents: Level 15 Talent Poison Sting Slow decreased from +8% to +6%
11/21/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
10/5/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
9/9/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/15/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
8/8/2023
Talents: Level 10 Talent Poison Sting Health Regen Reduction decreased from 20% to 15%
7/13/2023
No hero-specific updates in this patch.
6/16/2023
Noxious Plague: Initial Damage decreased from 200/300/400 to 150/250/350
5/14/2023
Base Damage decreased by 10 (Level 1 damage decreased by 4)
4/26/2023
Poison Nova Magic Resist Reduction decreased from 30% to 20%
Noxious Plague: Max HP as Damage decreased from 5/6/7% to 4/5/6%
6/13/2026
Now is a Universal Hero
Base Damage decreased from 22-25 to 9-12
Strength gain decreased from 2.1 to 2.0
Agility gain decreased from 2.8 to 2.0
Intelligence gain decreased from 1.8 to 1.4
Damage on level 1 unchanged (46-49)
Damage gain per level increased from +2.8 to +3.24
Poison Nova Now a passive ability granted by Aghanim's Scepter
Poison Nova: Creates a ring of poison upon death of Venomancer or an enemy hero infected with Venomous Gale. Also triggers if Venomous Gale is dispelled from an enemy hero. Enemies hit by the Poison Nova take non-lethal damage over time and have their magic resistance reduced. Radius: 900. Duration: 10s. Max HP as Damage: 3%. Magic Resistance Reduction: 30%. Travel Speed: 550. Cooldown: 10s
Latent Toxicity Dispel Stun Duration decreased from 2s to 1.6s
Noxious Plague: New ultimate ability
Noxious Plague: 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. Enemies in a radius around the target are slowed, with values decreasing the farther you are from the affected enemy. When the target dies or the debuff expires/is absorbed, all nearby enemies are infected with a noncommunicable version of the plague. Duration: 5s. Initial Damage: 200/300/400. Max HP as Damage: 5/6/7%. Debuff Radius: 800. Max Slow: 50%. Projectile Speed: 1200. Cooldown: 120/100/80s. Mana Cost: 200/300/400
Talents: Level 20 Talent +5s Poison Nova Duration replaced with +1.5% Noxious Plague Max HP as Damage
Talents: Level 25 Talent Poison Nova reduces 100 Attack Speed replaced with Noxious Plague Aura reduces 200 Attack Speed