Venator

Moderate complexity

Venator starts with 820 health and has 4 signature abilities: Consecrating Grenade, Gutshot, Hex-Lined Snap Trap, Ira Domini. Current win rate is 45.3% across 539k ranked matches.

Base stats

Read from the game files at client version 6701.

Stat	Value
Stamina	3
Max Health	820
Tech Range	1
Crouch Speed	4.75
Reload Speed	1
Sprint Speed	1
Weapon Power	0
Tech Duration	1
Max Move Speed	6.4
Air Dash Duration	0.51
Base Health Regen	2
Move Acceleration	4
Heavy Melee Damage	125
Light Melee Damage	50
Weapon Power Scale	1
Ability Resource Max	0
Ground Dash Duration	0.72
Proc Build Up Rate Scale	1
Stamina Regen Per Second	0.22
Crit Damage Received Scale	1
Air Dash Distance In Meters	8
Ground Dash Distance In Meters	10
Ability Resource Regen Per Second	0

Abilities

Consecrating Grenade

Fire a grenade that bounces before exploding, dealing weapon damage and setting enemies on fire. Burning targets deal pure damage to enemies in the area and suffer from reduced healing.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.03s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Cooldown	25s
Charge Delay	0s
Ability Post Cast Duration	0.15
Bounce Grenade Speed	1,100
Bounce Lifetime	0.5
Burn Duration	3.5s
Burn Linger Duration	0.15
Burn Radius	4.5mm
Camera Turn Rate Max	15
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Damage	35
Damage Per Second	10
Max Health as Damage	0%
Fire Rate	0%
Healing Reduction	-30%
Healing Reduction	-30%
Pre Bounce Lifetime	15
Radius	4.5mm
Move Speed	0%
Tick Rate	0.2

Gutshot

Fire a blast with your shotgun, dealing weapon damage and pushing enemies back. Enemies near a wall receive stun and take bonus weapon damage.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.25s
Cast Range	10mm
Charges	0
Cooldown	23s
Charge Delay	-1s
Bonus Damage	30
Bonus Knockback Distance	3.5m
Buff Duration	0s
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Damage	60
Debuff Duration	0s
Knockback Speed	1,200
Max Push Force Horizontal	1,400
Max Push Force Vertical	500
Push Force	6
Self Push Force	500
Slow Duration	0s
Move Speed	0%
Stun Duration	0.6s
Attack Angle	60º
Wall Stun Range	7mm

Hex-Lined Snap Trap

Kick a trap that arms after a brief delay. The trap springs on the first enemy it touches, dealing spirit damage, applying immobilize, and revealing enemies for a duration afterwards.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.2s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	2
Cooldown	28s
Charge Delay	8s
Arm Time	0.5s
Bullet Resist	0%
Bullet Damage Amp	0%
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Damage	80
Disarm Targets	0
Immobilize Duration	1.25s
Damage Taken	0%
Lifetime	30s
Radius	2mm
Reveal Duration	6s
Stamina Reduction	0
Tether Duration	0.6s
Tether Radius	0.3mm
Tick Rate	0.1
Trap Height	2m
Trip Up Speed	250

Ira Domini

Load your crossbow with 3 stakes, dealing massively increased weapon damage. The final stake is blessed, dealing bonus pure damage and executing low-health enemies.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.3s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Cooldown	160s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	15s
All Stakes Blessed	0
Bonus Amp To Vampire	5
Bonus Damage	115
Move Speed	0m m
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Damage	120
Execute Threshold	8%
Explosion Radius	0.2mm
Missing Health as Damage	0%
Push Force	500
Slow Duration	0s
Move Speed	0%
Total Stakes	3
Swap End Delay	0.6

Most-built items on Venator

Weighted by the number of matches behind each build that includes them.

Item	Tier
Dispel Magic	3
Spirit Resilience	3
Battle Vest	2
Close Quarters	1
Ricochet	4
Bullet Lifesteal	2
Rapid Recharge	3
Counterspell	3

Full Venator builds ranked by win rate →

Venator matchups

Hardest opponents: Graves (38.1%), Paige (39.5%), Victor (39.7%), Seven (40.9%), Dynamo (41.9%)

All Venator counters →

What Valve has been arguing with

The stats that have moved most across patches. Nobody else publishes these — they need per-patch history to draw.

Modifier Value Base Health From Level

Weight

Sprint Speed

Patch history

The 40 most recent recorded changes to Venator and their signature abilities, newest first. This is what "nerfed last patch" actually meant.

Patch	Stat	Change
2026-07-28	Air Dash Duration	0.490.51+4.1%
2026-07-28	Ground Dash Duration	0.70.72+2.9%
2026-07-28	Sprint Speed	1.51-33.3%nerf
2026-06-30	Required Gold	5,4004,600-14.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	6,2005,300-14.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	7,1006,000-15.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	8,0006,800-15.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	9,0007,600-15.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	10,0008,400-16.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	11,0009,200-16.4%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	12,00010,100-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	13,20011,000-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	14,50011,900-17.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	300200-33.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	16,00012,800-20.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	17,50013,800-21.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	19,00014,900-21.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	20,50016,100-21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	22,00017,400-20.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	23,50018,900-19.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	25,00020,600-17.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	26,50022,500-15.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	28,00024,600-12.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	29,50026,900-8.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	600500-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	31,00029,400-5.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	32,50032,100-1.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	34,00035,000+2.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	35,50038,100+7.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	37,00041,400+11.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	38,50044,900+16.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	40,00048,600+21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	1,5001,400-6.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	2,2002,000-9.1%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,0002,600-13.3%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,8003,200-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	4,6003,900-15.2%
2026-06-30	Modifier Value Base Health From Level	4543-4.4%nerf