How to play Venator in Deadlock?

Venator is a Hero in Deadlock. Learn their optimal ability leveling order, situational item choices, and counter matchups on Lockbuilds.

What are the best builds for Venator in Deadlock?

Top item builds for Venator prioritize core weapon and spirit items tailored to their abilities and lane matchups. Explore high-win-rate community and pro builds on Lockbuilds.

What are Venator's abilities in Deadlock?

Venator features unique signature abilities scaling with spirit power and weapon damage. Check this overview page for full ability breakdowns and cooldowns.

Where can I find current Venator Deadlock stats and win rates?

Lockbuilds provides real-time win rates, pick rates, tier placement, and matchup analytics for Venator across all competitive rank tiers in the current Deadlock patch.

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Venator - Deadlock Hero Stats & Guide

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Hero Summary

Venator leans most into close-range brawling and farming, while support utility is the weakest part of the profile. Venator performs best into Mirage and Sinclair. Venator struggles most into Graves and Victor. Venator pairs best with Victor and Graves. Venator has the weakest synergy with Mirage and Silver. Healing Tempo is Venator's best win-rate item at 55.8%. Bullet Lifesteal is bought most often at 107.6%. Restorative Shot is usually picked up early at around 2.7 min.

Play Style

Win Rate

45.1%

Pick Rate

39.5%

Dominates

The Doorman34k Matches

48.98%Venator - Win

Current Patch

Loses to

Current Patch

Best Synergy

Current Patch

Worst Synergy

Current Patch

Best Items

ItemWR ChangePR Change

Healing Tempo

Tier 4•6,400

55.82%-9.33%15,753-0.6%

Spellslinger

Tier 4•6,400

55.32%-0.77%166,727-2.92%

Frenzy

Tier 4•6,400

54.46%+1.3%40,193-2.01%

Lucky Shot

Tier 4•6,400

54.11%-0.53%148,886+1.89%

Ethereal Shift

Tier 4•6,400

54.05%+6.99%5,469-0.83%

Siphon Bullets

Tier 4•6,400

53.92%+2.19%151,048-7.81%

Silencer

Tier 4•6,400

53.76%+1.4%136,806-8.98%

Colossus

Tier 4•6,400

52.71%+3.42%28,781-0.01%

Inhibitor

Tier 4•6,400

52.25%+1.96%205,712-0.13%

Mercurial Magnum

Tier 4•6,400

51.72%+7.27%7,576-0.19%

Current Patch

Counter Items

ItemWR ChangePR Change

Disarming Hex

Tier 3•3,200

70.33%+11.99%10,231-0.77%

Suppressor

Tier 2•1,600

67.23%+0.0%537+0.0%

Healbane

Tier 2•1,600

66.34%-10.58%8,061+0.15%

Metal Skin

Tier 3•3,200

65.97%+4.75%61,028+0.06%

Rescue Beam

Tier 3•3,200

65.17%+15.17%692-0.05%

Decay

Tier 3•3,200

64.55%-2.12%818-0.02%

Knockdown

Tier 3•3,200

64.35%+5.03%15,093-0.48%

Return Fire

Tier 2•1,600

63.84%+15.35%3,902-0.52%

Bullet Resilience

Tier 3•3,200

61.04%-3.57%26,392-0.0%

Slowing Hex

Tier 2•1,600

60.53%-0.76%23,184-0.8%

Current Patch

Hero Base Stats

Weapon

Falloff range:18 -> 47

Damage per second:63

Bullet damage:8

Bullets per second:7.94

Shoot move speed:-25%

Clip size:33

Reload_duration:2.80s

Bullets speed:1588m/s

Light melee:50

Heavy melee damage:125

Vitality

Max health:820

Base health regen:2

Bullet resistance:0%

Spirit resistance:0%

Reducing critical damage:0%

Max move speed:6.4m/s

Sprint speed:1.0m/s

Stamina:3

Stamina regen:5s

Spirit

Ability cooldown:0%

Ability duration:0%

Ability range:0%

Spirit lifesteal:0%

Max charges increase:0

Charge cooldown:0%

Spirit power:0

Damage Per Second 10

Damage 60

Damage 80

Damage 120

Bonuses Per Boon

REACHING EACH THRESHOLD GIVES:

Unlock skills or skill points

Skills are unlocked on the 0th, 1st, 4th and 6th gifts.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

The rewards reach their maximum on the 32nd gift.

+0.27 to base Bullet Damage

+43 to base Health

+1.7 to base Melee Damage

+1.1 to Spirit Power

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