Venator Build

Most Venator players open with Restorative Shot and Close Quarters. Core items, bought in at least half of all games: Restorative Shot, Close Quarters, Extended Magazine, and Extra Health. Ranked by how often players on this hero buy each item at each shop tier, from 50,286 games.

1. Laning800 souls
   Restorative ShotWeaponCore46.8%83% pickClose QuartersWeaponCore46.6%59% pickExtended MagazineWeaponCore46.7%54% pickExtra HealthVitalityCore47.4%51% pick
2. Mid game1,600 souls
   Battle VestVitalityCore46.9%75% pickEnduring SpeedVitalityCore47.1%64% pickSwift StrikerWeaponCore46.8%63% pickBullet LifestealVitalityCore46.9%62% pick
3. Late game3,200 souls
   FortitudeVitalityCore47.5%56% pickHollow PointWeaponCore47.6%54% pickSpirit ResilienceVitality47.9%48% pick
4. Luxury6,400 souls
   Vampiric BurstVitalityCore49.3%52% pickSilencerWeapon52.7%40% pick

Win rates are for games where the item was bought. Expensive items show higher win rates partly because they get bought in games that are already going well. Item stats cover the last 7 days of games.

74% of Venator players finish with a Gun build, and it wins 48.1% of games.

• Gun 74%
• Vitality 21%
• Hybrid 5%

From the final items of 35,705 Venator games over the last 14 days. A build counts as gun, spirit or vitality when that shop slot holds at least 45% of its souls; anything else is hybrid. Sold items are not counted.

Start from the meta build and swap items from the shop. The planner counts your souls, shows your gun / spirit / vitality split and how that build type does for Venator, and flags pairs that win together and items with a poor record.

Fortitude with Silencer is the best-winning pair on Venator: 53.9% over 451,961 games.

• +Fortitude + Silencer451,961 games53.9%+7.5 vs Venator average
• +Extra Health + Silencer415,291 games53.9%+7.5 vs Venator average
• +Fortitude + Siphon Bullets407,017 games53.0%+6.6 vs Venator average
• +Enduring Speed + Siphon Bullets513,271 games52.7%+6.3 vs Venator average
• +Battle Vest + Ricochet417,774 games52.6%+6.2 vs Venator average
• +Bullet Lifesteal + Ricochet405,590 games52.2%+5.8 vs Venator average
• +Extra Health + Vampiric Burst416,795 games51.6%+5.2 vs Venator average
• +Enduring Speed + Vampiric Burst580,248 games51.3%+4.8 vs Venator average

Two items owned together at the end of the game, last 30 days. Late items win more often because games that last long enough to buy them were often already ahead.

Pick the enemy hero to see which items win most for Venator in that matchup. It opens on the hardest one, Graves, where Venator wins 37.4%.

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From 16,471 Venator games at Oracle rank and above, in the order players buy the items.

High-rank players buy Battle Vest and Spirit Resilience more than the all-ranks build does.

Bullet Lifesteal is the biggest riser on Venator: bought in 61.9% of games, up 13.2 points.

The last 7 days of games compared with the 7 days before. Items need 300 games on each side.

Items few Venator players buy that win well above the hero's 46.4% average.

Frenzy17,762 games54.5%5.4% pickGlass Cannon28,117 games53.8%8.5% pickArmor Piercer24,361 games51.6%7.4% pickEcho Shard4,487 games51.5%1.4% pick

Treat these as situational: a low pick rate often means the item gets bought when the game is already won.

86 items with stats for Venator. Restorative Shot is bought most, in 83% of games. Filter by slot or sort by win rate, pick rate or cost.

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All Venator items (Nov 5 Patch)

Item	Win rate	Pick rate	Cost	Games
Restorative ShotCore	46.8%	82.7%	800	273,239
Battle VestCore	46.9%	75.1%	1,600	248,309
Enduring SpeedCore	47.1%	64.3%	1,600	212,331
Swift StrikerCore	46.8%	63.4%	1,600	209,451
Bullet LifestealCore	46.9%	61.9%	1,600	204,549
Close QuartersCore	46.6%	59.0%	800	194,793
Titanic Magazine	46.8%	56.6%	1,600	186,959
FortitudeCore	47.5%	55.6%	3,200	183,620
Hollow PointCore	47.6%	54.0%	3,200	178,388
Extended MagazineCore	46.7%	53.8%	800	177,679
Vampiric BurstCore	49.3%	51.8%	6,400	171,241
Extra HealthCore	47.4%	50.8%	800	167,847
Monster Rounds	46.2%	50.8%	800	167,836
Spirit ResilienceCore	47.9%	48.5%	3,200	160,140
Rapid Rounds	46.8%	43.9%	800	145,007
Cultist Sacrifice	46.5%	43.6%	3,200	144,161
Fleetfoot	48.0%	43.5%	1,600	143,781
Berserker	47.9%	41.3%	3,200	136,372
SilencerCore	52.7%	39.7%	6,400	131,238
Sprint Boots	47.4%	37.6%	800	124,270

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Items Venator players still buy that win at least 3 points less than other items at the same price. Metal Skin wins 35.9%, against 46.8% for Venator's other 3,200-soul items.

Metal Skin3,200 souls35.9%3.7% pickBullet Resilience3,200 souls39.7%2.4% pickToxic Bullets3,200 souls41.1%5.9% pickPlated Armor6,400 souls46.5%5.8% pickActive Reload1,600 souls42.5%4.2% pickExtra Stamina800 souls43.2%6.9% pickLeech6,400 souls47.8%2.6% pickRebuttal800 souls43.4%3.0% pick

Heroes whose builds share at least 7 items with Venator's. Rates are each hero's own.

Vyper46.4%14.3% pickRat King54.5%41.2% pick