Heroes / Venture

Venture

Venture

DAMAGE PC Console stats → divebrawl B Tier

Win rate52.6%

Pick rate3.0%

Ban rate0.7%

Win rate since Jul 11 +1.5%

Pick rate since Jul 11 +0.7%

Close-range dive DPS who uses Burrow for invulnerability windows and surprising engages. Generates temporary shields from abilities, making them durable for their burst play style.

Abilities

Smart Excavator Launches seismic charges that explode and knock enemies back.

Drill Dash Dashes forward dealing damage and pushing enemies.

Burrow Goes underground invulnerably, then erupts upward with an area explosion.

Tectonic Shock Fires ground-shockwaves that travel along terrain and knock enemies up.

Meta Analysis

Consistent across ranks (Master vs Silver: +0.3%), with a neutral skill curve. Strongest on Escort maps (52.0% avg WR) and weakest on Push (49.6%) — a 2.4% spread across game modes. Best on Rialto, Watchpoint Gibraltar, Neon Junction — maps characterized by sightlines and chokepoint terrain, where forced chokepoints concentrate enemies for sustained brawl pressure. Struggles most on Oasis and Esperanca (open, high-ground, long sightlines, multi-flank maps).

Win Rate by Rank

Bronze

53.8%

Silver

52.2%

Gold

52.4%

Platinum

52.7%

Diamond

52.3%

Master

52.5%

Grandmaster

52.7%

Ban Rate by Rank (as of 2026-07-26)

Bronze

0.5%

Silver

0.6%

Gold

0.8%

Platinum

0.8%

Diamond

0.7%

Master

0.5%

Grandmaster

0.5%

Win Rate by Map (All tiers) (per-map data as of 2026-07-26)

Playing Venture? Strongest maps: Watchpoint Gibraltar, Aatlis, Ilios.

Kit fit (✓✓ … ✗✗) rates how well Venture's abilities suit each map's mode and geometry — independent of the observed win rates.

Map Mode Win rate ↓ ± avg Kit fit Bans

Rialto Escort

53.8% +2.5% – 0.6%

Watchpoint Gibraltar Escort

53.6% +2.3% ✓ 0.7%

Watchpoint Gibraltar's enclosed interiors bring every fight into SMART Excavator range

Neon Junction Hybrid

53.4% +2.1% – 0.7%

Shambali Monastery Escort

53.3% +2.0% – 0.7%

Aatlis Flashpoint

52.9% +1.6% ✓✓ 0.8%

Ilios Control

52.8% +1.5% ✓✓ 0.6%

Lijiang Tower Control

52.3% +1.0% ✓✓ 0.7%

Midtown Hybrid

52.3% +1.0% – 0.7%

Dorado Escort

52.2% +0.9% ✓ 0.7%

Nepal Control

52.1% +0.8% ✓✓ 0.8%

New Junk City Flashpoint

52.0% +0.7% ✓✓ 0.9%

Eichenwalde Hybrid

51.7% +0.4% – 0.7%

Junkertown Escort

51.7% +0.4% – 0.6%

51.6% +0.3% ✓ 0.6%

Busan Control

51.3% -0.0% ✓✓ 0.6%

Kings Row Hybrid

51.3% -0.0% – 0.7%

Antarctic Peninsula Control

51.2% -0.1% ✓✓ 0.8%

Paraiso Hybrid

51.1% -0.2% ✗ 0.6%

Blizzard World Hybrid

50.9% -0.4% – 0.7%

Route 66 Escort

50.6% -0.7% ✓ 0.7%

Samoa Control

50.6% -0.7% ✓✓ 0.7%

Suravasa Flashpoint

50.6% -0.7% ✓✓ 0.7%

Circuit Royal Escort

50.4% -0.9% ✗ 0.7%

Havana Escort

50.3% -1.0% ✗ 0.7%

50.1% -1.2% ✓ 0.7%

Numbani Hybrid

50.0% -1.3% ✗ 0.8%

Hollywood Hybrid

49.9% -1.4% – 0.7%

Oasis Control

49.4% -1.9% ✓✓ 0.8%

On paper Oasis's enclosed interiors bring every fight into SMART Excavator range — but the numbers disagree (-1.9pp vs their average).

48.7% -2.6% – 0.7%

New Queen Street Push

47.9% -3.4% ✓✓ 0.8%

On paper New Queen Street's enclosed interiors bring every fight into SMART Excavator range — but the numbers disagree (-3.4pp vs their average).

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