Venator build guide

Waltz Melee Venator

by WaltzVersion 14Updated Aug 2, 2026Guide #611591

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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In-game favourites: 15 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

Melee build for when you need tempo or have too many m1's

Item categories

1Early L to R
Author's category · 9 items
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Close Quarters
3. 3
  Melee Charge
  Bonk
4. 4
  Point Blank
  Built from Close Quarters
5. 5
  Enduring Speed
6. 6
  Warp Stone
  Gap closer for Gutshot and stops you from being a fatass
7. 7
  Duration Extender
  Makes gutshot way more consistent against DBR
8. 8
  Mystic Expansion
  Makes Gutshot wall stun alot more consistent
9. 9
  Hunter's Aura
2Mid L to R
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Shadow Weave
2. 2
  Echo Shard
  Literal 1 shot combo with shadow weave
3. 3
  Colossus
4. 4
3Whenevaoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  Get whenever you want, pretty good any point after warp stone
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  Good once you have Shadow weave/Colossus
4Lane optionsoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
  If getting dunked on
2. 2
  Rebuttal
  Heavy melee lane
3. 3
  Melee Lifesteal
  Good early but lifestrike scales terribly
5Late optionsoptional
Author's category · 11 items
1. 1
  Phantom Strike
  PRIO INTO ALOT OF FLYERS
2. 2
  Unstoppable
  Unparryable and also will save you getting hate crimed
3. 3
  Inhibitor
  Just read the item
4. 4
6Buy when getting melted or cant play the gameoptional
Author's category · 10 items · Spirit resil prolly every game
1. 1
  Spellbreaker
  Against late game spirit nukers and debuff resist is very good
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  Against infernus, shiv, mirage or alot of DOT effects.
3. 3
  Juggernaut
  Built from Enduring Speed

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade			Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3								Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 11				Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 15