Venator build guide

MELEE VENATOR IS BACK

by No new heroes = open baseVersion 1Updated Sep 26, 2026Guide #826264

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Author's notes

what is this new lifestrike

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 6 items
1. 1
  Close Quarters
2. 2
  Extra Health
3. 3
  Melee Charge
4. 4
  Melee Lifesteal
5. 5
  Battle Vest
6. 6
  Hunter's Aura
2maybeoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
2. 2
  Spirit Snatch
3optional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Reactive Barrier
4Mid game
Game stage · 4 items
1. 1
  Lifestrike
  Built from Melee Lifesteal
2. 2
  Warp Stone
3. 3
  Weighted Shots
4. 4
5Late gameoptional
Game stage · 5 items
1. 1
  Berserker
2. 2
  Colossus
  Built from Extra Health
3. 3
  Superior Duration
  Buy earlier if enemy builds debuff res to still get heavy melee + works with actives
4. 4
6Testingoptional
Author's category · 1 items
1. 1
  Shadow Weave
7Double Troubleoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
2. 2
  Counterspell
8Late Greensoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Plated Armor
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
3. 3
  Phantom Strike
4. 4
9Late Spiritoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Rapid Recharge
2. 2
  Greater Expansion
3. 3
  Echo Shard
10Gun Pivotoptional
Author's category · 9 items · It's truly the end of the game and you want to use ur gun more
1. 1
  Ballistic Enchantment
2. 2
  Frenzy
3. 3
  Ricochet
4. 4
11QoLoptional
Author's category · 2 items · gutshot feel good
1. 1
  Mystic Expansion
2. 2
  Duration Extender

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 12