I just recently started suing Venusaur as a lead and I sincerely love using it as such. It can deal with most leads accordingly except for maybe Moltres and Ambipom and they are both perfectly counterable. The only risk that I have to go through is a sleep powder missing.
But yeah, I love Venusaur too: ) It's very versatile and unpredictable. I am glad that you packed a sleep talker; that caught me by surprise.
Let's play some other time.