Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Ancient Apparition wins the Ancient Apparition vs Earth Spirit matchup: Ancient Apparition beats Earth Spirit in 51.73% of 12,559 ranked matches.
Playing against an Ancient Apparition, Earth Spirit has a clear personal mission: find and eliminate him before the fight. With Rolling Boulder, Earth Spirit can easily close the distance on a fragile, immobile support, often securing a kill before AA can contribute. This constant threat forces the Ancient Apparition player into very defensive positioning, limiting his vision and map impact. The matchup isn’t one-sided, though. If Ancient Apparition can survive long enough to land a good Ice Blast, it severely punishes the drawn-out, sustain-heavy fights that Earth Spirit’s teams often prefer. It creates a tense duel where one hero tries to pick off the other before the major teamfight abilities are used.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Earth Spirit in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Ancient Apparition win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 53.50% | 471 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.17% | 683 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.95% | 190 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Earth Spirit in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Ancient Apparition win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 51.73% | ▼ -0.4pp | 12,559 |
| 7.41e | 52.17% | ▲ +2.5pp | 66,895 |
| 7.41d | 49.71% | ▲ +1.6pp | 38,339 |
| 7.41c | 48.07% | — | 13,688 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Earth Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.