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Ancient Apparition vs Earth Spirit

Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.

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Ancient Apparition 52.06%
Ancient Apparition52.06%
Earth Spirit47.94%
Over 4,756 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition wins the Ancient Apparition vs Earth Spirit matchup: Ancient Apparition beats Earth Spirit in 52.06% of 4,756 ranked matches.

How this matchup plays

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.

Ancient Apparition vs Earth Spirit by rank

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.

RankAncient Apparition win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian53.69%149
Crusader & Archon52.11%639
Legend & Ancient49.93%751
Divine & Immortal47.67%279

Ancient Apparition vs Earth Spirit across patches

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.

PatchAncient Apparition win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 52.06%▲ +2.3pp4,756
7.41d 49.71%▲ +1.6pp38,339
7.41c 48.07%▲ +0.1pp13,688
7.41b 47.97%13,586

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Put Ancient Apparition against Earth Spirit

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.

Radiant4 open
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Dire4 open
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Frequently asked questions

Does Ancient Apparition counter Earth Spirit?
Ancient Apparition wins 52.06% of ranked matches against Earth Spirit in Dota 2 7.41e (4,756 matches) — the matchup favors Ancient Apparition.
Does Earth Spirit counter Ancient Apparition?
Earth Spirit wins 47.94% of ranked matches against Ancient Apparition in Dota 2 7.41e (4,756 matches) — the matchup favors Ancient Apparition.
How many matches back the Ancient Apparition vs Earth Spirit win rate?
4,756 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 17, 2026.