Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition wins the Ancient Apparition vs Earthshaker matchup: Ancient Apparition beats Earthshaker in 51.82% of 13,552 ranked matches.
Picking one of these heroes into the other creates a classic standoff. Earthshaker wants to blink in and control key targets with his stuns, creating a window for his team to blow someone up. Ancient Apparition's Ice Blast is a strong answer to this, as it stops healing saves and punishes the grouped-up positions Earthshaker's team takes during a jump. However, Ancient Apparition himself is an ideal target for Earthshaker. A single good Fissure or a Blink-Echo Slam combo can take him out of the fight before he can even cast his ultimate. Each hero directly threatens the other's game plan.
The matchup becomes a game of positioning and vision control. The Ancient Apparition player has to stay far away from the fight, anticipating where Earthshaker will initiate. If you get your Ice Blast off as he goes in, you can turn his perfect setup into a disaster for his team. On the other side, the Earthshaker player is actively hunting you. He’ll use smokes and scan to find your position, knowing that killing you first neutralizes your team's biggest counter-play. The outcome of fights often hinges on which hero can execute their primary job first.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Earthshaker 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 55.25% | 657 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.60% | 1,897 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.56% | 1,454 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.27% | 433 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Earthshaker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 51.82% | ▲ +0.5pp | 13,552 |
| 7.41d | 51.28% | ▼ -0.1pp | 131,004 |
| 7.41c | 51.34% | ▲ +0.8pp | 51,143 |
| 7.41b | 50.50% | — | 55,440 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Earthshaker on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.