Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition wins the Ancient Apparition vs Nature's Prophet matchup: Ancient Apparition beats Nature's Prophet in 56.24% of 841 ranked matches.
Picking Nature's Prophet into an already-selected Ancient Apparition is asking for trouble. The problem is fundamental: Nature's Prophet relies on his global Teleportation to split the map and escape bad situations, but he cannot escape a global Ice Blast. The shatter is a constant threat to a hero who likes to get away with low health. More critically, the healing prevention completely shuts down the sustain NP builds to farm and fight. Any lifesteal or regeneration he buys is useless for the debuff's duration, leaving him exposed and unable to recover from damage.
This dynamic shapes the entire game. Ancient Apparition can punish a split-pushing Prophet from anywhere, turning what should be a safe farm into a lethal gank. In teamfights, NP loses his ability to skirmish effectively; he can't enter a fight, take some damage, and then teleport away to heal. Once hit by Ice Blast, he's often a liability until the effect wears off or he dies. The Prophet's team is forced to play defensively to protect him, while AA’s team has a reliable, map-wide answer to one of the most mobile heroes in the game.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Nature's Prophet 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 | 55.04% | 407 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.96% | 1,006 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.69% | 688 |
| Divine & Immortal | 60.00% | 180 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Nature's Prophet 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 | 56.24% | ▼ -0.6pp | 841 |
| 7.41d | 56.86% | ▲ +1.7pp | 86,159 |
| 7.41c | 55.15% | ▲ +0.8pp | 35,649 |
| 7.41b | 54.39% | — | 35,206 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Nature's Prophet on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.