Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition wins the Ancient Apparition vs Lifestealer matchup: Ancient Apparition beats Lifestealer in 50.02% of 9,369 ranked matches.
Trying to kill a Lifestealer depends on stopping his healing. Ancient Apparition's Ice Blast is a premier tool for that job, completely disabling the lifesteal from Feast that Lifestealer needs to survive drawn-out fights. A good ultimate can turn him from a raid boss into a vulnerable melee hero. The issue for AA is that Lifestealer has answers. Rage provides magic immunity, letting him run through slows to get close, and a well-timed Infest can dodge the Ice Blast projectile entirely, making it a direct clash of their core mechanics.
This dynamic makes their teamfights a duel of positioning and cooldowns. Lifestealer’s goal is to jump on Ancient Apparition before Ice Blast comes out, using Rage to shrug off control spells. If he gets on top of AA, the support dies quickly. The Apparition player has to play from the absolute backline, letting his team start the fight so he can land a clean ultimate once Lifestealer is committed. Because both heroes have a clear way to win the engagement, the outcome is often decided by which team provides the better setup.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Lifestealer 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 | 51.87% | 428 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.04% | 1,440 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.27% | 1,183 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.79% | 273 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Lifestealer 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 | 50.02% | ▲ +0.2pp | 9,369 |
| 7.41d | 49.83% | ▲ +0.1pp | 88,606 |
| 7.41c | 49.71% | ▲ +1.1pp | 38,950 |
| 7.41b | 48.56% | — | 47,585 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Lifestealer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.