Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Phoenix wins the Ancient Apparition vs Phoenix matchup: Phoenix beats Ancient Apparition in 50.17% of 598 ranked matches.
You might think Ice Blast is the perfect answer to Phoenix, but it's often not that simple. Phoenix can use Icarus Dive to dodge the initial projectile or simply cast Supernova to immune the impact and then wait out most of the debuff. Meanwhile, Phoenix has all the tools needed to dive and kill a slow, fragile hero like Ancient Apparition. If he gets on top of you, you're in trouble, and AA has almost no way to help kill the Supernova egg alone. We haven't seen this one much recently, so it's not a lock.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Phoenix 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 | 53.64% | 151 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.82% | 548 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.35% | 527 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.36% | 194 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Phoenix 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 | 49.83% | ▼ -0.0pp | 598 |
| 7.41d | 49.86% | ▲ +1.0pp | 51,090 |
| 7.41c | 48.84% | ▲ +2.3pp | 29,839 |
| 7.41b | 46.59% | — | 35,247 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Phoenix on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.