Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Ancient Apparition wins the Ancient Apparition vs Queen of Pain matchup: Ancient Apparition beats Queen of Pain in 53.38% of 29,011 ranked matches.
Playing aggressively across the map feels much riskier for Queen of Pain. Her typical pattern of blinking in, trading spells, and then blinking out to recover is disrupted by Ice Blast. Ancient Apparition’s ultimate completely denies her ability to heal with items or spells after taking damage. A successful gank attempt can turn into her own death if she gets caught by the blast, since she can't regenerate health to survive any follow-up. This forces a much more conservative playstyle from her, limiting her impact during the mid-game where she usually shines.
Throughout the game, this dynamic means Queen of Pain has to constantly be aware of Ice Blast's availability. She can try to bait it out or wait for its cooldown before making a move. Good positioning and vision control become her best tools. On the other side, Ancient Apparition needs good information to land his ultimate effectively on such a mobile target. If Queen of Pain gets a Black King Bar, she can often ignore the setup damage and burst her targets anyway, and she always remains a direct threat to the fragile Apparition himself.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Queen of Pain 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 | 59.36% | 219 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.77% | 922 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.38% | 1,030 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.08% | 211 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Queen of Pain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 53.38% | ▼ -1.0pp | 29,011 |
| 7.41e | 54.39% | ▼ -0.0pp | 100,000 |
| 7.41d | 54.44% | ▲ +0.3pp | 113,851 |
| 7.41c | 54.10% | — | 58,269 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Queen of Pain on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.