Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition wins the Ancient Apparition vs Tinker matchup: Ancient Apparition beats Tinker in 54.86% of 6,371 ranked matches.
Assuming you need to chase Tinker down is the first mistake. The real problem for him is having his core loop of damage and recovery completely broken. A Tinker hit by Ice Blast can’t use the fountain, Bloodstone, or any regeneration to get back into the fight. He's stuck with whatever health he has left, making him an easy target. While Tinker is mobile, he still has to stand still to Rearm, creating a perfect window for Ancient Apparition to land a Cold Feet. These abilities fundamentally disrupt the rhythm Tinker needs to control a game.
This dynamic forces the Tinker to play with constant fear. Any split push could be punished by a global Ice Blast, turning a simple escape into a death sentence. Instead of farming aggressively and dictating the pace, he has to be much more passive, which slows his impact. Ancient Apparition's team can leverage this by focusing on vision in the trees where Tinker wants to hide. Finding him is often enough, as a single Ice Vortex to reduce his magic resistance or a stun during Rearm can secure a kill before he can react.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Tinker 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 | 59.47% | 227 |
| Crusader & Archon | 55.96% | 638 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.71% | 517 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.59% | 170 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Tinker 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 | 54.86% | ▲ +0.9pp | 6,371 |
| 7.41d | 53.95% | ▲ +0.6pp | 45,999 |
| 7.41c | 53.39% | ▲ +1.1pp | 19,707 |
| 7.41b | 52.30% | — | 18,650 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Tinker on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 18, 2026.