Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Void Spirit wins the Ancient Apparition vs Void Spirit matchup: Void Spirit beats Ancient Apparition in 50.53% of 4,259 ranked matches.
Surviving a jump from a mobile hero is often the main challenge for Ancient Apparition. Void Spirit excels at this, using Astral Step to close distance and get on top of fragile back-liners. His kit gives him multiple ways to deal with AA's defensive tools; Dissimilate, for instance, can reliably dodge the stun from Cold Feet. This constant threat of being instantly deleted can force Ancient Apparition to play much more defensively, limiting his ability to contribute spells like Ice Vortex in a teamfight.
The game becomes a battle of vision and positioning. If Void Spirit can find and kill Ancient Apparition before a fight breaks out, he effectively removes Ice Blast from the equation. Ancient Apparition's team needs to respond with deep wards and protective items like a Glimmer Cape or Force Staff to save him. AA can still completely turn a fight with a good ultimate from a safe distance, but he has much less room for error when a Void Spirit is actively hunting him on the map.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Ancient Apparition's win rate against Void Spirit 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 | 51.85% | 162 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.71% | 541 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.61% | 576 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.23% | 241 |
Ancient Apparition's win rate against Void Spirit 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 | 49.47% | ▼ -0.5pp | 4,259 |
| 7.41d | 49.96% | ▲ +1.0pp | 46,932 |
| 7.41c | 48.98% | ▲ +1.2pp | 22,076 |
| 7.41b | 47.81% | — | 26,646 |
Move this data into a draft
Ancient Apparition starts on Radiant and Void Spirit on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.