Ancient Apparition Counters (7.41f)
Who counters Ancient Apparition in Dota 2 7.41f? The heroes Ancient Apparition beats and loses to, ranked by win rate from ranked matches.
Ancient Apparition is a global caster whose Ice Blast caps healing and executes low-HP heroes from across the map, backed by Cold Feet and Chilling Touch. He hard-counters regen-reliant heroes — Huskar, whose entire kit is healing, simply dies to Ice Blast's anti-heal. He also beats immobile casters like Timbersaw and Gyrocopter. AA is countered by illusions and scalers his single nuke can't handle: Spectre, Phantom Lancer and Wraith King out-body or out-tank him. Draft tip: AA is a premium anti-heal pick into sustain/regen drafts (Huskar, Necro, lifesteal); he's weaker into illusion and hard-carry comps.
In Dota 2 7.41f, the heroes that counter Ancient Apparition hardest are Wraith King, Phantom Lancer and Brewmaster — Ancient Apparition wins only 44.7%, 44.9% and 45.1% of ranked matches against them.
Ancient Apparition is strong against
 Huskar | 60.54% | 4,987 |
 Shadow Fiend | 59.05% | 15,683 |
 Batrider | 56.97% | 1,441 |
 Monkey King | 56.87% | 4,938 |
 Treant Protector | 56.81% | 3,612 |
 Shadow Demon | 56.42% | 2,391 |
 Nature's Prophet | 56.41% | 9,339 |
 Timbersaw | 56.09% | 4,140 |
 Tiny | 55.91% | 4,629 |
 Kez | 55.80% | 4,287 |
 Necrophos | 55.34% | 14,258 |
 Chen | 55.23% | 612 |
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Ancient Apparition struggles against
 Wraith King | 44.72% | 13,635 |
 Phantom Lancer | 44.87% | 11,778 |
 Brewmaster | 45.14% | 1,717 |
 Outworld Destroyer | 45.22% | 9,861 |
 Arc Warden | 46.00% | 4,522 |
 Spectre | 46.20% | 12,119 |
 Mirana | 47.73% | 12,330 |
 Vengeful Spirit | 47.75% | 11,475 |
 Chaos Knight | 47.84% | 5,092 |
 Nyx Assassin | 47.85% | 6,526 |
 Naga Siren | 47.95% | 1,827 |
 Juggernaut | 47.99% | 19,307 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who counters Ancient Apparition in Dota 2?
- Wraith King, Phantom Lancer and Brewmaster are Ancient Apparition's toughest matchups in patch 7.41f: Ancient Apparition's win rate drops to 44.7% against Wraith King, 44.9% against Phantom Lancer and 45.1% against Brewmaster.
- How do you counter Ancient Apparition?
- Pick or ban the heroes Ancient Apparition struggles against most in patch 7.41f: Wraith King (Ancient Apparition wins only 44.7% against them), Phantom Lancer (44.9%) or Brewmaster (45.1%). The full matchup table above covers every hero.
- Who is Ancient Apparition strong against?
- Ancient Apparition performs best against Huskar (60.5% win rate), Shadow Fiend (59.1%) and Batrider (57.0%) in patch 7.41f.
- Is Ancient Apparition good in the current patch?
- Ancient Apparition wins 51.3% of quality-filtered ranked matches in patch 7.41f, with a 6.7% pick rate — ranking #32 of 127 heroes by win rate.
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Data updated Sep 22, 2026.