How Alchemist and Ancient Apparition perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Alchemist and Ancient Apparition win 48.62% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,184 matches.
Playing around an Alchemist's timings often puts Ancient Apparition in an awkward spot. Alchemist’s whole game is about using Greevil's Greed to hit a power spike and then run at the enemy with Chemical Rage. He needs his team to make space while he farms. Ancient Apparition contributes most with global kill pressure from Ice Blast, an ability designed to punish healing and regeneration. This tool is most effective against heroes that Alchemist himself resembles, meaning its core strength doesn't directly amplify what Alchemist wants to do in a fight.
This leaves the team feeling pulled in two directions. Either the Ancient Apparition is trying to force fights with an under-farmed team while Alchemist is elsewhere, or everyone plays passively, which makes it hard for a fragile support like AA to have an impact. Alchemist might be forced to join fights before hitting his key items, which defeats the purpose of picking him. The synergy isn't there because their ideal game paces are so different, leading to a composition that can feel disjointed and easy to exploit.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.57% | 196 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.00% | 551 |
| Legend & Ancient | 37.63% | 396 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 48.62% | ▲ +0.6pp | 3,184 |
| 7.41d | 48.02% | ▲ +1.3pp | 42,601 |
| 7.41c | 46.74% | ▼ -3.6pp | 29,520 |
| 7.41b | 50.31% | — | 49,554 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.