How Ancient Apparition and Beastmaster perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Beastmaster win 46.53% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,308 matches.
Getting locked down by a Primal Roar is a death sentence if Ancient Apparition is nearby. Beastmaster provides a perfect, long-duration stun to guarantee Cold Feet lands, and his Hawk's vision is great for setting up an Ice Blast from across the map. The problem is what happens to everyone else. Primal Roar shoves nearby enemies away, which can make it harder to land a big, fight-winning Ice Blast or catch multiple targets in an Ice Vortex. Their damage types are also at odds; Beastmaster's army deals physical damage while Ancient Apparition provides magic amplification that doesn't help his summons.
This pairing often defaults to playing for single-target pickoffs rather than controlling a full teamfight. While effective for securing an early lead, it doesn't scale as well as pairings with broader area-of-effect control. An enemy team that sticks together can be hard to crack, as Beastmaster can only lock down one target. In these bigger fights, the duo relies heavily on the rest of their team to provide the setup that Ancient Apparition needs to be truly effective, because their own direct synergy is limited to killing one hero at a time.
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 | 47.93% | 121 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.61% | 343 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.28% | 271 |
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 | 46.53% | ▲ +1.4pp | 2,308 |
| 7.41d | 45.15% | ▼ -0.8pp | 29,733 |
| 7.41c | 45.92% | ▼ -1.8pp | 16,495 |
| 7.41b | 47.73% | — | 31,035 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.