How Ancient Apparition and Centaur Warrunner perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Centaur Warrunner win 55.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 8,784 matches.
The combo here isn't about landing a perfect stun to set up Ice Blast, though that can happen. The real value is about cleanup and map-wide pressure. When Ancient Apparition lands his ultimate on a key target, their natural reaction is to retreat and try to survive. Centaur Warrunner's Stampede completely shuts down that option. Your team can cover huge distances to chase down the debuffed hero, securing a kill that would otherwise get away. It converts a global threat into a guaranteed pickoff, preventing any healing that might save them.
In mid-game teamfights, this forces a hard choice on the enemy: either abandon their ally under the Ice Blast effect, or take a disadvantaged fight against a charging team. However, the plan falls apart if the key ultimates are on cooldown or used poorly. A missed Ice Blast or a poorly timed Stampede from Centaur leaves both heroes without their biggest teamfight contributions. This reliance on long-cooldown spells and good execution is why the pairing offers a small advantage rather than a dominant one.
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 | 57.74% | 336 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.20% | 1,249 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.08% | 1,106 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.80% | 311 |
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 | 55.34% | ▲ +1.3pp | 8,784 |
| 7.41d | 54.06% | ▲ +1.9pp | 65,857 |
| 7.41c | 52.11% | ▲ +1.7pp | 21,647 |
| 7.41b | 50.37% | — | 21,452 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.