How Ancient Apparition and Chen perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 37.50%
Win rate when Ancient Apparition and Chen are on the same team, over 24 ranked matches (7.41e).
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Chen win 37.50% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 24 matches.
Small sample: this pairing has only 24 ranked matches in the current window, so its win rate will swing more than deep-sample pairings as new games come in.
Why this works
Trying to build early momentum with this duo often feels like pulling the team in two directions. Chen wants to group with his converted creeps and pressure objectives right away, snowballing the early game into map control. Ancient Apparition plays a much slower game, needing levels for Ice Blast to become a global threat and preferring to cast from a safe distance. This clash in tempo means that when Chen is ready to go, AA is often still focused on his own timings. You don’t see this pair together very often, so how it plays out can be unpredictable.
Ancient Apparition + Chen across patches
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 early
37.50%
▼ -6.0pp
24
7.41d
43.54%
▲ +2.2pp
2,747
7.41c
41.30%
▼ -2.0pp
2,230
7.41b
43.25%
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2,148
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Do Ancient Apparition and Chen work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Ancient Apparition and Chen win 37.50% of ranked matches in patch 7.41e (24 matches) — below the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Ancient Apparition + Chen number?
24 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily. This pairing is below our 100-match deep-sample bar, so expect the number to swing more than usual.