How Ancient Apparition and Chen perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
As teammates
Together 42.74%
Win rate when Ancient Apparition and Chen are on the same team, over 971 ranked matches (7.41f).
In Dota 2 7.41f, Ancient Apparition and Chen win 42.74% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 971 matches.
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
7.41f
42.74%
▼ -1.3pp
971
7.41e
44.05%
▲ +0.4pp
2,654
7.41d
43.64%
▲ +2.3pp
3,064
7.41c
41.30%
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2,230
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