How Ancient Apparition and Dawnbreaker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Dawnbreaker win 52.84% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,898 matches.
Responding to a fight anywhere on the map gets easier when Dawnbreaker can join with Solar Guardian. Her arrival provides a clear signal for Ancient Apparition to land a follow-up Ice Blast. This combination makes it tough for opponents to turn fights around with healing or lifesteal, as they're often dealing with both Dawnbreaker's physical damage and the shatter threat. Even in lane, Cold Feet can help set up a stun from Starbreaker, creating some early pressure.
This duo pressures the entire map once they have their ultimates. The opposing team is forced to be more cautious about starting fights, knowing that even a small skirmish can be turned against them. Their main way to play around this is to try and burst a target before the combo fully lands or to play spread out, making it harder for them to take objectives together. The constant threat of this global combo gives your team a small but consistent edge in map control.
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 | 53.96% | 265 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.72% | 1,047 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.52% | 1,093 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.41% | 338 |
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 | 52.84% | ▲ +1.2pp | 7,898 |
| 7.41d | 51.65% | ▼ -0.7pp | 79,301 |
| 7.41c | 52.37% | ▲ +0.2pp | 39,519 |
| 7.41b | 52.15% | — | 35,792 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.