How Ancient Apparition and Dazzle perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Dazzle win 48.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,224 matches.
A greedy support duo can often leave a team struggling for farm, and this lineup can fall into that trap. Both Ancient Apparition and Dazzle need levels to be effective but lack ways to accelerate their own economy, which puts pressure on the cores to create space. There's also some friction in their kits during fights. Dazzle's main job is keeping an ally alive with Shallow Grave, but if that hero is also under the effect of Ice Blast, they can't be healed back up. This forces the saved ally to retreat or risk dying, often neutralizing the advantage the save was meant to create.
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 | 48.15% | 135 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.19% | 370 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.52% | 237 |
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 | 48.47% | ▼ -1.1pp | 2,224 |
| 7.41d | 49.55% | ▲ +1.2pp | 25,680 |
| 7.41c | 48.32% | ▼ -0.6pp | 9,872 |
| 7.41b | 48.96% | — | 10,442 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.