How Ancient Apparition and Disruptor perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Disruptor win 50.62% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,684 matches.
Having both of these heroes on one team can create a greedy support lineup that struggles to establish early map control. Both supports need levels and prefer to play from the back line, which can result in a fragile team that gives up space and objectives. Neither Ancient Apparition nor Disruptor is a durable hero who can stand in front or create pressure by threatening physical damage. This means your cores might lack a strong frontliner to play around, making it harder to secure runes, contest stacks, or survive ganks during the laning stage.
The spell combination, while powerful on paper, often proves redundant in practice. A well-placed Kinetic Field and Static Storm from Disruptor is usually more than enough to kill a caught hero. Following that up with an Ice Blast is often overkill, whereas another support might have offered a save for an ally or a different form of crowd control to handle a second threat. For this duo to work well, the Disruptor needs to catch multiple heroes, allowing the Ancient Apparition to land a fight-winning ultimate. Otherwise, you're using two big spells to solve a one-hero problem.
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 | 46.54% | 159 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.65% | 538 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.45% | 485 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.29% | 109 |
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 | 50.62% | ▲ +1.4pp | 3,684 |
| 7.41d | 49.17% | ▲ +1.1pp | 38,260 |
| 7.41c | 48.04% | ▲ +0.6pp | 15,148 |
| 7.41b | 47.45% | — | 16,401 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.