How Ancient Apparition and Faceless Void perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Faceless Void win 52.05% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,814 matches.
Landing a big Chronosphere gives Ancient Apparition a perfect window to fire an Ice Blast into the frozen enemies. Trapped heroes can’t dodge the projectile, and more importantly, they can’t be saved. Any attempt by an allied support to heal a core caught by Faceless Void will be completely nullified by the Ice Blast debuff. This ensures that the focused damage inside the Chronosphere is lethal, often leading to a shatter kill on a key target who might have otherwise escaped with a sliver of health. The setup is straightforward and effective at turning Void's control into confirmed kills.
This combination is heavily reliant on coordinating two long-cooldown ultimates. When both are available, the duo can dictate the outcome of a major teamfight. When one or both are down, the heroes offer little direct synergy, as Ancient Apparition is a squishy backliner while Faceless Void is a mobile initiator. Winning with this pairing means surviving the early game, communicating cooldowns, and executing the combo to secure critical objectives. Opponents will try to exploit the downtime between these ultimates, forcing fights or splitting the map to avoid the devastating setup.
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 | 51.45% | 484 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.43% | 1,592 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.70% | 1,195 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.99% | 332 |
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 | 52.05% | ▲ +0.2pp | 10,814 |
| 7.41d | 51.80% | ▼ -1.0pp | 126,056 |
| 7.41c | 52.83% | ▲ +1.5pp | 69,128 |
| 7.41b | 51.37% | — | 56,896 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.