How Ancient Apparition and Gyrocopter perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Gyrocopter win 44.73% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 237 matches.
Pairing a global ultimate with a hero that hits the whole enemy team seems logical, but it rarely plays out that way. The issue is that Gyrocopter and Ancient Apparition both lack the hard lockdown needed to make their spells connect reliably. Gyrocopter's damage from Flak Cannon is spread out, making it hard to focus one target down low enough for Ice Blast to shatter them. Meanwhile, Ancient Apparition's Cold Feet is easily broken without a teammate's stun to hold the enemy in place. The duo offers a lot of area damage but has no way to guarantee it lands, leaving opponents free to split up or focus down the fragile Gyrocopter.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 37.46% | 283 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.95% | 223 |
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 | 44.73% | ▲ +1.6pp | 237 |
| 7.41d | 43.12% | ▼ -1.3pp | 24,371 |
| 7.41c | 44.44% | ▲ +0.2pp | 10,850 |
| 7.41b | 44.25% | — | 13,233 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.