How Ancient Apparition and Kez perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Kez win 45.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 467 matches.
Protecting a melee carry like Kez requires reliable lockdown or defensive spells, and Ancient Apparition provides neither. When Kez dives into a fight, he is often left on his own, as AA lacks the stuns or saves needed to peel for him or keep him alive through enemy focus. The setup is also weak; Cold Feet is too slow and easily broken to reliably hold a target in place for a duelist to finish off. While Ice Blast is always a powerful spell for finishing low-health enemies and stopping healing, it does little to solve the fundamental problem of getting Kez onto a target and keeping him there safely.
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 | 51.05% | 143 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.78% | 395 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.63% | 354 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.42% | 119 |
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 | 45.82% | ▲ +0.6pp | 467 |
| 7.41d | 45.22% | ▼ -0.9pp | 36,813 |
| 7.41c | 46.07% | ▼ -0.7pp | 23,667 |
| 7.41b | 46.74% | — | 17,855 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.