How Ancient Apparition and Legion Commander perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Legion Commander win 55.85% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,384 matches.
Winning a Duel becomes much simpler when the target can't regenerate health. Ancient Apparition's Ice Blast ensures that no amount of healing from enemy supports can save a target locked down by Legion Commander. The shatter kill threshold from the ultimate also means the Duel is almost always a win, even if Legion Commander can’t land the last hit herself. Before the ultimates are ready, a well-placed Cold Feet can be enough to hold an enemy in place, setting up an easy charge and a successful gank that might otherwise require a perfect Blink Dagger.
This combination comes online as soon as Legion Commander gets her initiation tool. The constant threat forces the enemy team to play grouped up, surrendering map control. Trying to split the map to farm is a death sentence, as an isolated hero caught by Duel and Ice Blast is a guaranteed kill and a permanent damage bonus for Legion Commander. The enemy is forced into a reactive posture, buying defensive items like Linken's Sphere or Aeon Disk and hoping they can survive the initial burst, while Ancient Apparition's team is free to dictate the game's tempo.
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 | 59.97% | 602 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.70% | 1,691 |
| Legend & Ancient | 55.69% | 1,203 |
| Divine & Immortal | 49.64% | 276 |
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 | 55.85% | ▲ +1.7pp | 1,384 |
| 7.41d | 54.14% | ▲ +0.1pp | 126,439 |
| 7.41c | 54.00% | ▲ +1.5pp | 59,830 |
| 7.41b | 52.49% | — | 64,766 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.