How Ancient Apparition and Lifestealer perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Lifestealer win 55.39% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,327 matches.
Getting caught by even one of Ancient Apparition's slows feels like a death sentence when a Lifestealer is on the map. The combined slows from Ice Vortex and Open Wounds make it nearly impossible to kite Lifestealer once he chooses a target. He can run them down with Rage active, ignoring any stuns or magical damage they throw back in desperation. For heroes that would normally try to sustain through his onslaught with lifesteal or healing, a well-timed Ice Blast from Ancient Apparition completely shuts that down. This duo can pick off key targets from the early game onwards, creating pressure across the entire map and making it dangerous to be isolated.
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 | 50.49% | 408 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.47% | 1,281 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.57% | 1,122 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.91% | 327 |
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 | 55.39% | ▲ +1.4pp | 1,327 |
| 7.41d | 54.01% | ▲ +1.9pp | 87,428 |
| 7.41c | 52.13% | ▼ -0.7pp | 45,527 |
| 7.41b | 52.86% | — | 55,120 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.