How Ancient Apparition and Lycan perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Lycan win 50.72% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,242 matches.
Pushing for early objectives can feel a bit smoother when a Lycan is paired with Ancient Apparition. The game plan often involves Lycan using Shapeshift to run down a key target, forcing a fight or a tower trade. AA can support these aggressive moves from anywhere on the map by landing an Ice Blast, which prevents the target from healing through the assault from Lycan and his wolves. This global assist makes tower dives more reliable. The dependency on this single interaction is high, however. Ancient Apparition is slow and struggles to keep up with Lycan's map-wide pressure, so if the ultimate is on cooldown or misses, the two heroes have very little coordinated impact.
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 | 50.00% | 172 |
| Legend & Ancient | 58.39% | 137 |
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 | 50.72% | ▲ +1.7pp | 1,242 |
| 7.41d | 49.03% | ▼ -1.4pp | 12,830 |
| 7.41c | 50.44% | ▼ -1.6pp | 6,540 |
| 7.41b | 52.02% | — | 5,596 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.