How Ancient Apparition and Marci perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Marci win 52.69% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,978 matches.
Setting up Ice Blast for Marci's Unleash seems like a clear plan, preventing enemies from healing through her rapid attacks. The difficulty lies in the setup. Marci's initiation with Dispose and Rebound often repositions targets in ways that are hard for Ancient Apparition to predict, making it difficult to land Cold Feet or the initial Ice Blast impact. AA excels when targets are locked down or grouped, but Marci’s brawling style is chaotic, throwing enemies around the fight. This means that while both heroes want to play aggressively, their spells can work at cross-purposes. The result is a lane and mid-game that can feel disconnected, relying on independent plays rather than clean teamwork.
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 | 44.86% | 185 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.81% | 381 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.29% | 350 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.67% | 105 |
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 | 52.69% | ▲ +2.4pp | 2,978 |
| 7.41d | 50.28% | ▲ +1.2pp | 29,816 |
| 7.41c | 49.10% | ▲ +1.7pp | 12,886 |
| 7.41b | 47.43% | — | 14,635 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.