How Ancient Apparition and Night Stalker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Night Stalker win 53.66% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,277 matches.
Picking these two heroes together is a bet on converting aggression into confirmed kills. Ancient Apparition’s setup works well with Night Stalker's dive. A Cold Feet forces the target to move, while Night Stalker's Void makes it harder for them to escape the stun radius. The real connection, however, is Ice Blast. Night Stalker is built to dive deep and hunt someone down, and knowing that a global ultimate can prevent any healing and finish the job allows him to be much more aggressive without having to overcommit for the final blow.
The plan comes online during the first night cycle. Night Stalker looks for a pickoff, often with Dark Ascension, and Ancient Apparition provides the backup from anywhere on the map. The enemy team’s best response is to play defensively and stay grouped up, making it much riskier for Night Stalker to find an isolated target. If those initial ganks don't create a significant lead, the game can stabilize. The duo relies on Night Stalker successfully starting the fight, which isn't always guaranteed, keeping the advantage modest.
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 | 51.17% | 213 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.34% | 865 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.80% | 876 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.79% | 290 |
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 | 53.66% | ▲ +0.9pp | 6,277 |
| 7.41d | 52.77% | ▼ -0.5pp | 62,245 |
| 7.41c | 53.22% | ▲ +1.2pp | 26,964 |
| 7.41b | 51.97% | — | 28,469 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.