How Ancient Apparition and Riki perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Riki win 55.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 524 matches.
Finding pickoffs to build a lead is the core of this partnership. Riki can initiate on a hero anywhere, and Ancient Apparition provides global backup with Ice Blast. This completely changes the math for Riki's target; they can't be saved by healing, and the shatter ensures even a sliver of health isn't enough to get away. For closer-range ganks, Riki's Smoke Screen creates an ideal kill zone, trapping enemies inside long enough for Ancient Apparition to land a Cold Feet stun or an empowering Ice Vortex.
This constant pressure forces the enemy team to play reactively and defensively. Heroes can't risk farming lanes alone, slowing down their item progression and forcing them to spend heavily on detection. If they try to group up earlier than they'd like, Riki provides the perfect scout to set up a multi-hero Ice Blast. The enemy is caught between needing to split up to find farm and needing to stick together to survive, giving your team control of the game's pace from very early on.
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 | 48.61% | 251 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.39% | 603 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.67% | 376 |
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 | 55.34% | ▲ +1.6pp | 524 |
| 7.41d | 53.73% | ▲ +0.2pp | 50,162 |
| 7.41c | 53.52% | ▲ +1.1pp | 25,020 |
| 7.41b | 52.40% | — | 24,548 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.