How Ancient Apparition and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Ancient Apparition and Shadow Demon win 46.42% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,841 matches.
Struggling for farm and map presence is common with this pairing. Both Ancient Apparition and Shadow Demon are unusually dependent on levels for supports, needing their ultimates to be truly effective. This creates a resource drain on the team from the start. The bigger issue is their conflicting abilities. Shadow Demon's Disruption can accidentally save an enemy that Ancient Apparition has targeted with Ice Blast, making them invulnerable and helping them avoid the shatter. They also offer a lot of conditional setup but lack a single, reliable stun between them, leaving lanes feeling fragile and making it hard to secure kills.
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 | 47.62% | 105 |
| Legend & Ancient | 37.86% | 103 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 46.42% | ▲ +1.3pp | 3,841 |
| 7.41e | 45.17% | ▲ +0.0pp | 12,512 |
| 7.41d | 45.16% | ▼ -0.7pp | 13,015 |
| 7.41c | 45.83% | — | 5,623 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.