How Ancient Apparition and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Storm Spirit win 49.39% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,856 matches.
The idea of setting up kills for Storm Spirit with Cold Feet seems good on paper, but it rarely works out. Storm wants to pull a target to himself with Electric Vortex to unload his damage. This pull immediately moves the enemy out of the Cold Feet circle, preventing the stun from ever happening. While Ancient Apparition’s Ice Vortex does offer some magic damage amplification, the two heroes often struggle to coordinate their main lockdown spells. This core conflict in their kits means they can't reliably chain their abilities together for easy kills, making their ganks much clunkier than expected.
As a result, their success together often feels disconnected. Storm Spirit has to find his own openings and can’t depend on Ancient Apparition for a clean setup. The one piece that does work well is Ice Blast. If Storm jumps a target and can’t quite finish the job, the global ultimate from AA can secure the kill from anywhere on the map and prevent the target from healing. This gives the duo some long-range finishing power, but their mid-game teamfighting and ganking lack the synergy to create a truly strong combination.
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 | 45.91% | 281 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.15% | 795 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.81% | 626 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.54% | 202 |
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 | 49.39% | ▼ -0.8pp | 5,856 |
| 7.41d | 50.23% | ▲ +0.3pp | 64,141 |
| 7.41c | 49.92% | ▲ +1.9pp | 28,587 |
| 7.41b | 47.97% | — | 25,815 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.