How Ancient Apparition and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Sven win 52.55% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,027 matches.
Setting up Cold Feet with a Storm Hammer can secure a kill, but the synergy mostly ends there. Sven is a physical damage carry, so he gets little benefit from Ancient Apparition's magic resistance reduction on Ice Vortex. The main positive interaction is Ice Blast stopping enemies from healing through Sven's God's Strength burst, with the shatter threshold helping to finish off targets. However, AA's kit doesn't solve Sven's core problem of being kited, nor does it provide the saves he often needs to stay in a fight.
As the game goes on, this pair often feels disconnected. Ancient Apparition wants to stay far in the backline, looking for a global ultimate, while Sven needs to be right in the enemy's face. If Sven finds a good initiation and can stay on his targets, Ice Blast is a decent follow-up. But if the enemy team can disengage, AA doesn't offer the kind of direct support, like a mobility spell, that helps his carry reconnect. Their success relies more on the other three heroes bridging their very different playstyles.
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 | 50.58% | 433 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.09% | 1,059 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.85% | 820 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.15% | 217 |
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 | 52.55% | ▲ +1.2pp | 7,027 |
| 7.41d | 51.32% | ▲ +0.5pp | 61,451 |
| 7.41c | 50.83% | ▲ +0.6pp | 18,447 |
| 7.41b | 50.27% | — | 20,126 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.