How Ancient Apparition and Terrorblade perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Terrorblade win 49.36% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,731 matches.
Pairing a global ultimate with a hard carry feels like it should work, but in practice, their abilities operate on different wavelengths. Ancient Apparition’s lockdown from Cold Feet is often too unreliable to protect a vulnerable Terrorblade in the laning stage. Later on, Ice Blast excels at stopping regeneration during drawn-out fights, but Terrorblade prefers to end targets quickly with overwhelming physical damage from Metamorphosis. Ice Vortex’s magic resistance reduction also offers nothing to Terrorblade. They rarely feel like they're helping each other directly, leading to a pairing that can feel disjointed and less effective than more specialized duos.
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 | 40.23% | 174 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.25% | 413 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.53% | 272 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.89% | 106 |
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 | 49.36% | ▲ +1.4pp | 2,731 |
| 7.41d | 47.92% | ▲ +0.6pp | 31,074 |
| 7.41c | 47.35% | ▼ -0.5pp | 13,461 |
| 7.41b | 47.82% | — | 13,527 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.