How Ancient Apparition and Troll Warlord perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Troll Warlord win 52.79% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,830 matches.
Assuming you can heal through Troll Warlord’s onslaught is a common mistake. Adding an Ancient Apparition to the team makes that mistake fatal. Ice Blast completely shuts down any healing or lifesteal the target relies on, which often guarantees that Troll's aggression with Battle Trance secures a kill. Outside of that ultimate combination, their kits don't have a lot of specific overlap. Ancient Apparition provides some slows that can help Troll stick to a target, but their timings and positioning are so different that they mostly operate independently. This makes the combination helpful, but not something you need to build an entire draft around.
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 | 56.38% | 188 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.54% | 431 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.04% | 241 |
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 | 52.79% | ▲ +0.4pp | 2,830 |
| 7.41d | 52.39% | ▼ -0.0pp | 29,587 |
| 7.41c | 52.42% | ▲ +1.9pp | 12,881 |
| 7.41b | 50.52% | — | 12,521 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.