How Ancient Apparition and Winter Wyvern perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Winter Wyvern win 52.44% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,319 matches.
Picking these two supports together often hinges on the dream of a big ultimate combo. While Winter's Curse provides a long, stationary setup for an Ice Blast, the reality is often clumsy. The primary target of Winter's Curse is immune to damage from Winter Wyvern's allies, meaning the initial impact from Ancient Apparition's ultimate is completely nullified. You can still hit the other heroes forced to attack, but you lose the burst on the one you're trying to kill. This forces a difficult choice between using one spell or the other, or attempting a perfect timing that rarely works out, leading to very inconsistent teamfight results.
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 | 47.48% | 139 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.86% | 347 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.42% | 248 |
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 | 52.44% | ▲ +3.4pp | 2,319 |
| 7.41d | 49.06% | ▼ -0.8pp | 25,551 |
| 7.41c | 49.86% | ▲ +1.1pp | 11,754 |
| 7.41b | 48.75% | — | 12,003 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.