How Ancient Apparition and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Zeus win 51.66% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 15,160 matches.
Trying to escape a fight with low health becomes a serious problem against this pair. Ancient Apparition can launch an Ice Blast from anywhere, marking a target and completely shutting down any healing or regeneration they might have. Once that debuff is on, Zeus can use Thundergod's Wrath to finish the job from anywhere on the map as well. This global reach means that even a successful gank for the enemy can turn into a trade if someone gets low. The magic resistance reduction from Ice Vortex also gives a small but consistent boost to all of Zeus's damage output in teamfights.
This combination forces opponents to play more cautiously across the entire map. They can't afford to linger with low health after a fight or while farming, because a kill can come from the other side of the map with no warning. The main limitation is that both ultimates have long cooldowns, so the enemy gets windows to play aggressively. If Ancient Apparition misses his ultimate, the whole sequence falls apart. Still, the constant threat of that global takedown provides a definite edge in securing kills that would otherwise get away.
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 | 51.29% | 544 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.48% | 1,653 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.85% | 1,298 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.40% | 359 |
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 | 51.66% | ▼ -1.4pp | 15,160 |
| 7.41d | 53.03% | ▲ +1.0pp | 143,849 |
| 7.41c | 52.03% | ▲ +1.6pp | 52,669 |
| 7.41b | 50.40% | — | 48,064 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.