Ancient Apparition — Dota 2 hero

Ancient Apparition

IntelligenceRangedSupportDisablerNuker

Ancient Apparition Pro Match Statistics

45.2%Win Rate
2.1%Pick Rate
2.4%Ban Rate
+13.5% Trend

How to Counter Ancient Apparition in Dota 2

The best counters to Ancient Apparition in professional Dota 2 matches are Queen of Pain (20% win rate across 10 games), Pudge (25% win rate across 12 games), Tusk (25% win rate across 16 games). As a nuker, Ancient Apparition struggles against heroes with high magic resistance, spell immunity, or the ability to close distance before spells are cast. Picking Queen of Pain into Ancient Apparition provides the strongest statistical counter advantage in the current pro meta. Pudge is another reliable counter pick with a 25% win rate over 12 professional games. Conversely, Ancient Apparition performs best against Marci (70% win rate), so avoid picking Marci into Ancient Apparition when possible.

Heroes Ancient Apparition Is Worst Against

All heroes Ancient Apparition is worst against — full Dota 2 counter matchup data

Queen of Pain counters Ancient Apparition — 20% win rate in 10 professional Dota 2 matchesQueen of Pain10 games20%20%Pudge counters Ancient Apparition — 25% win rate in 12 professional Dota 2 matchesPudge12 games25%25%Tusk counters Ancient Apparition — 25% win rate in 16 professional Dota 2 matchesTusk16 games25%25%Centaur Warrunner counters Ancient Apparition — 27.3% win rate in 11 professional Dota 2 matchesCentaur Warrunner11 games27.3%27.3%Ursa counters Ancient Apparition — 30.8% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesUrsa13 games30.8%30.8%Warlock counters Ancient Apparition — 30.8% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesWarlock13 games30.8%30.8%Skywrath Mage counters Ancient Apparition — 33.3% win rate in 15 professional Dota 2 matchesSkywrath Mage15 games33.3%33.3%Treant Protector counters Ancient Apparition — 35.7% win rate in 14 professional Dota 2 matchesTreant Protector14 games35.7%35.7%Phoenix counters Ancient Apparition — 38.5% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesPhoenix13 games38.5%38.5%Underlord counters Ancient Apparition — 38.5% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesUnderlord13 games38.5%38.5%Largo counters Ancient Apparition — 38.5% win rate in 39 professional Dota 2 matchesLargo39 games38.5%38.5%Razor counters Ancient Apparition — 40% win rate in 25 professional Dota 2 matchesRazor25 games40%40%Weaver counters Ancient Apparition — 42.1% win rate in 19 professional Dota 2 matchesWeaver19 games42.1%42.1%Shadow Shaman counters Ancient Apparition — 42.9% win rate in 14 professional Dota 2 matchesShadow Shaman14 games42.9%42.9%Beastmaster counters Ancient Apparition — 42.9% win rate in 14 professional Dota 2 matchesBeastmaster14 games42.9%42.9%Windranger counters Ancient Apparition — 45.5% win rate in 11 professional Dota 2 matchesWindranger11 games45.5%45.5%Hoodwink counters Ancient Apparition — 46.2% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesHoodwink13 games46.2%46.2%Spirit Breaker counters Ancient Apparition — 46.2% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesSpirit Breaker13 games46.2%46.2%Storm Spirit counters Ancient Apparition — 46.2% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesStorm Spirit13 games46.2%46.2%Void Spirit counters Ancient Apparition — 46.7% win rate in 15 professional Dota 2 matchesVoid Spirit15 games46.7%46.7%Dazzle counters Ancient Apparition — 47.4% win rate in 19 professional Dota 2 matchesDazzle19 games47.4%47.4%Jakiro counters Ancient Apparition — 48% win rate in 25 professional Dota 2 matchesJakiro25 games48%48%Viper counters Ancient Apparition — 50% win rate in 10 professional Dota 2 matchesViper10 games50%50%Invoker counters Ancient Apparition — 50% win rate in 14 professional Dota 2 matchesInvoker14 games50%50%Puck counters Ancient Apparition — 53.3% win rate in 15 professional Dota 2 matchesPuck15 games53.3%53.3%Ring Master counters Ancient Apparition — 53.8% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesRing Master13 games53.8%53.8%Ember Spirit counters Ancient Apparition — 56.5% win rate in 23 professional Dota 2 matchesEmber Spirit23 games56.5%56.5%Ogre Magi counters Ancient Apparition — 60% win rate in 10 professional Dota 2 matchesOgre Magi10 games60%60%Shadow Fiend counters Ancient Apparition — 61.5% win rate in 13 professional Dota 2 matchesShadow Fiend13 games61.5%61.5%Snapfire counters Ancient Apparition — 63.6% win rate in 11 professional Dota 2 matchesSnapfire11 games63.6%63.6%Disruptor counters Ancient Apparition — 64.3% win rate in 14 professional Dota 2 matchesDisruptor14 games64.3%64.3%Mars counters Ancient Apparition — 64.7% win rate in 17 professional Dota 2 matchesMars17 games64.7%64.7%Tiny counters Ancient Apparition — 66.7% win rate in 18 professional Dota 2 matchesTiny18 games66.7%66.7%Marci counters Ancient Apparition — 70% win rate in 10 professional Dota 2 matchesMarci10 games70%70%

Ancient Apparition counter data: 34 hero matchups analyzed across 518 professional Dota 2 games. Win rates reflect how Ancient Apparition performs against each opponent in recent competitive matches.

Heroes Ancient Apparition Is Best Against

All heroes Ancient Apparition is best against — complete Dota 2 favorable matchup list

Ancient Apparition dominates Marci — 70% win rate across 10 pro Dota 2 gamesMarci10 games70%70%Ancient Apparition dominates Tiny — 66.7% win rate across 18 pro Dota 2 gamesTiny18 games66.7%66.7%Ancient Apparition dominates Mars — 64.7% win rate across 17 pro Dota 2 gamesMars17 games64.7%64.7%Ancient Apparition dominates Disruptor — 64.3% win rate across 14 pro Dota 2 gamesDisruptor14 games64.3%64.3%Ancient Apparition dominates Snapfire — 63.6% win rate across 11 pro Dota 2 gamesSnapfire11 games63.6%63.6%Ancient Apparition dominates Shadow Fiend — 61.5% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesShadow Fiend13 games61.5%61.5%Ancient Apparition dominates Ogre Magi — 60% win rate across 10 pro Dota 2 gamesOgre Magi10 games60%60%Ancient Apparition dominates Ember Spirit — 56.5% win rate across 23 pro Dota 2 gamesEmber Spirit23 games56.5%56.5%Ancient Apparition dominates Ring Master — 53.8% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesRing Master13 games53.8%53.8%Ancient Apparition dominates Puck — 53.3% win rate across 15 pro Dota 2 gamesPuck15 games53.3%53.3%Ancient Apparition dominates Invoker — 50% win rate across 14 pro Dota 2 gamesInvoker14 games50%50%Ancient Apparition dominates Viper — 50% win rate across 10 pro Dota 2 gamesViper10 games50%50%Ancient Apparition dominates Jakiro — 48% win rate across 25 pro Dota 2 gamesJakiro25 games48%48%Ancient Apparition dominates Dazzle — 47.4% win rate across 19 pro Dota 2 gamesDazzle19 games47.4%47.4%Ancient Apparition dominates Void Spirit — 46.7% win rate across 15 pro Dota 2 gamesVoid Spirit15 games46.7%46.7%Ancient Apparition dominates Storm Spirit — 46.2% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesStorm Spirit13 games46.2%46.2%Ancient Apparition dominates Spirit Breaker — 46.2% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesSpirit Breaker13 games46.2%46.2%Ancient Apparition dominates Hoodwink — 46.2% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesHoodwink13 games46.2%46.2%Ancient Apparition dominates Windranger — 45.5% win rate across 11 pro Dota 2 gamesWindranger11 games45.5%45.5%Ancient Apparition dominates Beastmaster — 42.9% win rate across 14 pro Dota 2 gamesBeastmaster14 games42.9%42.9%Ancient Apparition dominates Shadow Shaman — 42.9% win rate across 14 pro Dota 2 gamesShadow Shaman14 games42.9%42.9%Ancient Apparition dominates Weaver — 42.1% win rate across 19 pro Dota 2 gamesWeaver19 games42.1%42.1%Ancient Apparition dominates Razor — 40% win rate across 25 pro Dota 2 gamesRazor25 games40%40%Ancient Apparition dominates Largo — 38.5% win rate across 39 pro Dota 2 gamesLargo39 games38.5%38.5%Ancient Apparition dominates Underlord — 38.5% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesUnderlord13 games38.5%38.5%Ancient Apparition dominates Phoenix — 38.5% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesPhoenix13 games38.5%38.5%Ancient Apparition dominates Treant Protector — 35.7% win rate across 14 pro Dota 2 gamesTreant Protector14 games35.7%35.7%Ancient Apparition dominates Skywrath Mage — 33.3% win rate across 15 pro Dota 2 gamesSkywrath Mage15 games33.3%33.3%Ancient Apparition dominates Warlock — 30.8% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesWarlock13 games30.8%30.8%Ancient Apparition dominates Ursa — 30.8% win rate across 13 pro Dota 2 gamesUrsa13 games30.8%30.8%Ancient Apparition dominates Centaur Warrunner — 27.3% win rate across 11 pro Dota 2 gamesCentaur Warrunner11 games27.3%27.3%Ancient Apparition dominates Tusk — 25% win rate across 16 pro Dota 2 gamesTusk16 games25%25%Ancient Apparition dominates Pudge — 25% win rate across 12 pro Dota 2 gamesPudge12 games25%25%Ancient Apparition dominates Queen of Pain — 20% win rate across 10 pro Dota 2 gamesQueen of Pain10 games20%20%

Ancient Apparition favorable matchups: 34 heroes Ancient Apparition dominates, tracked from 518 professional games. Higher win rate indicates a stronger advantage for Ancient Apparition.