Question 1

Who counters Ancient Apparition?

Accepted Answer

Phantom Lancer (+3.1%), Outworld Destroyer (+2.9%), and Lone Druid (+2.5%) are the strongest against Ancient Apparition — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Ancient Apparition strong against?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Apparition does best against Leshrac (+5.0%), Necrophos (+4.3%), and Huskar (+4.2%).

Question 3

Who is Ancient Apparition stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Ancient Apparition are Largo (+3.4%), Earth Spirit (+3.1%), and Storm Spirit (+3.0%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Ancient Apparition?

Accepted Answer

“Position 5: Hard Support”: players usually start with Tango, Blood Grenade, Iron Branch ×2, Magic Stick, Sentry Ward, and Observer and Sentry Wards, pick Arcane Boots for boots, then build Aghanim's Shard (21 min), Rod of Atos (22 min), Glimmer Cape (24 min), and Eul's Scepter of Divinity (28 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Ancient Apparition?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+300 Chilling Touch Attack Range” (100%), at level 15 — “-2s Ice Vortex Cooldown” (100%), at level 20 — “+4s Ice Blast Frostbitten Duration” (73%), and at level 25 — “450 AoE Cold Feet” (60%).

Question 6

What position to play Ancient Apparition in?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Apparition is played most often as “Position 5: Hard Support” — 57% of its matches. Less often: Position 4: Support (37%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Phantom Lancer	+3.1%	55.2%	9,570
Outworld Destroyer	+2.9%	55.3%	9,555
Lone Druid	+2.5%	50.7%	2,125
Lycan	+2.4%	50.8%	960
Weaver	+2.4%	48.5%	3,949
Spectre	+2.4%	53.4%	9,172
Arc Warden	+2.2%	54.5%	3,098
Mirana	+2.1%	52.2%	9,781
Naga Siren	+2.1%	49.9%	785
Clinkz	+2.0%	51.5%	3,479
Vengeful Spirit	+1.8%	53.0%	7,991
Brewmaster	+1.7%	51.6%	1,805

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Leshrac	+5.0%	53.4%	1,407
Necrophos	+4.3%	54.8%	10,084
Huskar	+4.2%	59.6%	2,407
Dazzle	+4.0%	54.6%	3,729
Io	+3.8%	55.0%	2,960
Omniknight	+3.6%	53.5%	1,475
Bristleback	+3.2%	55.5%	4,423
Meepo	+2.9%	48.0%	927
Monkey King	+2.8%	58.2%	3,351
Largo	+2.7%	55.5%	1,002
Sand King	+2.7%	55.4%	2,563
Gyrocopter	+2.7%	57.0%	2,537

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Largo	+3.4%	53.0%	681
Earth Spirit	+3.1%	54.2%	2,534
Storm Spirit	+3.0%	51.0%	3,667
Puck	+2.6%	50.7%	1,815
Phantom Lancer	+2.4%	56.8%	9,506
Wraith King	+2.4%	58.6%	10,825
Shadow Shaman	+2.2%	55.2%	6,486
Centaur Warrunner	+2.1%	53.0%	5,435
Naga Siren	+1.9%	52.1%	848
Troll Warlord	+1.8%	55.2%	1,784
Meepo	+1.7%	58.8%	929
Marci	+1.6%	52.6%	2,521

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