Question 1

Who counters Ancient Apparition?

Accepted Answer

Arc Warden (+4.2%), Lone Druid (+3.9%), and Tusk (+3.1%) 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 Huskar (+4.7%), Dazzle (+4.5%), and Necrophos (+4.4%).

Question 3

Who is Ancient Apparition stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Ancient Apparition are Earth Spirit (+4.7%), Storm Spirit (+4.2%), and Naga Siren (+3.8%): 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” — 54% of its matches. Less often: Position 4: Support (39%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Arc Warden	+4.2%	56.8%	1,179
Lone Druid	+3.9%	52.2%	707
Tusk	+3.1%	49.0%	1,126
Outworld Destroyer	+2.8%	54.4%	3,151
Phantom Lancer	+2.5%	53.7%	3,516
Mirana	+2.4%	52.5%	3,589
Weaver	+2.3%	48.2%	1,526
Naga Siren	+2.2%	48.8%	291
Pangolier	+2.1%	47.7%	566
Tinker	+2.0%	47.3%	1,060
Spectre	+1.9%	52.9%	3,489
Clinkz	+1.8%	50.8%	1,259

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Huskar	+4.7%	61.3%	945
Dazzle	+4.5%	56.4%	1,404
Necrophos	+4.4%	54.8%	4,380
Leshrac	+3.8%	52.1%	516
Winter Wyvern	+3.7%	56.5%	1,609
Abaddon	+3.5%	54.0%	867
Io	+3.4%	54.9%	980
Largo	+3.1%	56.8%	329
Bristleback	+3.0%	55.8%	2,121
Meepo	+2.7%	49.1%	371
Gyrocopter	+2.6%	56.7%	1,006
Primal Beast	+2.5%	55.3%	801

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Earth Spirit	+4.7%	55.7%	795
Storm Spirit	+4.2%	52.5%	1,341
Naga Siren	+3.8%	55.0%	353
Ember Spirit	+3.0%	53.3%	1,585
Largo	+2.9%	51.9%	233
Wraith King	+2.8%	59.7%	4,546
Meepo	+2.5%	59.6%	354
Shadow Shaman	+2.5%	55.7%	2,728
Phantom Lancer	+2.3%	56.4%	3,786
Enigma	+2.3%	54.6%	663
Brewmaster	+2.1%	54.3%	462
Medusa	+2.1%	53.9%	828

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