Question 1

Who counters Ancient Apparition?

Accepted Answer

Outworld Destroyer (+3.3%), Phantom Lancer (+2.9%), and Enigma (+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 (+6.4%), Necrophos (+5.1%), and Dazzle (+4.4%).

Question 3

Who is Ancient Apparition stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Ancient Apparition are Puck (+4.4%), Largo (+4.0%), and Primal Beast (+3.4%): 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” — 60% of its matches. Less often: Position 4: Support (35%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Outworld Destroyer	+3.3%	56.7%	4,430
Phantom Lancer	+2.9%	55.8%	4,017
Enigma	+2.5%	53.8%	912
Riki	+2.5%	54.8%	1,830
Lone Druid	+2.5%	50.8%	953
Lycan	+2.3%	50.8%	392
Crystal Maiden	+2.2%	52.4%	4,225
Spectre	+2.1%	53.2%	3,971
Vengeful Spirit	+2.1%	53.4%	3,324
Weaver	+2.0%	48.2%	1,562
Templar Assassin	+2.0%	47.6%	1,602
Clinkz	+1.9%	52.0%	1,359

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Leshrac	+6.4%	55.7%	542
Necrophos	+5.1%	55.5%	3,738
Dazzle	+4.4%	53.8%	1,482
Io	+4.4%	55.8%	1,244
Sand King	+4.1%	57.3%	971
Omniknight	+3.6%	52.8%	587
Meepo	+3.5%	48.1%	349
Bristleback	+3.3%	56.7%	1,104
Clockwerk	+3.3%	57.9%	971
Monkey King	+3.1%	58.4%	1,309
Largo	+2.8%	55.7%	422
Muerta	+2.8%	56.4%	619

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Puck	+4.4%	52.9%	785
Largo	+4.0%	53.7%	283
Primal Beast	+3.4%	54.1%	913
Bristleback	+3.3%	52.3%	1,428
Earth Spirit	+3.0%	54.0%	1,135
Storm Spirit	+2.6%	50.0%	1,598
Centaur Warrunner	+2.6%	53.1%	2,347
Dark Seer	+2.4%	53.2%	1,452
Wraith King	+2.4%	58.0%	4,413
Riki	+2.3%	56.4%	1,429
Meepo	+2.2%	60.3%	378
Marci	+2.1%	53.3%	1,012

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