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Ancient Apparition

Support · Disabler · Nuker

Pro games

What pros buy

Most-bought items in each phase of recent professional games, from OpenDota. Consumables are left out after the start.

Starting items

  • Iron BranchIron Branch155×
  • TangoTango103×
  • Blood GrenadeBlood Grenade88×
  • Observer and Sentry WardsObserver and Sentry Wards76×
  • Faerie FireFaerie Fire62×
  • Sentry WardSentry Ward56×

Early game

  • Boots of SpeedBoots of Speed86×
  • Arcane BootsArcane Boots12×
  • Tranquil BootsTranquil Boots5×
  • Urn of ShadowsUrn of Shadows3×
  • Null TalismanNull Talisman2×
  • ChainmailChainmail1×

Mid game

  • Arcane BootsArcane Boots68×
  • Staff of WizardryStaff of Wizardry47×
  • Glimmer CapeGlimmer Cape26×
  • Aghanim's ShardAghanim's Shard25×
  • Vitality BoosterVitality Booster23×
  • Rod of AtosRod of Atos20×

Late game

  • Blink DaggerBlink Dagger21×
  • Glimmer CapeGlimmer Cape21×
  • Force StaffForce Staff16×
  • Mystic StaffMystic Staff14×
  • Scythe of VyseScythe of Vyse10×
  • Aeon DiskAeon Disk10×

Pro games

Matchups

Ancient Apparition's win rate against each hero in pro games. Only heroes with 25+ games count, and small samples are pulled toward 50% when ranking.

Ancient Apparition is strong against

Ancient Apparition struggles against

Benchmarks

What strong games look like

From recent public games on this hero: the typical game, and what the best 10% and best 1% of games reached.

StatTypicalTop 10%Top 1%
Gold per minute346444595
XP per minute5397921,033
Last hits per minute1.42.85.0
Hero damage per minute406608962
Tower damage2571,4904,194

Watch and learn

Recent pro games on Ancient Apparition

7–5 in the last 12. Open one for the scoreboard, items and graphs.