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Ancient Apparition

Ancient Apparition: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Disabler, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 51.2% win rate in pubs and a 7.7% pick rate.

Able to launch a powerful blast of damaging ice across the battlefield, Ancient Apparition threatens to shatter weakened enemies wherever they are. Slowing enemies as he enhances his allies' effectiveness in battle, he is a constant threat to his foes.

Rangedposition 5 (hard support)DisablerNuker
51.2%Win rate · all pubs
7.7%picked in 1 of 13 games
52.6%Turbo · 187,021 games
Complexity: medium

Abilities

patch 7.41f · Valve
Cold Feet

Cold Feet

на цель

Places a curse on an enemy, dealing damage over time. If the enemy unit doesn't move outside of the given range from the initial location, it will be stunned and frozen in place after 4 seconds.

Pros max it by level 10

Ice Vortex

Ice Vortex

по области, на точку

Creates a vortex of icy energy that slows, deals damage, and increases magic damage done to enemies in its range.

Pros max it by level 7

Chilling Touch

Chilling Touch

на цель, автоприменение, Attack Modifier

Enhances Ancient Apparition's attack with increased range and a burst of magical damage and slow.

Pros max it by level 15

Bone Chill

Bone Chill

пассивная · innate

When Ancient Apparition deals Magic damage to an enemy with his abilities, it is slowed for a short duration. If the target is a Hero, its Strength is also reduced. Multiple instances of this effect stack and have independent durations.

Ice Blast

Ice Blast

на точку, по области

Launches a tracer toward any location on the battlefield, which must be triggered again to mark the area to be blasted by a damaging explosion of hail. The further the tracer travels, the larger the explosion will be. Enemies caught in the explosion, or who touch the icy ball of hail as it travels, are Frostbitten, taking damage over time and prevented from regenerating or healing. If a Frostbitten unit's health drops below a certain percentage, they will instantly shatter.

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter

Upgrades Bone Chill.

Increases Base Strength Reduction by 0.8.

Aghanim's Shard

Upgrades Ice Blast.

Freezes enemies hit with the current level of Cold Feet for 50% of the duration.

Talents

450 AoE Cold FeetLvl 25+4% Ice Blast Kill Threshold
+4s Ice Blast Frostbitten DurationLvl 20+100 Chilling Touch Damage
-2s Ice Vortex CooldownLvl 15+250 Cold Feet Break Distance
+300 Chilling Touch Attack RangeLvl 10+30 Cold Feet Damage Per Second
AI coach

A review of your Ancient Apparition game

Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.

  • Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
  • Your pace against the Ancient Apparition benchmark: 355 GPM for an average player, 435 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Arcane Boots by minute 13, and the coach shows where you lose time.
  • Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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