Pudge vs Ancient Apparition
It is close to even: Pudge wins 54.5% of 66 public games against Ancient Apparition, and the 95% interval (42.6% to 66.0%) includes 50%. The interval is wide, so treat this as a rough guide.
Is Pudge good against Ancient Apparition?
- Pudge win rate
- 54.5%
- +3.1 pp · No clear edge
- Difference from Pudge's overall win rate
- Games
- 66
- 95% interval
- 42.6–66.0%
- Range the true win rate is likely to be in
Patch 7.41Updated: Games: 66Not patch-specific
Details
Source: OpenDota public matches. These statistics are not filtered by patch; the patch shown is the latest one OpenDota lists. Patch released: . OpenDota's patch list has had no new entry for 195 days, so a newer game patch may already exist. How we calculate thisINTERPRETATION
- In 66 public games against Ancient Apparition, Pudge won 36 and lost 30 (54.5% win rate).
- That is 3.1 percentage points above Pudge's overall win rate of 51.4%.
- Ancient Apparition is the 85th most played opponent out of 126 heroes in this data.
How to play Pudge vs Ancient Apparition
ADVICE
- Ancient Apparition attacks from range: 675 against Pudge's 175. Expect harass, and hook when Ancient Apparition steps up to attack.
- Ancient Apparition is faster (285 movement speed against 280): hook from fog rather than chase.
- Ice Blast pierces spell immunity, so Black King Bar on Pudge does not stop it.
- Ice Vortex has Ancient Apparition's shortest base cooldown: 10 s at level 1. Expect it more often than the other abilities.
- Ice Blast has the longest base cooldown: 60 s at level 1. Once it is used, Ancient Apparition waits a while to use it again.
Pudge vs Ancient Apparition: base stats compared
Starting values at level 1 as listed by OpenDota, side by side.
| Attribute | Pudge | Ancient Apparition |
|---|---|---|
| Primary attribute | Strength | Intelligence |
| Attack type | Melee | Ranged |
| Roles | Disabler, Initiator, Durable, Nuker | Support, Disabler, Nuker |
| Base health | 120 | 120 |
| Base armor | 0 | -1 |
| Base magic resistance | 25% | 25% |
| Movement speed | 280 | 285 |
| Attack range | 175 | 675 |
| Base attack damage | 45–51 | 21–31 |
| Base attack time (s) | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Strength (level 1) | 25 | 20 |
| Agility (level 1) | 11 | 20 |
| Intelligence (level 1) | 16 | 23 |
Side by side
Base health120 Pudge120 Ancient Apparition
Base armor0 Pudge-1 Ancient Apparition
Base magic resistance25 Pudge25 Ancient Apparition
Movement speed280 Pudge285 Ancient Apparition
Attack range175 Pudge675 Ancient Apparition
Base attack time (s)1.7 Pudge1.7 Ancient Apparition
Strength (level 1)25 Pudge20 Ancient Apparition
Agility (level 1)11 Pudge20 Ancient Apparition
Intelligence (level 1)16 Pudge23 Ancient Apparition
DATA
- Ancient Apparition has 5 more base movement speed than Pudge (285 vs 280).
- Ancient Apparition has 500 more base attack range than Pudge (675 vs 175).
- Ancient Apparition has 1 less base armor than Pudge (-1 vs 0).
- Ancient Apparition and Pudge have the same base health (120).
- Ancient Apparition's listed roles are Support, Disabler and Nuker. Pudge shares Disabler and Nuker.
- Ancient Apparition is a ranged hero, Pudge is melee.
Ancient Apparition abilities: cooldowns, spell immunity and dispels
Ability facts as listed by OpenDota. Cooldown and mana values are shown per level.
| Ability | Type | Damage | Cooldown (s) | Mana | Pierces spell immunity | Dispellable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cold Feet | Unit Target | Magical | 15 / 13 / 11 / 9 | 110 / 115 / 120 / 125 | No | Yes |
 Ice Vortex | AOE / Point Target | Magical | 10 / 8 / 6 / 4 | 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 | No | No |
 Chilling Touch | Unit Target / Autocast / Attack Modifier | Magical | 12 / 9 / 6 / 3 | 35 | No | Yes |
| Bone Chill | Passive / Hidden | Magical | — | — | No | — |
 Ice Blast | Point Target / AOE | Magical | 60 / 50 / 40 | 175 | Yes | No |
| Release | Hidden / No Target | — | 1 | — | — | — |
How Ancient Apparition's abilities change with level
Cold Feet
Ice Vortex
Chilling Touch
Ice Blast
DATA
- 1 of 4 Ancient Apparition abilities with spell-immunity data pierce it: Ice Blast.
- Dispel data: Cold Feet (Yes), Ice Vortex (No), Chilling Touch (Yes), Ice Blast (No).
- Damage types among its abilities: Magical.
Pudge vs Ancient Apparition: questions and answers
What is Pudge's win rate against Ancient Apparition?
Pudge has won 36 and lost 30 of 66 games against Ancient Apparition (54.5%); his overall win rate is 51.4%.
Does Ancient Apparition counter Pudge?
Not clearly: 54.5% over 66 games is still within reach of an even matchup.
Which Ancient Apparition abilities go through BKB?
Ice Blast, according to the ability data.