Ancient Apparition — Dota 2 hero guide

Ancient Apparition is a ranged Intelligence hero played as Support, Disabler, Nuker.

Abilities

• Cold Feet: 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.
• Ice Vortex: Creates a vortex of icy energy that slows, deals damage, and increases magic damage done to enemies in its range.
• Chilling Touch: Enhances Ancient Apparition's attack with increased range and a burst of magical damage and slow.
• Bone Chill: 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: 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.
• Release: Releases the ice blast to explode at the tracer's current location. Can be cast while silenced.

Lore

Kaldr, the Ancient Apparition, is an image projected from outside time. He springs from the cold, infinite void that both predates the universe and awaits its end. Kaldr is, Kaldr was, Kaldr shall be...and what we perceive, powerful as it appears to us, is but the faintest faded echo of the true, eternal Kaldr. Some believe that as the cosmos ages and approaches its final moments, the brightness and power of Kaldr will also intensify--that the Ancient Apparition will grow younger and stronger as eternity's end draws nigh. His grip of ice will bring all matter to a stop, his image will cast a light too terrible to behold. An Apparition no longer!

Hardest counters

Heroes with the best public-match win rate against Ancient Apparition: Leshrac, Spirit Breaker, Tusk, Clinkz, Primal Beast. See the full counter list.