Ancient Apparition
Patch 7.41e31.07.2026+0.76 (0.76)
Abilities
Ice Blast
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 60/50/40s to 50/45/40s-17%-10%0%
Patch 7.41d05.06.2026+1.26 (1.26)
Abilities
Cold Feet
- BUFFDamage per second increased from 20/40/60/80 to 25/45/65/85+25%+12%+8%+6%
Chilling Touch
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 12/9/6/3s to 10/7.5/5/2.5s-17%
- BUFFDamage increased from 30/60/90/120 to 35/65/95/125+17%+8%+6%+4%
Patch 7.41c06.05.2026+1.96 (1.96)
Abilities
Ice Blast
- BUFFPath Radius increased from 275 to 300+9%
- BUFFBase Area of Effect Radius increased from 275 to 300+9%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 20: Chilling Touch Damage increased from +80 to +100+25%
Patch 7.41b07.04.2026+2.79 (2.79)
Abilities
Bone Chill
- BUFFAghanim's Scepter Strength Reduction bonus increased from 0.3 to 0.8+167%
Patch 7.41a27.03.2026+2.29 (2.29)
Abilities
Bone Chill
- BUFFBase Strength Reduction increased from 0.1 to 0.2+100%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+3.35 (5.82)
Abilities
Death Rime→Bone Chill
- NEWNew innate ability.
Passive
Ancient Apparition's abilities apply frost stacks that deal 10 damage per second and 2% movement slow for each stack on the enemy.
Damage per second
10
Movement slow per stack
2%
Passive – scales with level
When Ancient Apparition deals magic damage with his abilities, affected enemies are chilled for 4s, reducing their movement speed by 2% per stack. Each instance stacks and has independent duration.
If the target is an enemy hero, the debuff also reduces their Strength by 0.1 + 0.1 per 3 levels.
| L1 | L3 | L6 | L9 | L12 | L15 | L18 | L21 | L24 | L27 | L30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| value | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 1.10 |
Increases Base Strength Reduction by 0.3.
Chill duration
4s
Movement slow per stack
2%
Base Strength reduction
0.1
Levels per interval
3
Base Strength reduction increase (Scepter)
+0.3
Cold Feet
- NEWNow deals 20/40/60/80 damage per second
Ice Vortex
- NEWNow deals 10/20/30/40 damage per second
- NEWNow slows movement by 8%
Chilling Touch
- BUFFMana Cost decreased from 45/50/55/60 to 35-22%-30%-36%-42%
- DELAghanim's Scepter no longer reduces mana cost
Ice Blast
- NEWNow deals 12/24/36 damage per second
Talents
- SWAPLevel 10 Talent: +2 Cold Feet Death Rime Stacks replaced with +30 Cold Feet Damage Per Second
- SWAPLevel 25 Talent: +50% Death Rime Slow/Damage replaced with 450 AoE Cold Feet
- NERFLevel 15 Talent: Cold Feet Break Distance decreased from +300 to +250-17%
Patch 7.3922.05.2025-2.98 (2.98)
Abilities
Ice Vortex
- NERFCast Range decreased from 1500 to 1200-20%
- NERFRadius decreased from 300 to 275-8%
Ice Blast
- NERFAghanim's Shard Cold Feet stun duration decreased from 60% to 50%-17%
Talents
- NERFLevel 20 Talent: Ice Blast Frostbitten Duration decreased from +5s to +4s-20%
Patch 7.38c27.03.2025-1.71 (1.71)
Abilities
Ice Vortex
- NERFMana Cost increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/55/70/850%+10%+17%+21%
Chilling Touch
- NERFAttack Range Bonus decreased from 80/120/160/200 to 60/90/120/150-25%
Patch 7.38b06.03.2025-0.45 (0.45)
GENERAL
- NERFAgility gain decreased from 2.2 to 2.0-9%
Patch 7.3819.02.2025+0.89 (4.43)
Abilities
Cold Feet
- BUFFStun Duration rescaled from 1.9/2.2/2.5/2.8s to 1.8/2.2/2.6/3s-5%0%+4%+7%
- DELBreak Distance is no longer affected by AoE bonuses
Chilling Touch
- BUFFDeath Rime Stacks increased from 1 to 2+100%
- NERFAttack Range Bonus rescaled from 60/120/180/240 to 80/120/160/200+33%0%-11%-17%
- NERFDeath Rime duration decreased from 4s to 3s-25%
- NERFAghanim's Scepter Mana Cost reduction decreased from 50% to 40%-20%
Ice Blast
- NEWRelease sub-ability can now be cast while silenced
- QoLFrostbitten heroes will now have a visual indicator on their overhead health bar showing where the shatter threshold is. The indicator is visible to everyone
Patch 7.37c28.08.2024+1.45 (1.45)
Abilities
Ice Blast
- BUFFFrostbitten Duration increased from 10s to 10/11/12s0%+10%+20%
Patch 7.37b14.08.2024+0.63 (0.63)
Abilities
Death Rime
- BUFFMovement Slow per stack increased from 1.5% to 2.0%+33%