Ancient Apparition is a ranged intelligence hero that is usually played as a support. He has a good slow with his Ice Vortex, while he can force enemy's to behave differently with his Cold Feet. He can buff up his allies with Chilling Touch. With his Ice Blast, he can assist a teamfight from anywhere on the map, frostbiting enemies until they shatter.
Abilities
Cold Feet
![](http://cdn.wikimg.net/en/strategywiki/images/a/a1/Dota_2_aa_cold_feet.png)
- Ability: Target Unit
- Affects: Enemy Heroes
- Damage Type: Magical
- Damage Over Time: 37.5 / 50 / 62.5 / 75
- Break Distance: 740
- Stun Duration: 1.25 / 2 / 2.75 / 3.5
- Mana Cost: 150
- Cooldown: 15 / 13 / 11 / 9
Cold Feet places a debuff on the targeted enemy unit, which does damage over time. The debuff will be dispelled by moving a certain distance from the initial cast spot, but if the target doesn't move away after 4 seconds they will be stunned. While any decent enemy will try to get out of the debuff range before they get stunned, you can force them to move away from their current spot, which can be useful for harassment or to scare off powerful threats during teamfights. If they don't move away, you will likely get a kill if you have teammates with you.
Ice Vortex
![](http://cdn.wikimg.net/en/strategywiki/images/9/9f/Dota_2_aa_ice_vortex.png)
- Ability: Target Point
- Radius: 275
- Slow: 18% / 22% / 26% / 30%
- Decrease Resist: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
- Mana Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
- Cooldown: 6
Ice Vortex chills the targeted area for 12 seconds. Enemies entering the vortexed area will be slowed as well as have their magic resistance reduced. Since the cooldown is only 6 seconds while its duration is 12, you can always have 2 vortexed areas at the same time. It synergises really well with Cold Feet, since it slows enemies down, preventing them from dispeling the debuff.
Chilling Touch
![](http://cdn.wikimg.net/en/strategywiki/images/9/96/Dota_2_aa_chilling_touch.png)
- Ability: Target Point
- Damage Type: Magical
- Radius: 450
- Max Attacks: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
- Damage: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70
- Attack Speed: 15%
- Mana Cost: 140
- Cooldown: 50 / 46 / 42 / 38
Ice Blast
![](http://cdn.wikimg.net/en/strategywiki/images/6/66/Dota_2_aa_ice_blast.png)
- Ability: Target Point
- Damage Type: Magical
- Damage: 250 / 350 / 450
- Frostbite Duration: 8 / 9 / 10
- Frostbite Damage: 12.5 / 20 / 32
- Hitpoints For Kill: 10% / 11% / 12%
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