Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Keeper of the Light wins the Dark Willow vs Keeper of the Light matchup: Keeper of the Light beats Dark Willow in 51.02% of 15,697 ranked matches.
Trying to burst Keeper of the Light seems simple for a hero like Dark Willow, but it rarely works out cleanly. His Blinding Light is a direct answer to her aggression. As soon as she commits with Cursed Crown or Bramble Maze, he can push her away, disrupting her combo and making her miss follow-up attacks from Shadow Realm. Keeper can also channel Illuminate from far behind his team, forcing a squishy Dark Willow to respect his damage without ever letting her get into her own effective range. This gives him a consistent way to control the engagement from a safe distance.
During the laning phase, this means Keeper of the Light can often control the wave from afar and harass Dark Willow out. Later in teamfights, his job is to sit back and use Blinding Light to peel for whichever core Willow targets, disrupting her setup. Dark Willow's best bet is to play patiently, wait for Blinding Light to be used on someone else, or use Terrorize to scatter the fight before committing her combo. It's a constant positioning battle, but Keeper usually has the tools to dictate the terms.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow's win rate against Keeper of the Light in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Dark Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 45.24% | 168 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.22% | 513 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.07% | 619 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.48% | 299 |
Dark Willow's win rate against Keeper of the Light in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dark Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 48.98% | ▲ +0.7pp | 15,697 |
| 7.41e | 48.33% | ▲ +0.8pp | 60,853 |
| 7.41d | 47.53% | ▼ -0.9pp | 47,586 |
| 7.41c | 48.43% | — | 16,118 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow starts on Radiant and Keeper of the Light on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 4, 2026.