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Dawnbreaker vs Keeper of the Light

Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.

Favored
Dawnbreaker 50.64%
Dawnbreaker50.64%
Keeper of the Light49.36%
Over 1,019 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Dawnbreaker wins the Dawnbreaker vs Keeper of the Light matchup: Dawnbreaker beats Keeper of the Light in 50.64% of 1,019 ranked matches.

How this matchup plays

Picking Keeper of the Light into a Dawnbreaker forces a game of space control. Keeper is excellent at keeping melee heroes at a distance. A well-timed Blinding Light can completely ruin Dawnbreaker's initiation, pushing her out of her own Solar Guardian landing or shoving her away from a target she's trying to lock down with her combo. This directly counters her game plan of committing hard to a fight. On the other hand, Dawnbreaker is designed to close gaps and burst fragile targets. If she ever gets on top of Keeper of the Light, he has no real escape and dies very quickly.

Throughout the game, Keeper will try to manage the map by constantly shoving lanes with Illuminate, forcing Dawnbreaker to react and limiting her freedom to make plays elsewhere. In teamfights, the outcome often depends on positioning. Keeper wants to stay far in the back, using his spells to protect his cores from Dawnbreaker's aggression. Dawnbreaker, meanwhile, is looking for that one opening to dive past the frontline and eliminate Keeper before he can disrupt her team's entire engagement. It’s a true tug-of-war that can go either way.

Dawnbreaker vs Keeper of the Light by rank

How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dawnbreaker'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.

RankDawnbreaker win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian51.67%269
Crusader & Archon49.89%876
Legend & Ancient50.17%897
Divine & Immortal46.54%492

Dawnbreaker vs Keeper of the Light across patches

Dawnbreaker'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.

PatchDawnbreaker win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 50.64%▲ +1.1pp1,019
7.41d 49.52%▼ -0.6pp74,427
7.41c 50.08%▼ -0.8pp38,158
7.41b 50.90%31,633

Move this data into a draft

Put Dawnbreaker against Keeper of the Light

Dawnbreaker 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.

Radiant4 open
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Dire4 open
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Frequently asked questions

Does Dawnbreaker counter Keeper of the Light?
Dawnbreaker wins 50.64% of ranked matches against Keeper of the Light in Dota 2 7.41e (1,019 matches) — the matchup favors Dawnbreaker.
Does Keeper of the Light counter Dawnbreaker?
Keeper of the Light wins 49.36% of ranked matches against Dawnbreaker in Dota 2 7.41e (1,019 matches) — the matchup favors Dawnbreaker.
How many matches back the Dawnbreaker vs Keeper of the Light win rate?
1,019 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 11, 2026.