Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light wins the Dragon Knight vs Keeper of the Light matchup: Keeper of the Light beats Dragon Knight in 51.45% of 3,034 ranked matches.
Pushing towers with Dragon Knight can feel sluggish when Keeper of the Light is on the other team. KotL's Illuminate constantly shoves lanes out from a safe distance, which often means DK's pushes fizzle out before they even reach a tower. This slows his tempo and makes it harder to create space for his team. In fights, Blinding Light can repeatedly knock Dragon Knight back, preventing him from getting on top of key targets. While a good initiation with Dragon Tail can delete the frail Keeper of the Light, KotL's kit is fundamentally geared towards stalling the kind of straightforward gameplan that Dragon Knight wants to execute.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight'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 | Dragon Knight win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 48.36% | 244 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.31% | 531 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.14% | 365 |
| Divine & Immortal | 38.26% | 115 |
Dragon Knight'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 | Dragon Knight win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 48.55% | ▲ +0.0pp | 3,034 |
| 7.41d | 48.52% | ▼ -0.7pp | 34,721 |
| 7.41c | 49.21% | ▲ +2.0pp | 13,511 |
| 7.41b | 47.19% | — | 14,612 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight 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 Aug 17, 2026.