Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Keeper of the Light matchup: Grimstroke beats Keeper of the Light in 50.37% of 6,270 ranked matches.
Catching two heroes in Soulbind is a game-winning play, but Keeper of the Light has the perfect tool to ruin it. His Blinding Light will shove tethered heroes away from each other, instantly breaking the leash and fizzling any follow-up stuns. This can completely neutralize Grimstroke's biggest spell. On the other hand, Grimstroke is excellent at disrupting a backline Keeper. A well-placed Phantom's Embrace will stop an Illuminate channel cold, and an Ink Swell combo is often enough to get on top of the old man and lock him down before he can react.
The matchup becomes a duel of cooldowns and positioning. Keeper of the Light has to hold his Blinding Light specifically for Soulbind, which means he can't use it as freely for general repositioning or peeling. Grimstroke knows this and will often try to bait out the push or simply focus Keeper down first. If Grimstroke can get a silence onto Keeper before a big fight breaks out, his team has a much easier time. If Keeper saves his spell and splits the Soulbind, he can turn a disastrous fight into a win.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Grimstroke'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 | Grimstroke win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 46.82% | 299 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.02% | 837 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.34% | 835 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.94% | 405 |
Grimstroke'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 | Grimstroke win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.37% | ▼ -0.0pp | 6,270 |
| 7.41d | 50.41% | ▼ -0.0pp | 64,573 |
| 7.41c | 50.42% | ▲ +0.2pp | 22,021 |
| 7.41b | 50.18% | — | 19,835 |
Move this data into a draft
Grimstroke 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.