Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lifestealer wins the Keeper of the Light vs Lifestealer matchup: Lifestealer beats Keeper of the Light in 53.50% of 1,213 ranked matches.
Picking Keeper of the Light means you have to hope the enemy carry isn't Lifestealer. So much of what Keeper does to control a fight is made irrelevant by Rage. It lets Lifestealer ignore the slow and break from Solar Bind, walk through a Blinding Light pushback, and generally run at any target he pleases without fear of being stopped. This puts all the pressure on Keeper's teammates to handle the Lifestealer. While Keeper of the Light can still offer his team mana and reposition allies with Recall, he loses his primary tools for kiting and peeling for his own cores, leaving him at a distinct disadvantage when trying to control the game's most important target.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Keeper of the Light's win rate against Lifestealer 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 | Keeper of the Light win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.96% | 417 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.16% | 1,170 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.54% | 1,079 |
| Divine & Immortal | 50.66% | 454 |
Keeper of the Light's win rate against Lifestealer in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Keeper of the Light win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.50% | ▼ -1.6pp | 1,213 |
| 7.41d | 48.11% | ▼ -0.6pp | 81,017 |
| 7.41c | 48.68% | ▲ +0.8pp | 35,617 |
| 7.41b | 47.91% | — | 41,505 |
Move this data into a draft
Keeper of the Light starts on Radiant and Lifestealer on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.