Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Keeper of the Light wins the Keeper of the Light vs Lina matchup: Keeper of the Light beats Lina in 51.87% of 49,294 ranked matches.
Trying to land a full combo on someone is the core of Lina's game plan, but Keeper of the Light has a great tool to stop it. A single cast of Blinding Light can knock Lina back, breaking her spell sequence and often saving the target she's trying to burst with Laguna Blade. This forces her to play around a basic ability that's always available. On top of that, KotL can constantly pressure her from the fog with Illuminate, softening up her team before she even gets a chance to go in. He can disrupt her entire plan without ever putting himself in much danger.
The matchup revolves around who gets the drop on whom. Lina needs to find pickoffs before Keeper of the Light can react, using items like a Blink Dagger to close the gap instantly. Once she gets a Black King Bar, his Blinding Light becomes useless against her, giving her a critical window to win fights. KotL’s goal is to keep his team grouped to enable his defensive saves. He wants to turn Lina's aggression back on her, forcing her to commit into a fight where she can’t secure an instant kill and is left exposed.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Keeper of the Light's win rate against Lina 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 | 52.23% | 649 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.87% | 1,775 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.27% | 1,830 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.22% | 713 |
Keeper of the Light's win rate against Lina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 51.87% | ▲ +0.9pp | 49,294 |
| 7.41e | 50.98% | ▼ -0.4pp | 208,151 |
| 7.41d | 51.36% | ▼ -1.5pp | 149,563 |
| 7.41c | 52.83% | — | 45,791 |
Move this data into a draft
Keeper of the Light starts on Radiant and Lina on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.