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 Monkey King matchup: Keeper of the Light beats Monkey King in 53.96% of 13,956 ranked matches.
Picking Monkey King into the draft means hoping the enemy doesn't respond with Keeper of the Light. The entire matchup hinges on a few core interactions that heavily favor the Keeper. When Monkey King commits with Wukong's Command, he creates a perfect target for Blinding Light, which pushes him straight out of his own ultimate and renders it useless. The miss chance from that same spell also makes it incredibly difficult for Monkey King to build Jingu Mastery stacks, which neuters his damage output and sustain. Even outside of fights, Illuminate is a constant threat to the trees Monkey King needs for mobility with Tree Dance.
Across the game, this forces the Monkey King player into a very awkward position. He either needs to buy a Black King Bar much earlier than he'd like, or he has to try and burst the Keeper of the Light before a single spell comes out. Meanwhile, KOTL's team can play aggressively, knowing their support provides a reliable counter to the enemy's main teamfight spell. Fights become predictable; Monkey King looks for an opening, and Keeper of the Light waits to shut it down.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Keeper of the Light's win rate against Monkey King 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 | 57.89% | 171 |
| Crusader & Archon | 59.10% | 401 |
| Legend & Ancient | 61.03% | 349 |
| Divine & Immortal | 61.34% | 119 |
Keeper of the Light's win rate against Monkey King 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 | 53.96% | ▼ -0.6pp | 13,956 |
| 7.41e | 54.60% | ▼ -1.7pp | 44,267 |
| 7.41d | 56.29% | ▲ +0.0pp | 56,295 |
| 7.41c | 56.27% | — | 27,393 |
Move this data into a draft
Keeper of the Light starts on Radiant and Monkey King on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.