Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light wins the Keeper of the Light vs Primal Beast matchup: Keeper of the Light beats Primal Beast in 53.51% of 3,095 ranked matches.
Trying to run at your target as Primal Beast feels frustrating when a Keeper of the Light is on the enemy team. A well-timed Blinding Light can stop an Onslaught charge dead in its tracks, pushing you back and making your follow-up attacks miss completely. This single ability disrupts the core pattern Primal Beast wants to execute. Even outside of fights, the constant wave clear from Illuminate forces you to defend towers, limiting the time you have to roam the map and find pickoffs. Keeper of the Light just fundamentally makes it harder for Primal Beast to get his game going.
This dynamic forces the Primal Beast to play more deliberately. You either have to get a jump from the fog of war, or you need to wait for a Black King Bar to ignore KotL's disruption. The matchup becomes a game of positioning; Keeper of the Light wants to play from the maximum possible distance, while Primal Beast is constantly looking for a flank or a moment of distraction. If Primal Beast does manage to connect with a Pulverize, KotL dies instantly, which is why the advantage isn't absolute. But KotL usually has the tools to control the engagement.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Keeper of the Light's win rate against Primal Beast 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 | 60.20% | 201 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.19% | 430 |
| Legend & Ancient | 52.04% | 294 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.25% | 194 |
Keeper of the Light's win rate against Primal Beast 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 | 53.51% | ▲ +0.8pp | 3,095 |
| 7.41d | 52.68% | ▲ +0.5pp | 35,227 |
| 7.41c | 52.20% | ▲ +1.4pp | 14,787 |
| 7.41b | 50.76% | — | 17,015 |
Move this data into a draft
Keeper of the Light starts on Radiant and Primal Beast on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.