Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sniper wins the Keeper of the Light vs Sniper matchup: Sniper beats Keeper of the Light in 51.74% of 17,322 ranked matches.
Trying to siege a tower as Sniper can be a real headache against Keeper of the Light. A fully charged Illuminate from the trees will constantly force you to reposition or take massive damage, completely disrupting your setup. If anyone on your team manages to jump on Sniper, a well-timed Blinding Light can push them off and make him miss crucial attacks, buying time for an escape. This creates a long-range standoff that neither hero easily wins.
The matchup often comes down to which team controls vision. If Sniper's team can secure deep wards, they can spot Keeper of the Light trying to channel and cancel it. Shrapnel is great for this, providing vision and a slow to make catching him easier. A caught Keeper of the Light dies almost instantly to Sniper's focus fire and can be finished by Assassinate if he tries to recall. Both heroes are fragile and rely on staying at extreme range, so the one who gets caught out of position first usually loses.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Keeper of the Light's win rate against Sniper 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 | 46.66% | 1,301 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.30% | 2,740 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.96% | 1,876 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.58% | 491 |
Keeper of the Light's win rate against Sniper 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 | 48.26% | ▼ -0.6pp | 17,322 |
| 7.41d | 48.88% | ▲ +0.4pp | 197,865 |
| 7.41c | 48.52% | ▼ -1.4pp | 73,678 |
| 7.41b | 49.94% | — | 67,898 |
Move this data into a draft
Keeper of the Light starts on Radiant and Sniper on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.