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 Templar Assassin matchup: Keeper of the Light beats Templar Assassin in 56.14% of 513 ranked matches.
A lot of players assume this matchup is about landing a massive Illuminate on Templar Assassin, but her Refraction handles single big hits perfectly. The real problem for TA is the constant pressure and disruption. Keeper of the Light doesn't need to land his nuke; he just needs to channel it from the trees to force her out of position, ruining her laning. The bigger issue is Blinding Light. When Templar Assassin blinks in for a kill, the knockback and massive miss chance from that spell can completely nullify her physical burst, wasting her Meld strike and letting her target get away.
This dynamic makes the entire game difficult for Templar Assassin. Her early game is spent dodging spells instead of controlling the lane, and her mid-game kill potential is severely hampered by KotL’s presence. She wants to find an opening to delete a hero, but Keeper of the Light acts as a powerful defensive tool against that exact playstyle. TA is forced to either try and kill KotL first—which is tricky with his positioning—or hunt for targets on the other side of the map, away from the protection of his light.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Keeper of the Light's win rate against Templar Assassin 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 | 56.08% | 255 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.85% | 533 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.23% | 392 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.72% | 184 |
Keeper of the Light's win rate against Templar Assassin 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 | 56.14% | ▲ +3.3pp | 513 |
| 7.41d | 52.83% | ▲ +0.2pp | 40,981 |
| 7.41c | 52.60% | ▼ -1.3pp | 15,765 |
| 7.41b | 53.92% | — | 20,090 |
Move this data into a draft
Keeper of the Light starts on Radiant and Templar Assassin on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.