Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Witch Doctor wins the Keeper of the Light vs Witch Doctor matchup: Witch Doctor beats Keeper of the Light in 51.58% of 13,566 ranked matches.
Trying to channel Death Ward on a core can feel impossible when Keeper of the Light is in the game. His Blinding Light provides an easy, long-range way to push Witch Doctor away and stop the ultimate. Illuminate also forces Witch Doctor to constantly reposition or risk taking heavy damage from fog, making it hard for him to find a good spot to use his spells. Keeper of the Light's ability to control space and disrupt channels from safety often puts the enemy on the back foot.
This matchup revolves around who gets the drop on whom. While Keeper of the Light excels at disrupting from afar, he is very fragile. If Witch Doctor can find him with a Paralyzing Cask, the follow-up Maledict is often lethal. Later on, Witch Doctor will want a Blink Dagger to find a better angle for his ultimate, while Keeper of the Light plays a positioning game, waiting for the channel to start. The outcome of their duels often comes down to vision and which support lands their spells first.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Keeper of the Light's win rate against Witch Doctor 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 | 47.25% | 872 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.11% | 2,280 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.39% | 1,582 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.77% | 477 |
Keeper of the Light's win rate against Witch Doctor 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 | 48.42% | ▼ -0.6pp | 13,566 |
| 7.41d | 49.01% | ▼ -0.7pp | 146,920 |
| 7.41c | 49.67% | ▼ -0.3pp | 59,033 |
| 7.41b | 49.98% | — | 59,656 |
Move this data into a draft
Keeper of the Light starts on Radiant and Witch Doctor on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.