How Beastmaster and Keeper of the Light perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Beastmaster and Keeper of the Light win 46.41% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,135 matches.
Giving Beastmaster endless mana for axes and summons sounds good on paper, but the heroes often work at cross-purposes in fights. Beastmaster's entire goal after a Primal Roar is to have his whole army swarm and kill one specific target. The problem is that Keeper of the Light's most impactful teamfight spells are disruptive. A Blinding Light meant to help can easily knock the stunned enemy away from Beastmaster and his summons, wasting the setup. Similarly, Illuminate requires Keeper of the Light to channel from a safe distance, which doesn't always align with the all-in aggression Beastmaster wants to create.
This leads to messy engagements where the team lacks focus. Beastmaster might catch a key hero, only for that hero to be pushed to safety by an allied spell. While Chakra Magic certainly helps with mana sustain for pushing towers with summons, it doesn't quite compensate for the anti-synergy during critical moments. Both heroes want to control the flow of a fight, but they do so in ways that can directly interfere with one another. A successful game requires careful coordination to avoid these clashes, something that's often harder in practice than it sounds.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 41.08% | 185 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.77% | 496 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.29% | 350 |
| Divine & Immortal | 58.14% | 215 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.41% | ▲ +0.6pp | 3,135 |
| 7.41d | 45.83% | ▲ +0.6pp | 36,745 |
| 7.41c | 45.25% | ▼ -4.6pp | 17,722 |
| 7.41b | 49.90% | — | 30,589 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.