How Ember Spirit and Keeper of the Light perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ember Spirit and Keeper of the Light win 47.60% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,223 matches.
Pairing these two heroes together presents a classic trade-off. Keeper of the Light's Chakra Magic is a massive help for Ember Spirit, fueling his ability to farm and fight across the map without needing to return to base. That continuous mana supply is a real advantage. The core issue arises in teamfights. While Ember Spirit tries to lock targets down with Searing Chains, KotL's Blinding Light often works against this by pushing those same enemies away. The root from Chains holds, but the knockback still repositions the target, potentially saving them or disrupting follow-up from your team. This clash in control abilities can make securing kills awkward and unreliable.
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 | 42.58% | 155 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.10% | 390 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.04% | 418 |
| Divine & Immortal | 54.28% | 339 |
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 | 47.60% | ▼ -0.8pp | 3,223 |
| 7.41d | 48.39% | ▼ -0.5pp | 33,960 |
| 7.41c | 48.86% | ▼ -1.2pp | 13,022 |
| 7.41b | 50.07% | — | 14,384 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.