How Nature's Prophet and Keeper of the Light perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Nature's Prophet and Keeper of the Light win 49.21% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 636 matches.
Fighting for the same farm often leaves this pair feeling awkward. Nature's Prophet wants to use his global Teleportation and Treants to apply pressure across the map, taking dangerous waves. Keeper of the Light accomplishes a similar goal, shoving out lanes from a safe distance with Illuminate. Instead of one enabling the other, they compete for the same limited creep waves, often starving their own team's cores in the process. Their spell combination is also underwhelming, as neither hero provides the hard lockdown the other needs to secure kills or control a hectic teamfight.
This strategic conflict defines the game. The team composition often feels too greedy and lacks a solid frontline or reliable way to start a fight. The enemy can force a fight on Keeper of the Light’s group, knowing Nature’s Prophet is likely on the other side of the map and can’t join in time. While Keeper of the Light wants to sustain his team for a push, Nature's Prophet's game plan involves being away from them entirely. The result is a team that feels permanently split and unable to execute a cohesive strategy.
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 | 44.48% | 335 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.09% | 703 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.19% | 498 |
| Divine & Immortal | 44.91% | 216 |
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 | 49.21% | ▲ +6.3pp | 636 |
| 7.41d | 42.95% | ▼ -1.4pp | 61,755 |
| 7.41c | 44.36% | ▲ +0.4pp | 23,102 |
| 7.41b | 43.93% | — | 20,654 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.