How Keeper of the Light and Kez perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Kez win 45.96% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,888 matches.
Laning together often feels a bit off. Keeper of the Light wants to constantly shove the wave with Illuminate, which puts a melee hero like Kez in a tough spot to last hit safely. Kez prefers the creep wave closer to his own tower to find an opening, but KotL's whole kit fights against that goal. Later in the game, Chakra Magic is helpful for Kez's uptime, but it's not a unique interaction that other supports couldn't provide. The two heroes don't really enable each other's core game plan; Recall can bring Kez to a fight, but as a duelist, he's often happier finding his own isolated targets.
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 | 41.70% | 235 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.46% | 495 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.00% | 454 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.29% | 263 |
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 | 45.96% | ▲ +1.0pp | 3,888 |
| 7.41d | 44.92% | ▼ -1.9pp | 38,384 |
| 7.41c | 46.81% | ▼ -1.3pp | 19,221 |
| 7.41b | 48.16% | — | 12,968 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.