How Keeper of the Light and Lich perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Lich win 52.61% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,362 matches.
Thinking about a perfect setup for Chain Frost is missing the point. The core of this duo's power is how Keeper of the Light's Chakra Magic turns Lich into a relentless lane bully. With a constant supply of mana, Lich can spam Frost Blast for harass and use Frost Shield defensively without a second thought. This sustained pressure suffocates opponents, forcing them out of the lane or leaving them too poor and low on health to contest anything. It creates an early advantage that the pair can easily translate into mid-game control, long before their ultimates are the primary concern.
Once teamfights begin, their spells create layers of control that are a nightmare to navigate. Enemies have to spread out to avoid devastating Chain Frost bounces, but that separation makes them vulnerable. Lich can lock down a priority target with Sinister Gaze, giving Keeper of the Light a free, fully-charged Illuminate. Anyone trying to dive the back line gets knocked away and blinded by Blinding Light, often pushing them right back into the slows from Frost Shield. Opponents are left with no good way to engage, constantly slowed and repositioned until they fall apart.
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 | 50.53% | 380 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.41% | 982 |
| Legend & Ancient | 56.06% | 933 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.24% | 458 |
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 | 52.61% | ▼ -0.6pp | 7,362 |
| 7.41d | 53.18% | ▲ +0.6pp | 75,474 |
| 7.41c | 52.56% | ▲ +0.1pp | 30,580 |
| 7.41b | 52.48% | — | 30,246 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.