How Keeper of the Light and Morphling perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Morphling win 46.83% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,106 matches.
Accelerating Morphling's farm is the core of this partnership. Keeper of the Light's Chakra Magic provides a constant stream of mana, allowing Morphling to spam Waveform and use Attribute Shift freely to stay healthy in lane and clear jungle camps. This can significantly speed up his item progression. The issue is converting that farm lead into kills. Keeper of the Light doesn't have a reliable, targeted stun to hold an enemy in place for Morphling's burst combo. Blinding Light is a knockback, which can sometimes save Morphling but can also push his target to safety.
This lane often looks strong on paper, creating a farmed carry and good map pressure from Illuminate. The duo can take early towers and control space effectively. The weakness appears when it's time to fight. Without another ally providing lockdown, Morphling is left trying to secure kills on his own, which can be difficult against mobile heroes. The pairing relies on Morphling getting so far ahead that he can simply overpower enemies, or on the rest of his team bringing the stuns he needs to connect with his 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 | 48.52% | 270 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.05% | 637 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.94% | 505 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.22% | 246 |
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 | 46.83% | ▼ -1.8pp | 4,106 |
| 7.41d | 48.65% | ▲ +0.5pp | 46,586 |
| 7.41c | 48.12% | ▼ -0.2pp | 13,534 |
| 7.41b | 48.27% | — | 15,661 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.