How Keeper of the Light and Necrophos perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Necrophos win 50.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,009 matches.
Choosing this pair often comes down to making Necrophos's early game more consistent. He wants to constantly use Death Pulse to secure last hits and harass, but his mana pool can't always support that level of aggression. Keeper of the Light directly solves this problem with Chakra Magic, providing the resources for Necrophos to control the lane's tempo from the start. This continuous mana supply lets him spam his spells to push the wave and build a farm lead without having to buy as many consumables or return to the fountain.
This lane advantage can translate to Necrophos hitting his key item timings a little earlier, allowing your team to group and apply pressure sooner. In fights, Keeper of the Light can use Blinding Light to create space for a kited Necrophos to survive and get more spells off. The weakness is that both heroes are slow and fragile. An enemy team with good gap-close and burst damage can focus on this lane with rotations, shutting down Necrophos before he can get rolling. If they can't be protected, this pairing's early resource advantage tends to fall off.
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 | 51.00% | 647 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.33% | 1,485 |
| Legend & Ancient | 53.96% | 1,251 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.44% | 553 |
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 | 50.80% | ▼ -1.0pp | 10,009 |
| 7.41d | 51.76% | ▲ +0.0pp | 112,784 |
| 7.41c | 51.72% | ▼ -0.5pp | 39,056 |
| 7.41b | 52.24% | — | 34,164 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.