How Keeper of the Light and Nyx Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Nyx Assassin win 56.28% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 462 matches.
Picking these two together can feel counterintuitive, since Nyx Assassin is often a nightmare for an opposing Keeper of the Light. When they're allies, however, they enable each other's game plans perfectly. Chakra Magic solves all of Nyx's early and mid-game mana problems, letting him use Vendetta and Impale on cooldown to constantly pressure the map. This relentless ganking creates the space KotL needs to safely push out waves with Illuminate. In fights, Nyx provides the surprise initiation from stealth, holding a target in place for Keeper of the Light to land a fully charged blast from the backline, creating a simple and effective burst damage combination.
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 | 50.73% | 205 |
| Crusader & Archon | 54.53% | 464 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.38% | 427 |
| Divine & Immortal | 65.62% | 192 |
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 | 56.28% | ▲ +2.9pp | 462 |
| 7.41d | 53.42% | ▼ -0.4pp | 41,724 |
| 7.41c | 53.78% | ▲ +0.5pp | 16,652 |
| 7.41b | 53.26% | — | 16,189 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.