How Keeper of the Light and Phantom Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Phantom Assassin win 50.77% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 11,827 matches.
Securing farm for Phantom Assassin is the main goal here. Keeper of the Light's Chakra Magic allows her to spam Stifling Dagger endlessly, which guarantees last hits from a safe distance and wears down the enemy laner. This constant mana supply directly translates into a faster Battle Fury or Desolator timing. KotL can also shove the lane with Illuminate, creating space and tower pressure that gives his carry room to breathe. The laning phase becomes very consistent for PA, though the pair lacks the hard lockdown needed to guarantee kills on their own.
Later on, the duo's plans can diverge. A farmed Phantom Assassin wants to find isolated targets to burst, while Keeper of the Light excels at controlling larger teamfights from the back lines. Opponents will often try to group up and force fights, knowing that PA's single-target focus can be punished if she jumps in alone. The success of this pairing often comes down to whether PA can snowball hard enough from her strong start to overwhelm the enemy before they can coordinate a response to her assassination attempts.
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 | 51.74% | 1,005 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.97% | 1,954 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.96% | 1,165 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.41% | 345 |
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 | 50.77% | ▼ -0.0pp | 11,827 |
| 7.41d | 50.80% | ▼ -0.7pp | 128,385 |
| 7.41c | 51.55% | ▲ +0.9pp | 47,407 |
| 7.41b | 50.60% | — | 44,449 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.