How Keeper of the Light and Primal Beast perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Primal Beast win 49.54% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,856 matches.
Giving Primal Beast endless mana with Chakra Magic seems like the whole plan here, but in practice, his spells have long enough cooldowns that it doesn't change his fighting pattern all that much. The two heroes also want to play at opposite ends of a fight: Keeper of the Light stays far back, while Primal Beast charges deep into the enemy team. This can get awkward. The main point of friction is Blinding Light, which can easily push an enemy away right as Primal Beast is trying to lock them down with Pulverize or stay on top of them with Trample. These heroes can end up working against each other's goals, leading to mixed results.
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 | 41.72% | 163 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.91% | 413 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.34% | 302 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.54% | 130 |
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 | 49.54% | ▼ -0.1pp | 2,856 |
| 7.41d | 49.68% | ▲ +0.4pp | 32,194 |
| 7.41c | 49.25% | ▼ -2.7pp | 13,239 |
| 7.41b | 51.98% | — | 15,038 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.