How Keeper of the Light and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Sand King win 48.81% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,069 matches.
Chaining a Burrowstrike into a full Illuminate channel is the obvious plan for this duo. Keeper of the Light can certainly fuel Sand King with Chakra Magic, letting him be a constant threat in lane with more stuns and Sand Storms. The trouble starts when teamfights get messy. Sand King needs to be in the absolute center of the fight to land a good Epicenter, but Blinding Light does the exact opposite, pushing enemies away from him and potentially wasting his biggest spell. This core conflict between their ultimates means that even if the laning phase feels good, their late-game impact can be clumsy and actively work against itself, leading to very inconsistent 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 | 53.54% | 226 |
| Crusader & Archon | 49.60% | 498 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.62% | 315 |
| Divine & Immortal | 52.29% | 109 |
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 | 48.81% | ▲ +0.9pp | 3,069 |
| 7.41d | 47.95% | ▲ +0.0pp | 34,516 |
| 7.41c | 47.91% | ▼ -1.2pp | 13,172 |
| 7.41b | 49.12% | — | 17,335 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.