How Keeper of the Light and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Shadow Demon win 46.48% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,261 matches.
Trying to set up kills with this pair often feels clumsy. Shadow Demon can land a perfect Disruption, but Keeper of the Light's only real follow-up is a channeled Illuminate. The enemy has plenty of time to walk out of the blast's path after the banish ends. Beyond that initial combo failing, both heroes have the same weakness: they're squishy backliners with no hard stuns. If an enemy dives your carry, neither can offer instant lockdown to peel. They both want to play far away from the fight, which means they can’t effectively save each other or their cores when things get aggressive, leaving the team vulnerable.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 47.34% | 207 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.56% | 225 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.61% | 118 |
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 | 46.48% | ▲ +1.0pp | 2,261 |
| 7.41d | 45.44% | ▲ +0.6pp | 17,693 |
| 7.41c | 44.87% | ▼ -2.1pp | 6,728 |
| 7.41b | 46.93% | — | 8,835 |
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Data updated Aug 18, 2026.