How Keeper of the Light and Sniper perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Sniper win 46.89% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 10,610 matches.
Fueling Sniper with Chakra Magic is a simple plan to accelerate his farm. Constant Shrapnel helps him clear waves and jungle camps, hitting his item timings much earlier than he normally would. Keeper of the Light can also use Illuminate to keep lanes pushed out, creating even more space for Sniper to safely farm the map. The main issue is that both heroes are fragile and lack reliable stuns. This makes them extremely vulnerable to being jumped on, as their only defense is to slow or push enemies away, which often isn't enough to survive a committed assault.
The success of this pairing is therefore heavily reliant on the rest of the team. If your draft includes a durable frontline that can lock enemies down, Sniper can comfortably sit in the back and deal damage. But against teams with multiple heroes that can dive the backline, this duo struggles to stay alive. Keeper of the Light's Blinding Light provides some peel, but without hard stuns to follow up, aggressive enemies can often re-engage and secure a kill on Sniper, crippling your team's damage output and leaving you exposed.
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 | 47.86% | 886 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.02% | 1,762 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.16% | 1,037 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.69% | 267 |
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 | 46.89% | ▼ -0.7pp | 10,610 |
| 7.41d | 47.55% | ▼ -1.3pp | 126,677 |
| 7.41c | 48.85% | ▲ +1.1pp | 45,867 |
| 7.41b | 47.74% | — | 43,530 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.