How Keeper of the Light and Techies perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Techies win 52.25% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,451 matches.
Giving Techies a constant source of mana seems like an obvious advantage, and it is, but it's not always a straightforward win. Keeper of the Light's Chakra Magic keeps Techies active, letting him litter the map with Proximity Mines or spam Sticky Bombs without needing to constantly return to base. This allows the pair to establish area denial much faster than Techies could alone. Blinding Light can also be a minor help, knocking enemies back into a minefield or causing them to miss attacks while trying to disarm traps.
The game plan revolves around this accelerated setup. With Keeper of the Light providing support, Techies can fortify an objective or a jungle area surprisingly early, forcing the enemy to play reactively and spend gold on vision. The main weakness is that both heroes are very fragile and lack reliable stun-based lockdown. If the enemy team identifies this, they can group up and run directly at the pair, knowing that once they close the distance, there isn't much either hero can do to escape a coordinated assault. This makes the advantage conditional on controlling the game's tempo.
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 | 50.00% | 506 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.42% | 1,053 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.30% | 836 |
| Divine & Immortal | 55.85% | 342 |
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 | 52.25% | ▲ +1.1pp | 7,451 |
| 7.41d | 51.12% | ▼ -1.0pp | 80,258 |
| 7.41c | 52.08% | ▼ -0.8pp | 34,535 |
| 7.41b | 52.87% | — | 34,054 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.