How Keeper of the Light and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Templar Assassin win 48.34% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 422 matches.
Casting Solar Bind on a gank target does very little for a Templar Assassin. Her damage is almost entirely physical, coming from Meld strikes and Refraction-fueled attacks, so Keeper of the Light's magic resistance reduction is wasted. What Templar Assassin really needs to execute a kill is hard lockdown that holds an enemy in place. Instead, Keeper of the Light offers a slow and, with Blinding Light, a positional spell that often pushes the target away from her. While Chakra Magic can be useful for sustaining Refraction in lane, the core problem remains: KOTL simply doesn't provide the control needed for TA to land her full burst, making their game plans feel disconnected.
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 | 40.20% | 199 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.92% | 409 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.84% | 299 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.01% | 163 |
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 | 48.34% | ▲ +2.9pp | 422 |
| 7.41d | 45.48% | ▼ -0.1pp | 34,566 |
| 7.41c | 45.54% | ▲ +0.6pp | 13,286 |
| 7.41b | 44.90% | — | 17,510 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.