How Keeper of the Light and Undying perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Undying win 54.23% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 11,325 matches.
Keeping Undying supplied with mana via Chakra Magic is the foundation of this pairing. It allows him to use Decay and Tombstone more freely, creating sustained pressure in lane and in early fights. Keeper of the Light helps ensure the Tombstone zombies find their targets; Blinding Light can knock enemies back into the fray, and Solar Bind slows them down while reducing their magic resistance against Decay. This chaos also provides the perfect cover for Keeper of the Light to channel a full Illuminate from a safe distance, punishing anyone caught in the zombie swarm.
The goal is to force messy, area-of-effect fights where the enemy has to deal with the Tombstone. This duo can be oppressive in the laning stage and can translate that into early tower pushes. The advantage is only slight because the strategy has clear weaknesses. If the enemy team has heroes that can quickly destroy the Tombstone from range, or highly mobile heroes that can simply disengage from the fight, the core of the synergy falls apart. The combo relies on the fight happening on its terms.
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 | 54.82% | 529 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.54% | 1,583 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.22% | 1,482 |
| Divine & Immortal | 59.21% | 782 |
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 | 54.23% | ▲ +0.9pp | 11,325 |
| 7.41d | 53.37% | ▲ +1.1pp | 99,254 |
| 7.41c | 52.28% | ▼ -0.2pp | 30,807 |
| 7.41b | 52.53% | — | 30,599 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.