How Keeper of the Light and Weaver perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Keeper of the Light and Weaver win 47.81% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,332 matches.
Giving mana to a core hero helps them stay active, but the kits here don't build on each other effectively. Keeper of the Light offers Weaver a steady supply of mana with Chakra Magic for more Shukuchi use, and that's generally where the planned synergy ends. KotL is a hero who wants to play from the back line, clearing waves with Illuminate and controlling space. Weaver, by contrast, is an aggressive skirmisher who thrives on finding pickoffs and weaving through fights. Keeper of the Light lacks the lockdown or burst damage needed to set up the early kills that a hero like Weaver relies on to get ahead.
This dynamic often leads to a passive lane where it's difficult to build an advantage. In later teamfights, Weaver is already so survivable because of Time Lapse that KotL’s defensive abilities like Blinding Light can feel a bit redundant. The two heroes tend to operate on separate tracks; Keeper of the Light creates space by pushing out lanes, while Weaver looks for fights in another part of the map. They don't actively work against each other, but they rarely combine their strengths for a singular, powerful purpose, making their impact feel less than the sum of its parts.
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 | 45.59% | 329 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.85% | 629 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.81% | 494 |
| Divine & Immortal | 47.06% | 187 |
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 | 47.81% | ▲ +0.4pp | 4,332 |
| 7.41d | 47.38% | ▲ +0.4pp | 51,890 |
| 7.41c | 46.95% | ▼ -1.0pp | 21,018 |
| 7.41b | 47.98% | — | 24,944 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.