Keeper of the Light: Ranged, position 4 (soft support), position 2 (mid), Nuker, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 48.9% win rate in pubs and a 4.6% pick rate.
Keeper of the Light is a helpful addition to any team. Manipulating the mana of both his allies and enemies, he effortlessly destroys lesser foes with waves of illumination, then enters his spirit form to gather his team to press the assault.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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22′Core items in order: Boots of Travel (around minute 16), Holy Locket (around minute 17), Force Staff (around minute 22).
Full build by minute →
Max Illuminate, then Chakra Magic, then Blinding Light.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Meepo, Visage and Largo; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Broodmother and Kez.
All 122 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 531 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 783.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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38′24%32% of 99 pro matches
CHANNELED - Channels light energy, building power the longer it's channeled. Once released, a wave is sent forth that deals damage and gives vision in its path. The longer it is channeled, the more damage is dealt.
Pros max it by level 7
A blinding light flashes over the targeted area, knocking back units to the edge of the area and blinding them, causing them to miss some attacks. Minimum knockback distance is 175 range over 0.6 seconds.
Pros max it by level 15
Restores mana to the target unit and reduces cooldowns of all basic abilities currently on cooldown by a fixed amount. Is 30% more effective when used on himself.
Pros max it by level 9
Weakens an enemy's magical resistance, and applies a slow that increases in strength the more the target moves.
Ezalor temporarily turns his body luminescent, gaining cast range, increasing the speed bonus from Bright Speed, and allows Illuminate to be channeled by a separate spirit and heal allies.
Pros max it by level 17
Keeper of the Light gains 1 movement speed for every 3 Intelligence.Whenever Keeper of the Light moves 300 distance, he leaves behind light that allows him to see 400 range for 3 seconds.
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Keeper of the Light: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Divine (51.3% wins) and wins 45.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 4 (soft support) in 52% of games and position 2 (mid) in 41% of games. Pros usually build Boots of Travel, Holy Locket and Force Staff by minute 22. It struggles most against Meepo, Visage and Largo and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Broodmother and Kez.
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