Keeper of the Light

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Keeper of the Light

#89

18 + 2.3

15 + 1.6

24 + 3.3

Grants the following bonuses per level:
	+50.6HP and +0.23HP regeneration
	+0.27 armor and 1.6 attack speed
	+39.6MP and +0.165MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +3.3 Main Attack Damage

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516 +2.05

363 +1.2

2.5 Armor (593.4 EHP)

27.4% Magic Resist (710.74 EHP)

44 ‒ 51 ▶️ Damage (47.5 Avg)

900 Projectile Speed Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.

600 Attack Range (800)

100 (115) Attack Speed (1.7 BAT) Attacks per Second is defined as ΣAS / BAT / 100

0.3 + 0.85 Animation

320 ▶️ Move Speed

0.7 Turn Rate This unit takes 0.15s to turn 180°.

27 Collision Size

24 Bound Radius

1800 / 800 Vision Range

Default Gib Type

npc_dota_hero_keeper_of_the_light

2012-07-26 Released

2004-10-22 (5.76)

Competitive Span 2012-07-26 — Present

Version Control This article is mostly accurate for 7.40, the last version this hero was changed in. New interactions that emerged in following patches may have not yet been accounted for.

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Provides instant mana to allies.
What appears to be a frail old man on his steed is, in truth, a Fundamental, the Keeper of the Light. Ezalor's staff Illuminates the darkest corners, banishing evil from the realm. He replenishes his companions with Chakra Magic, while casting a Blinding Light over the land, causing attacks to miss. Heads turn to stare at a mysterious shimmering orb, unable to look away as the Keeper's allies encircle foes hypnotized by the flickering lights of the Will-O-Wisp. Effortlessly weakening his foes, Binding them to the primordial light. Revealing his full power, he enters Spirit Form, riding forth in all planes at once, Recalling his allies to further press the assault.
Roles:	Support Nuker Disabler
Adjectives	Bearded, Parent, Steed, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Facets

Solar Bind

Solar Bind is Ezalor's       fourth ability with the selected facet during Spirit Form.

Applies a weakening bound that reduces the affected enemy unit's magic resistance, and the movement speed slow intensifies the more the enemy unit moves.

Recall

Recall is Ezalor's       fourth ability with the selected facet during Spirit Form.

Grants the affected allied hero bonus movement speed while teleporting it to Ezalor's location after a short delay.

The teleportation is interrupted if the allied hero takes player-based damage during the delay.

Upgrades

Aghanim's

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

New Ability

Grants the Will-O-Wisp ability.

Summons Ignis Fatuus at the targeted area. As it alternates on and off, enemies are drawn closer with its mesmerising flicker.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Increases the damage to heal factor.

Solar Bind is now a charged-based ability with a restore time corresponding to the the ability's current cooldown.

Recall is now a charged-based ability with a restore time corresponding to the the ability's current cooldown.

Talents

+200 Illuminate Damage	25	Chakra Magic Applies Strong Dispel
+200 Chakra Magic Mana	20	+10% Spirit Form Move Speed
+90 Blinding Light Damage	15	-2s Chakra Magic Cooldown
-2s Illuminate Cooldown	10	+40% Blinding Light Miss
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Bio

They say twas I who carried the first light into the universe. They might be right, I can't quite recall.

▶️  Ezalor, the Keeper of the Light

Aliases:

Keeper, Ezalor, KOTL

Lore:

Upon a pale horse he rides, this spark of endless suns, this Keeper of the Light. Ezalor long ago escaped the Fundamental Plane, separating from the other ancient forces to which he was bound within the great Primordial harmony. He is a power grown sentient in the dawn of the universe, and now rides forth in all planes at once, one step ahead of pursuing chaos, bearing his gift with him at the end of a radiant staff. His majestic truth lies hidden beneath the outward appearance of a slightly doddering old man who barely stays in the saddle. However, when faced with the challenge of chaos, or the forces of darkness, his primordial light bursts forth, and his full power is revealed, transforming him once again into a force to be reckoned with.

Voice:

Nolan North (Responses)

Innate

Special Reserve

Special Reserve

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self

The Fundamental's current mana can never go below the set value.

Set Min Mana: 75

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• Utilizes the min mana mechanic.

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Hidden Modifier

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MIN_MANA

Hero Model

Hero Model

Ability

Passive / Channeling

Affects

Self

Ezalor's hero model has the following hidden innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.

Details

Hidden Innate Abilities

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Abilities

Illuminate

Q

T

Illuminate

▶️ ▶️

Ability

Point / Channeled

Affects

Units

Damage

Spell / Magical

Channels light energy, the longer the channel, the stronger the illuminate.

Once released, a wave is sent forth that deals damage and grants vision in its path,

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

Cast Range:  1800

Travel Distance: 1550

Wave Radius: 400

Vision Radius: 400

Max Channel Time: 3

Vision Distance Increment per Second: 150/180/210/240

Max Damage: 185/290/395/500 ( 385/490/595/700)

While cast in Spirit Form, an image of Ezalor is projected at his location, which channels the Illuminate for him. Ezalor can act freely during this.

Illuminate also heals Ezalor's allied units while dealing damage.

Cast Animation: 0 + 5.57

Cast Range:  1900/2000/2100

Travel Distance: 1650/1750/1850

Damage to Heal Factor: 0.7 ( 1)

13 ( 11)

100/125/150/175

This ability levels up with Illuminate (Spirit Form).

Ezalor's hidden light reveals itself in marvelous fashion.

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• Both Illuminate and Illuminate (Spirit Form) are two separate abilities.
  • Both of these abilities share the same cooldown, casting Illuminate put its Spirit Form counterpart ability on cooldown as well.
  • The Spirit Form counterpart ability replaces Illuminate while Spirit Form is active.
  • Has a 900- projectile speed, reaching the full distance in 1.72 seconds.

• 
  • Affects enemy units up to 1950 range away with the travel distance and end radius.
  • While channeling:
    • The magical spell damage increases by 2.06/3.22/4.39/5.56 ( 4.28/5.44/6.61/7.78) per server tick.
      • EXPR
        DamageInst = MaxDmg / ChannelTime / 0.033
    • The vision cells has the following properties:
      • Creates 5 flying vision cells in 0.5-second intervals, and starts 0.5 seconds upon cast.
      • 
        • Each created cell has its own 10.34-second vision duration. Hence, the first created cell disappears earlier than the last cell created at the end location.
        • The first vision cell is created 150/180/210/240-distance in front of Ezalor, subsequent cells are created the same distance from the previous cell.
        • Vision cells are no longer created when the channeling is interrupted, and the total vision length is independent of the wave travel distance.
      • Has a total 1150/1300/1450/1600-vision cell length.

(3/0.5-1)*(lvl 150/180/210/240)+400

• Spirit Form
  • Replaces Illuminate whenever the spirit_form buff is active, and removes the channeling restriction.
  • Affects enemy units up to 2050/2150/2250 range away with the travel distance and end radius.
  • Does not heal the following allied units:
    • Couriers
    • Invulnerable units.
  • The heal corresponds to the damage dealt (after reductions) and is roughly defined as:
    • EXPR
      ΣHeal = SpellDmg x f(Heal)

• TALENT NOTES
  The damage increasing talent immediately updates both the current channeling wave and the released waves.

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Hidden modifier

modifier_keeper_of_the_light_spirit_form_illuminate

On hidden entity

• The longer the channeling the more intense the ability visual effects.

Release Illuminate

Q

T

Release Illuminate

Ability

No

Affects

Self

Release the illuminated channel early for both the Fundemental Form and the Spirit Form.

Cast Animation: 0 + 0

0

Sub-ability of Illuminate.

Details

• Replaces Illuminate and Illuminate (Spirit Form) until the channeling ends.
  • Ezalor is unable to level Illuminate up while this sub-ability is active.

• Interrupts Ezalor's channeling abilities upon cast.

Blinding Light

W

B

Blinding Light

▶️

Ability

Area

Affects

Enemy Units

Damage

Spell / Magical

A blinding light flashes within the radius, pushing back and blinding the units, causing them to miss some attacks.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 1.07

Cast Range:  400/500/600/700

Radius: 425/450/475/500

Knock Distance: 400

Damage: 85/130/175/220 ( 175/220/265/310)

Miss Chance: 45% ( 85%)

Push Duration: 0.6

Miss Duration: 4

The Primordial power grants Ezalor's abilities bonus cast range while in Spirit Form.

Cast Range Bonus: 100/200/300

24/21/18/15

120/130/140/150

The Primordial light turns the tides of battle in favor of Ezalor and his allies.

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• Applies a non-disabling knockback that pushes affected enemy units back at 666.67-speed.
  • Has a fixed knock distance, no matter how far the affected unit is from the center of the radius.

• Does not interrupt channeling abilities.

• Can push units over impassable terrain.
  • Trees within 150 radius that enemy units come in contact with are destroyed.

• Blind uses pseudo-random distribution.
  • Stacks additively with other blind sources and multiplicatively with evasion sources.

• DBF IMMUNITY
  The forced movement applied no longer affects the debuff immune enemy target.

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Hidden Modifier

modifier_keeper_of_the_light_blinding_light

Blinding Light: Blinded, missing x% of attacks.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MISS_PERCENTAGE

• During Spirit Form, Blinding Light the following cast range:
  • LEVEL 1
    500/600/700/800
  • LEVEL 2
    600/700/800/900
  • LEVEL 3
    700/800/900/1000

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. The forced movement.
  2. The blind debuff.
  3. The magical spell damage.

Chakra Magic

E

C

Chakra Magic

▶️

Ability

Unit

Affects

Allied Units

Restores mana and reduces all basic abilities' current cooldown by a fixed amount.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 1

Cast Range:  900

Mana Restore: 90/160/230/300 ( 290/360/430/500)

Current Cooldowns Reduction: 3/4/5/6

Chakra Magic is more effective on the Fundemantal himself.

Mana Restore: 117/208/299/390

Ezalor has a further chakra replenish range during Spirit Form.

Cast Range: 1000/1100/1200

18/16/14/12 ( 16/14/12/10)

In the same vein, Ezalor bestows his harmony among others.

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• Doubletap casts the ability on Ezalor.

• Reduces the following abilities' current cooldowns:
  • All basic abilities.
  • The replenish time of currently replenishing charge-based abilities.
  • Previously Invoked abilities.
  • Abilities acquired from the following sources:
    • Devour
    • From the Morph target.
    • Spell Steal

• Does not affect the following ability-types:
  • Ultimate abilities.
  • Acquired abilities that are not currently on the hero's ability slots.
    • Morphed basic abilities on-cooldown while reverting back to Morphling's original form.
    • Previous on-cooldown acquired abilities via Spell Steal.
  • Does not affect abilities that are unaffected by cooldown manipulation.

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. Both the mana restore and cooldown reduction.
  2. Applies the strong dispel.

• SHARD NOTES
  Applies Chakra Magic of its corresponding level on both Ezalor and the affected allied hero upon a successful Recall.
  • Has the following properties upon proc:
    • Works independently of Chakra Magic's cooldown, and does not cost mana.
    • Does not proc on-cast effects.

• Affects the following units:
  • Couriers

Solar Bind

D

D

  Solar Bind

▶️

Ability

Unit

Affects

Enemy Units

Applies a weakening bound that reduces the affected enemy unit's magic resistance, and the movement speed slow intensifies the more the enemy unit moves.

Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.5

Cast Range:  950/1050/1150

Moved Distance Threshold: 100

Total Magic Resist Reduction: 20%/30%/40%

Move Speed Slow per Distance Threshold: 10%

Duration: 6

This ability is only available during Spirit Form.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Solar Bind is now a charged-based ability with a restore time corresponding to the the ability's current cooldown.

( Cooldown)

( 2)

14 ( 0)

120

This ability levels up with Spirit Form.

Even a glimpse of the First Light is enough to rob enemies of their senses.

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• This is Ezalor's       fourth ability with the Solar Bind   facet selected.

• Stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.
  • Applies 2%/3%/4% magic resistance reduction on the affected enemy per threshold distance moved.

• The movement speed slow applied has the following properties:
  • Does not have a cap.
  • Checks the affected enemy unit's current position upon cast, and subsequently in 0.1-second intervals, over 61 checks.
  • The distance check value is defined as:
    • EXPR
      10 > | CurrentPosition - PreviousPosition | > 1200
    • The checks only considers distance moved from 10-distance to 1200-distance, values outside this range do not increase the movement speed slow values.

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Solar Bind: Move speed slowed by x% and magic damage increased by x%.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUS

• The ability's visual particles on the affected enemy unit indicates the movement speed slow's potency, capped at 100%.
  • The ability's sound effect volume also increases while the affected enemy unit is moving.

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  • Affected enemy heroes now have the following magic resistance values:

BaseMagRes = 10%/2.5%/-5%

Reduces the total by 0.2%/0.3%/0.4% per int.

• SHARD NOTES
  Acquiring the ability upgrade immediately grants 1 extra charge.

Recall

R

F

  Recall

▶️ ▶️ ▶️

Ability

Point / Unit

Affects

Allied Heroes / Self

Grants the affected allied hero bonus movement speed while teleporting it to Ezalor's location after a short delay.

The teleportation is interrupted if the allied hero takes player-based damage during the delay.

Cast Animation: 0.3 + 1.17

Cast Range: Global

Effect Delay: 6/5/4

Ally Move Speed Bonus: 12%/15%/20%

Buff Duration: 4

Reapplies the bonus movement speed buff and Chakra Magic of its corresponding level only on the affected allied unit upon a successful teleportation.

Ally Buff Duration: 4

Applies all ability effects on Ezalor while he teleports to the affected allied hero with Alt-Cast toggled on.

This ability is only available during Spirit Form.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Recall is now a charged-based ability with a restore time corresponding to the the ability's current cooldown.

( Cooldown)

( 2)

15 ( 0)

150

This ability levels up with Spirit Form.

Walk towards the light.

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Classified as Teleport Sources

The aforementioned abilities are considered teleport sources.

• This is Ezalor's       fourth ability with the Recall   facet selected.

• Recall has two targeting functionalities:
  • When unit-targeted, directly casts Recall on the allied hero.
  • When ground-targeted, Recall chooses the closest allied hero to the point-targeted location.

• Disable Help on Ezalor prevents Recall from unit-targeting the allied hero.

• The teleport component applies the following effects on the affected allied hero:
  • A stop command.
  • Disjoint incoming projectiles.

• Considers clones and illusions as heroes, creep-heroes as creeps.

• The movement speed buff is independent of the teleport component.

• Affects the following units:
  • Invulnerable units.
  • Cannot be cast on, but can teleport hidden units.

• Recall is interrupted by the following sources:
  • Upon Ezalor's death.
  • Upon the affected allied hero's death.
  • Any player-based damage instance (before reductions), except self-damage sources.

• Applies Chakra Magic of its corresponding level on both Ezalor and the affected allied hero upon a successful Recall.
  • Has the following properties upon proc:
    • Works independently of Chakra Magic's cooldown.
    • Does not proc on-cast effects.

• Create independent instances per cast

• SPELL STEAL
  Applies Chakra Magic of Ezalor's corresponding ability level when acquired.

• ABILITY DRAFT
  Requires drafting Keeper of the Light, Chakra Magic, and Spirit Form for its corresponding component to work.

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Recall: Being teleported to Keeper of the Light's location.

MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_TAKEDAMAGE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH

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Recall Movement Speed: Movement Speed increased by x%.

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

• SHARD NOTES
  Acquiring the ability upgrade immediately grants 1 extra charge.

Will-O-Wisp

F

R

Will-O-Wisp

▶️ ▶️

Ability

Area

Affects

Enemy Units

Damage

Spell / Magical

Summons Ignis Fatuus at the targeted area. As it alternates on and off, enemies are drawn closer with its mesmerising flicker.

Cast Animation: 0.1 + 1.06

Cast Range:  800

Radius: 725

Number of Flickers: 5

Initial Delay: 1

Hit Count: 7

Wisp Duration: 13.4

Applies the following ability effects when the Ignis Fatuus turns on.

Pull Speed: 60

Damage per Flicker: 85

On Duration: 1

Applies the following ability effects when the Ignis Fatuus turns off.

Off Duration: 1.85

Although creeps can attack the Will-O-Wisp, their attacks do not affect it.

Ezalor encircles his enemies from afar during Spirit Form.

Cast Range: 900/1000/1100

60

150

Though he would not claim to 'know' them, Ezalor holds an uncanny influence over many powerful creatures always willing to come to his aid.

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Ignis Fatuus (Summoned Ward)

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-

The shimmering orb of flickering light illuminate paths throughout the realms.

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-

-

Lvl

0

0

0%

1800 • 800

This unit does not attack.

0

100 (x̄)

Towers simply do not attack the Ignis Fatuus.

This unit ignores collision size and may pass through other units.

• Acquiring Aghanim's Scepter unlocks this ability in the       fifth ability slot.

• Multiple Ignis Fatuus work independently of each other.
  • 
  • Starts flickering 1 second upon cast, and then every 2.85 seconds, up to 5 times.

• The ability effects are applied as follows:
  1. Checks for enemy units within the radius that do not have the will_o_wisp debuff while it flickers on, and applies the debuff to them.
  2. The debuff application also deals magical spell damage.
  3. Applies forced movement on affected enemy units, and move them 7-distance towards the Ignis Fatuus, and locking their facing angle on it.

• The Ignis Fatuus treats attacks from clones as heroes, attacks from illusions and creep-heroes as creeps.

• Trees within 150-radius are destroyed centered around affected enemy units at the end of the pull.

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Hypnotizing Aura: Enemies within the radius are hypnotized by the flickering light and unable to act.

MODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISION
MODIFIER_STATE_NOT_ON_MINMAP
MODIFIER_STATE_MAGIC_IMMUNE
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_TEAM_MOVE_TO
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_TEAM_SELECT
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PHYSICAL
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_MAGICAL
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ABSOLUTE_NO_DAMAGE_PURE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACKED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_HEALTHBAR_PIPS

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Hypnotized: Unable to act.

MODIFIER_STATE_FLYING_FOR_PATHING_PURPOSES_ONLY
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_ABSOLUTE_MAX
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION_RATE

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Spirit Form

R

F

Spirit Form

▶️

Ability

No

Affects

Self

The Spirit Form grants Ezalor bonus movement speed and bonus cast range, along with either Solar Bind or Recall ability based on the corresponding facet.

Cast Animation: 0 + 1.43

Move Speed Bonus: 10%/15%/20% ( 20%/25%/30%)

Cast Range Bonus: 100/200/300

Duration: 40/45/50

While cast in Spirit Form, an image of Ezalor is projected at his location, which channels the Illuminate for him. Ezalor can act freely during this.

Illuminate also heals Ezalor's allied units while dealing damage.

Damage to Heal Factor: 0.7 ( 1)

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases the damage to heal factor.

85/80/75

75/125/175

In a flash of light, Ezalor reveals his true nature.

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  • Interrupts Illuminate (Spirit Form) when Spirit Form expires while Ezalor's projection is channeling.

• SPELL STEAL
  Does not grant Recall upon acquiring this ability.

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Spirit Form

MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_CAST_RANGE_BONUS_STACKING

Recent Matches

Main Article: Keeper of the Light/Matches

Date	Tier		Tournament	Picks		Score		vs. Picks
January 9, 2026 - 20:00 SGT	Qualifier		SEA CQ DreamLeague S28			1 : 0			+ Add details
January 9, 2026 - 16:00 SGT	Qualifier		SEA CQ DreamLeague S28			0 : 1			+ Add details
January 8, 2026 - 16:00 CET	Qualifier		WEU OQ2 DreamLeague S28			1 : 0			+ Add details
January 8, 2026 - 16:15 SGT	Qualifier		SEA OQ2 DreamLeague S28			1 : 0			+ Add details
January 7, 2026 - 22:35 UTC	Qualifier		SA OQ2 DreamLeague S28			0 : 1			+ Add details

The International

• Keeper of the Light has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
  • 2012
  • 2016

Recent Changes

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore

Version

Description

7.40
(2025-12-15)

• Increased base intelligence from 23 to 24.
• Increased Blinding Light damage from 85/130/175/220 to 90/140/190/240.
• Increased Chakra Magic mana restore from 75/150/225/300 to 90/160/230/300.
• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Will-O-Wisp damage per flicker from 75 to 85.

• Talents:  

  LVL 15  -5s Blinding Light cooldown ➜  +90 Blinding Light damage.

7.38c
(2025-03-27)

• Increased Chakra Magic self-cast factor from 1.25 to 1.3.

7.38b
(2025-03-05)

• Increased Illuminate (Spirit Form) damage to heal factor from 0.5/0.6/0.7 to 0.7 on each level.
• Spirit Form
  • Reduced cooldown from 85 on each level to 85/80/75.
  • Increased duration from 40 on each level to 40/45/50.

• Talents:  

  LVL 20  +15s Spirit Form duration ➜  +10% Spirit Form movement speed.

Dota Plus Progress

Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Keeper of the Light's Relics	Voice Lines
Illuminate Kills Charms with Will-O-Wisp Chakra Heroes <25% Mana Heroes Blinded Mana Reduction Teleports Leading to Kills Magic Damage Smoke Leading to Kills Triple Kills Dominating Kill Streaks Dusts Leading to Kills Enemy Ward Kills Wards Placed Kill Assists	Bronze	▶️ Eh hee hee hee hee hee. ▶️ May the light keep you.
	Silver	▶️ No mana. ▶️ Really now, you should have seen that coming.
	Gold	▶️ Get off my lawn...eh, what's a lawn? ▶️ My horse says nay and so do I.
	Platinum	▶️ Lights out for you.
	Master	▶️ Do not fear the light—fear me!
	Grandmaster	▶️ Kundalini!

Trivia

• Ezalor's design in Dota 2 makes several references to Gandalf, an iconic character from "The Lord of the Rings" book series.
  • His clothing is almost purely white, similar to Gandalf's attire.
  • Illuminate's wave animation are a group of stampeding white horses. This is similar to the spell Gandalf cast on the torrent of water, at the ford of Bruinen, in the first book, "The Fellowship of the Ring". Additionally, it has similarities to his reinforcements at Helm's Deep during the second book, "The Two Towers". This is also depicted in the splash art, with Ezalor taking Gandalf's place at the head of the charge.
  • The Mana Leak cast line ▶️ "You shall not cast!" is a reference to one of Gandalf's most famous quotes: "You shall not pass!"
  • The unused Mana Leak cast line ▶️ "Run! Run, I say!" is a reference to another one of Gandalf's famous quotes: "Fly, you fools!"
  • The respawn lines ▶️ "Ezalor... I think that's my name." is a reference to Gandalf "respawning" as The White: "Gandalf? ... Yes ... That was my name ... Gandalf the Grey."
  • One of Ezalor's cosmetic items, the Wise Cap of the First Light makes him look even more like Gandalf.
• ▶️ "Kundalini!" and ▶️ "The serpent of illumination stirs!" come, as well as the term "Chakra" is derived from Hinduism. Kundalini is described as a dormant inner strength, or "sleeping serpent waiting to be awakened".
• Enigma, Chaos Knight, Keeper of the Light, and Io together represent the four fundamental forces of the universe with Keeper of the Light representing the weak nuclear force, the force responsible for the light of stars and suns, including the sentient sun Phoenix.
  • His Solar Bind and Mana Leak abilities reflect his theme of radioactive decay. As the name implies, it is the decay of an unstable atomic nucleus by radiation, the transmission of energy. Hence, the spell's ability to drain move speed or mana (energy) when an opponent moves (transmission).
  • Enigma's lines upon killing him further reinforces this when he says ▶️"Ezalor, your decay is now complete." and ▶️"Ezalor, the weak and infirm." which references radioactive decay and the weak force itself, respectively.
• ▶️ "And chaos fled!" may be a reference to a bug that can occur when fighting the final boss of Final Fantasy, Chaos, as the player can win the fight without damaging him (he simply just fled).
• ▶️ "I'll tell thee everything I can, there's little to relate." and ▶️ "Very gladly will I drink your honor's noble health." are quotes of the poem by "Haddock's Eyes" by "Lewis Carroll", a poem about a very odd old man.
• ▶️ "I'll forego green girdles and questing beasts, for all such knightly trifles pale before the light." is a reference to the book "The Sword in the Stone".
• Visage's rival line towards Keeper of the Light ▶️ "You shall not pass!" is a direct quote from "Gandalf", a character from "The Lord of the Rings". This reference is due to the similarities between Keeper of the Light and Gandalf.

• Warcraft 3 similarities:
  • Keeper of the Light uses the model of the Archmages, a ranged Human hero.
    • In Spirit Form, he uses the model of the spirit of Antonidas, a campaign-only unit.
  • Keeper of the Light has a 1/8 chance to spawn in with the name "Gandalf".

Gallery

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  Splash artwork
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  Concept art
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  Meepo, Keeper of the Light and Templar Assassin cartoon art
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  Ability icon progress
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  Hero icon progress
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  Axe on Ringmaster's teaser trailer.
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  Bone Harvest sprite - alive
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  Bone Harvest sprite - dead
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  Monster Hunter Hero Atlas Illustration