
Also known as: SK, Crixalis
Sand King (SK, Crixalis) in Dota 2 7.41: win rate, pick rate, the heroes Sand King counters and struggles against, and its best teammates — from recent ranked matches by Batru's AI win-prediction pipeline.
Sand King is an AoE initiator whose Burrowstrike stuns a line, Sand Storm provides invisibility and damage, and Epicenter unleashes a massive pulsing nuke. He's strong into immobile, clumpable heroes his combo catches: Templar Assassin (56.5%), Tinker (56.5%) and Nature's Prophet (56.4%) get Blink-stunned and bursted. Sand King is countered by sustain and burst that beat his combo: Spectre (43.8%) out-scales, Phoenix (44.4%) out-fights, and Lifestealer (44.5%) / Zeus (45.4%) survive or out-trade. Draft tip: Sand King is a premier AoE-burst initiator into grouped, squishy drafts; he's weaker into spread-out, sustain, and BKB-heavy line-ups.
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 56.54% | 25,454 | |
| 56.48% | 17,732 | |
| 56.43% | 32,277 | |
| 55.99% | 12,066 | |
| 55.56% | 34,804 | |
| 55.39% | 14,659 | |
| 55.26% | 33,792 | |
| 55.25% | 13,658 |
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 43.83% | 37,759 | |
| 44.39% | 26,881 | |
| 44.52% | 60,693 | |
| 45.37% | 58,331 | |
| 45.38% | 22,615 | |
| 46.17% | 53,750 | |
| 46.62% | 37,560 | |
| 46.66% | 44,454 |
Sand King's Blink-Burrowstrike-Epicenter is a self-contained teamfight wombo, and his AoE rewards a clumped enemy. He pairs best with follow-up and durable cores: Spectre (56.1%) Haunts onto his Epicenter clump, while Wraith King (55.0%) and Lifestealer (54.8%) clean up everything caught in the storm. Give Sand King a cleave or burst follow-up and one Blink-Epicenter erases the enemy team.
| Hero | Win Rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 56.13% | 35,360 | |
| 55.02% | 39,059 | |
| 54.83% | 55,410 | |
| 54.49% | 10,622 | |
| 54.46% | 10,256 | |
| 53.78% | 36,018 | |
| 53.63% | 18,717 | |
| 53.59% | 14,418 |