Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Sand King wins the Bane vs Sand King matchup: Sand King beats Bane in 51.71% of 7,736 ranked matches.
Watching Sand King channel Epicenter can be a tense moment, but Bane often has the perfect answer with Fiend's Grip. This can completely negate Sand King's primary teamfight contribution. However, the reverse is also true. A well-timed Burrowstrike from out of vision will instantly cancel Fiend's Grip on a key target, turning a gank or teamfight completely around. Because both heroes possess such a direct and reliable way to interrupt the other's most important spell, their interactions often come down to positioning and who gets the jump first, making most encounters between them a genuine toss-up.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Bane's win rate against Sand King 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 | Bane win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 48.96% | 192 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.58% | 190 |
Bane's win rate against Sand King in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Bane win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 48.29% | ▼ -1.3pp | 7,736 |
| 7.41e | 49.57% | ▼ -0.2pp | 27,945 |
| 7.41d | 49.81% | ▼ -2.0pp | 27,652 |
| 7.41c | 51.85% | — | 11,005 |
Move this data into a draft
Bane starts on Radiant and Sand King on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.