Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer wins the Dark Seer vs Sand King matchup: Dark Seer beats Sand King in 50.05% of 1,896 ranked matches.
Facing each other in the offlane often results in a standstill. Dark Seer can use Ion Shell to shove the wave and try to control the lane, but Sand King can simply retreat into Sand Storm to dodge the damage and secure his own farm. The creep wave clumping from Ion Shell can even set up Sand King for good Caustic Finale explosions. Later in the game, both heroes look to set up teamfights. Dark Seer's Vacuum clumps enemies, while Sand King's Burrowstrike stuns them. Neither's core plan directly counters the other's, so it often comes down to which team's follow-up is better, making the outcome feel very independent of their direct interaction.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Seer'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 | Dark Seer win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 50.88% | 114 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.02% | 294 |
| Legend & Ancient | 51.63% | 215 |
Dark Seer'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 | Dark Seer win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.05% | ▲ +0.9pp | 1,896 |
| 7.41d | 49.17% | ▼ -1.8pp | 19,130 |
| 7.41c | 51.01% | ▲ +1.5pp | 6,930 |
| 7.41b | 49.55% | — | 8,575 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Seer 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 Aug 17, 2026.