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Dark Seer vs Sand King

Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.

Favored
Dark Seer 50.05%
Dark Seer50.05%
Sand King49.95%
Over 1,896 ranked matches (7.41e).

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.

How this matchup plays

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.

Dark Seer vs Sand King by rank

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.

RankDark Seer win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian50.88%114
Crusader & Archon51.02%294
Legend & Ancient51.63%215

Dark Seer vs Sand King across patches

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.

PatchDark Seer win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 50.05%▲ +0.9pp1,896
7.41d 49.17%▼ -1.8pp19,130
7.41c 51.01%▲ +1.5pp6,930
7.41b 49.55%8,575

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Put Dark Seer against Sand King

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.

Radiant4 open
Dark Seer
Dire4 open
Sand King
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Frequently asked questions

Does Dark Seer counter Sand King?
Dark Seer wins 50.05% of ranked matches against Sand King in Dota 2 7.41e (1,896 matches) — the matchup favors Dark Seer.
Does Sand King counter Dark Seer?
Sand King wins 49.95% of ranked matches against Dark Seer in Dota 2 7.41e (1,896 matches) — the matchup favors Dark Seer.
How many matches back the Dark Seer vs Sand King win rate?
1,896 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 17, 2026.