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Disruptor vs Sand King

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

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Disruptor 52.76%
Disruptor52.76%
Sand King47.24%
Over 5,916 ranked matches (7.41e).

In Dota 2 7.41e, Disruptor wins the Disruptor vs Sand King matchup: Disruptor beats Sand King in 52.76% of 5,916 ranked matches.

How this matchup plays

Blinking in for a perfect Epicenter only to get Glimpsed back to your starting point is a core problem for Sand King. Disruptor's entire kit feels designed to punish this kind of initiation. Glimpse completely undoes the jump, and if Sand King manages to start his combo anyway, Kinetic Field and Static Storm can trap and silence him. This prevents him from using Sand Storm to become invisible or Burrowstrike to escape after channeling his ultimate. Every one of Sand King’s big moves has a direct answer.

This dynamic forces Sand King to play much more cautiously through the mid-game. He has to wait for Disruptor to use spells on someone else, or he must make Disruptor his primary target and hope to burst him down before he can react. The matchup often hinges on item timings. A Sand King with a Black King Bar can ignore the control and get his fight-winning ultimate off. Without it, he risks being completely nullified in a teamfight, which gives Disruptor a consistent, but not absolute, edge.

Disruptor vs Sand King by rank

How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Disruptor'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.

RankDisruptor win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian54.78%230
Crusader & Archon53.74%642
Legend & Ancient57.34%593
Divine & Immortal54.55%209

Disruptor vs Sand King across patches

Disruptor'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.

PatchDisruptor win rateChangeMatches
7.41e 52.76%▲ +0.3pp5,916
7.41d 52.43%▼ -0.5pp47,584
7.41c 52.92%▲ +2.0pp21,659
7.41b 50.91%31,688

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Put Disruptor against Sand King

Disruptor 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
Disruptor
Dire4 open
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Frequently asked questions

Does Disruptor counter Sand King?
Disruptor wins 52.76% of ranked matches against Sand King in Dota 2 7.41e (5,916 matches) — the matchup favors Disruptor.
Does Sand King counter Disruptor?
Sand King wins 47.24% of ranked matches against Disruptor in Dota 2 7.41e (5,916 matches) — the matchup favors Disruptor.
How many matches back the Disruptor vs Sand King win rate?
5,916 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41e, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Aug 18, 2026.