Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Grimstroke wins the Grimstroke vs Sand King matchup: Grimstroke beats Sand King in 52.08% of 3,679 ranked matches.
Landing Soulbind on Sand King right before he initiates can disrupt his whole plan. An Epicenter-channeling Sand King who gets leashed to an ally has to make a difficult choice. If he commits to his Burrowstrike, he might pull a fragile support with him into the middle of the fight. Holding back means wasting his channel and giving the enemy team time to react. Grimstroke can also place Ink Swell on an ally that Sand King is about to jump on, which stuns him as soon as he lands and breaks his momentum.
This interaction shapes how Sand King has to approach teamfights. He can’t just blink in from plain sight. Instead, he needs to play from the fog or wait for Grimstroke to use his ultimate on someone else first. A Black King Bar is also a high priority for Sand King so he can ignore Soulbind entirely and initiate freely. On the other side, Grimstroke's team will want to stay relatively close together to bait Sand King into a position where he can be easily leashed, giving Grimstroke a slight but consistent edge in those crucial engagements.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Grimstroke'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 | Grimstroke win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 51.87% | 187 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.14% | 528 |
| Legend & Ancient | 54.64% | 474 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.74% | 147 |
Grimstroke'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 | Grimstroke win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.08% | ▼ -0.3pp | 3,679 |
| 7.41d | 52.37% | ▼ -1.7pp | 40,202 |
| 7.41c | 54.10% | ▲ +1.9pp | 17,754 |
| 7.41b | 52.16% | — | 23,161 |
Move this data into a draft
Grimstroke 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.