Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kunkka wins the Kunkka vs Sand King matchup: Kunkka beats Sand King in 50.53% of 3,018 ranked matches.
Deciding who initiates can feel like a stalemate between these two. Kunkka has a direct answer to Sand King's biggest threat with X Marks the Spot. A well-timed X can pull Sand King right back out of a fight moments after he uses Burrowstrike to begin his Epicenter, wasting his ultimate. On the other hand, Sand King is not helpless. His own Burrowstrike is a great tool for dodging Kunkka's Torrent combo, and Sand Storm provides a safe space to farm or channel, forcing Kunkka to guess with his spells.
The lane phase often ends up being a farm-focused standoff, with Kunkka's Tidebringer being mitigated by Sand King's invisibility and mobility. Later on, teamfights hinge on which of them acts first with better vision. If Sand King gets a clean initiation from fog, his team can roll forward. If Kunkka's team spots the play, they can turn the fight around by catching Sand King mid-channel. This makes the matchup less about one hero dominating the other and more about which team executes their game plan better.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Kunkka'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 | Kunkka win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 53.16% | 190 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.40% | 373 |
| Legend & Ancient | 59.04% | 376 |
| Divine & Immortal | 53.47% | 101 |
Kunkka'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 | Kunkka win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.53% | ▲ +0.2pp | 3,018 |
| 7.41d | 50.29% | ▼ -1.3pp | 35,346 |
| 7.41c | 51.62% | ▲ +2.2pp | 17,770 |
| 7.41b | 49.46% | — | 23,120 |
Move this data into a draft
Kunkka 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.