Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sand King wins the Lycan vs Sand King matchup: Sand King beats Lycan in 50.78% of 894 ranked matches.
Dealing with Lycan's early pushes feels manageable with a Sand King on your team. Sand Storm and Caustic Finale are excellent for clearing out wolves, slowing down Lycan's ability to take objectives and forcing him to expose himself. The matchup evens out once Lycan is actually ready to fight. During Shapeshift, he doesn't care about his summons and can run straight at a fragile hero like Sand King to secure a quick kill. A well-timed Burrowstrike can save Sand King, but if he's caught for even a moment, he's liable to die. It's a trade-off where one hero contains the push while the other is a direct threat to the hero doing the containing.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Lycan'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 | Lycan win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 47.59% | 145 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.75% | 111 |
Lycan'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 | Lycan win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 49.22% | ▲ +2.3pp | 894 |
| 7.41d | 46.90% | ▼ -4.2pp | 10,627 |
| 7.41c | 51.13% | ▲ +2.9pp | 7,512 |
| 7.41b | 48.19% | — | 8,139 |
Move this data into a draft
Lycan 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.