Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Night Stalker wins the Night Stalker vs Sand King matchup: Night Stalker beats Sand King in 57.33% of 525 ranked matches.
Trying to channel anything as Sand King feels terrible in this matchup. Night Stalker’s Crippling Fear is an instant area-of-effect silence that can cancel both Sand Storm and a charging Epicenter, leaving Sand King completely exposed. Without the ability to cast Burrowstrike to escape or reposition, he becomes a simple walking target. At night, this problem gets much worse. Night Stalker can fly over any terrain to find Sand King and apply the silence before he even has a chance to react. Sand King relies on getting his spells off to be effective, and Night Stalker’s whole kit seems designed to prevent him from ever doing that.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Night Stalker'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 | Night Stalker win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 49.70% | 165 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.85% | 492 |
| Legend & Ancient | 63.37% | 445 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.05% | 156 |
Night Stalker'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 | Night Stalker win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 57.33% | ▲ +3.0pp | 525 |
| 7.41d | 54.34% | ▼ -0.5pp | 40,422 |
| 7.41c | 54.84% | ▲ +1.8pp | 23,647 |
| 7.41b | 52.99% | — | 33,245 |
Move this data into a draft
Night Stalker 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 12, 2026.