Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sand King wins the Primal Beast vs Sand King matchup: Sand King beats Primal Beast in 52.14% of 1,797 ranked matches.
Controlling the map feels like a genuine tug-of-war, as neither hero can consistently shut down the other's game plan. Primal Beast wants to run at heroes with Onslaught, but a well-timed Burrowstrike from Sand King can easily halt a charge and create distance. Inversely, a Sand King caught without his spells is easy prey for Pulverize. This dynamic extends to teamfights, where they often trade initiations and interrupts. Primal Beast is tanky enough with Uproar to survive an Epicenter and can cancel the channel, but Sand King can do the same to Primal’s own lockdown. The hero who wins their engagements is usually the one who forces the other to use a key spell first.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Primal Beast'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 | Primal Beast win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 45.24% | 126 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.46% | 236 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.11% | 167 |
Primal Beast'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 | Primal Beast win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 47.86% | ▼ -1.6pp | 1,797 |
| 7.41d | 49.49% | ▼ -1.5pp | 22,469 |
| 7.41c | 50.98% | ▼ -1.1pp | 12,330 |
| 7.41b | 52.13% | — | 19,954 |
Move this data into a draft
Primal Beast 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.