Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sand King wins the Sand King vs Slark matchup: Sand King beats Slark in 50.20% of 5,944 ranked matches.
Dealing with Slark often comes down to lockdown, and Sand King's primary stun can be unreliable here. Slark can use Dark Pact to purge Burrowstrike, letting him escape the follow-up Epicenter. This single interaction forces a stalemate. The reverse is also true: Slark’s Pounce can interrupt a channeled Epicenter, making Sand King's initiations risky. The entire duel revolves around who can bait out the other’s key spell first, leading to a very even fight.
As the game progresses, this dynamic holds. Sand King might control his lane with Sand Storm, but Slark can simply disengage and regenerate. In teamfights, Sand King has to rely on teammates to chain-stun Slark, or try to catch him after Dark Pact has been used. Slark plays a patient game, often waiting for Sand King to commit his spells elsewhere before he goes in. Neither hero has a clear advantage, so the outcome really depends on execution and timing in the moment.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Sand King's win rate against Slark 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 | Sand King win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 52.63% | 399 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.66% | 972 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.58% | 722 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.36% | 183 |
Sand King's win rate against Slark in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Sand King win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 50.20% | ▼ -0.2pp | 5,944 |
| 7.41d | 50.45% | ▲ +1.5pp | 70,730 |
| 7.41c | 48.90% | ▼ -1.7pp | 40,483 |
| 7.41b | 50.59% | — | 63,708 |
Move this data into a draft
Sand King starts on Radiant and Slark on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.