Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Troll Warlord wins the Sand King vs Troll Warlord matchup: Troll Warlord beats Sand King in 53.41% of 7,939 ranked matches.
Thinking you can burst a Troll Warlord from full health is a common mistake against this hero. Even if Sand King lands a perfect Epicenter into Burrowstrike, Troll can usually activate Battle Trance to live through the initial damage and start lifestealing. This forces Sand King to be careful with his commitment; he can't reliably jump in for a solo kill and has to consider using his stun to peel instead. Troll Warlord still dislikes being kited or sitting in a Sand Storm without detection, so Sand King isn't helpless. But because Troll has a direct answer to Sand King's main assassination threat, he holds a small advantage in head-to-head encounters.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Sand King's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 | 45.22% | 115 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.87% | 253 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.97% | 149 |
Sand King's win rate against Troll Warlord 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 46.59% | ▼ -0.5pp | 7,939 |
| 7.41e | 47.08% | ▲ +0.3pp | 24,039 |
| 7.41d | 46.74% | ▲ +1.1pp | 23,956 |
| 7.41c | 45.63% | — | 12,905 |
Move this data into a draft
Sand King starts on Radiant and Troll Warlord on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.