Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Zeus wins the Sand King vs Zeus matchup: Zeus beats Sand King in 54.81% of 852 ranked matches.
Drafting Sand King against a Zeus requires a lot of respect for the matchup. The game becomes incredibly difficult because Zeus fundamentally breaks Sand King's most important abilities. Trying to hide in Sand Storm to escape or channel Epicenter is a bad plan, as Zeus can simply reveal and stun you with a single Lightning Bolt from far away. This interaction alone often forces an early Black King Bar purchase. Beyond that, the constant incidental damage from Zeus's spells makes it very hard to keep a Blink Dagger off cooldown, crippling your ability to find good initiations. All your key tools are consistently answered, making it hard to control the game's tempo.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Sand King's win rate against Zeus 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 | 46.05% | 532 |
| Crusader & Archon | 44.42% | 1,130 |
| Legend & Ancient | 39.27% | 792 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.46% | 214 |
Sand King's win rate against Zeus 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 | 45.19% | ▲ +2.0pp | 852 |
| 7.41d | 43.17% | ▲ +0.6pp | 108,592 |
| 7.41c | 42.61% | ▼ -2.2pp | 52,565 |
| 7.41b | 44.83% | — | 66,117 |
Move this data into a draft
Sand King starts on Radiant and Zeus on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.