How Chaos Knight and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Chaos Knight and Sand King win 52.88% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,825 matches.
A successful Burrowstrike gives Chaos Knight a perfect window to land his own stun and pull. Beyond that initial gank setup, however, their plans can feel disconnected. Sand King looks to create widespread disruption with Epicenter, which doesn't always help Chaos Knight find and hold onto a single target for his illusions to tear apart. They both want to fight in the mid-game, but their damage types don't amplify each other, and they don't solve each other's core weaknesses. The result is two powerful heroes often acting in parallel rather than as a cohesive unit, making their success together feel like a toss-up.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 55.09% | 167 |
| Crusader & Archon | 56.46% | 294 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.67% | 150 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 52.88% | ▲ +1.4pp | 1,825 |
| 7.41d | 51.45% | ▲ +1.4pp | 21,865 |
| 7.41c | 50.07% | ▼ -1.0pp | 10,536 |
| 7.41b | 51.07% | — | 14,891 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.