How Crystal Maiden and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Crystal Maiden and Sand King win 50.72% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,078 matches.
Picking these two heroes together offers the dream of a massive teamfight combo. Sand King can initiate with Burrowstrike, stunning key targets and creating a perfect setup for Crystal Maiden to cast Freezing Field. A well-timed Frostbite can also hold an enemy in place for Sand King to channel a full Epicenter. When this works, the overlapping area damage from both ultimates can be devastating, clearing out multiple heroes caught in the stun. The raw potential for this interaction is what makes the pairing seem so attractive during the draft.
In reality, executing this combo is risky and unreliable. Both Epicenter and Freezing Field are channeled ultimates, making them extremely vulnerable to interrupts. Any opponent with a stun or silence will be saving it to break the channel and turn the fight. Crystal Maiden is also very fragile, and putting her in the middle of the action is often a death sentence. The success of this duo depends heavily on the enemy team's lineup and whether they have the discipline to shut down the combo, which makes the overall outcome of fights 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 | 55.85% | 530 |
| Crusader & Archon | 48.30% | 1,118 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.90% | 755 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.02% | 188 |
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 | 50.72% | ▲ +1.3pp | 7,078 |
| 7.41d | 49.44% | ▲ +1.0pp | 74,676 |
| 7.41c | 48.47% | ▼ -2.3pp | 35,247 |
| 7.41b | 50.76% | — | 49,766 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.