How Dark Seer and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Seer and Sand King win 47.98% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,042 matches.
Facing a Dark Seer and Sand King together can feel threatening. The potential for a big Vacuum into a fully channeled Epicenter is huge, and an Ion Shell on Sand King makes him a constant damage source. The problem is the execution. For the big combo to land, Sand King needs to start channeling his ultimate before the Vacuum happens, which requires perfect timing and vision control that can be difficult to coordinate. More often than not, one hero acts without the other being ready, or the teamfight moves and the setup is wasted. They both want to control the same space, but their kits don't always line up cleanly enough to be a reliable pairing.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 42.96% | 142 |
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 | 47.98% | ▲ +0.0pp | 1,042 |
| 7.41d | 47.96% | ▲ +0.4pp | 11,590 |
| 7.41c | 47.52% | ▼ -1.3pp | 4,815 |
| 7.41b | 48.80% | — | 6,022 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.