How Dawnbreaker and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Dawnbreaker and Sand King win 52.05% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 7,428 matches.
Expecting a clean Solar Guardian into Epicenter combo misses the point of this pairing. The real strength comes from the chaos Dawnbreaker creates. She wades into the middle of a fight with Starbreaker, forcing the enemy team to deal with her immediately. This distraction is the perfect opening for Sand King to land a big Burrowstrike or channel his Epicenter without getting instantly cancelled. Their combined area damage from spells like Starbreaker and Sand Storm makes teamfights incredibly messy for opponents. Dawnbreaker can also use Solar Guardian to join on a Sand King initiation from anywhere, turning a simple pick-off into a full-blown teamfight win.
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 | 55.02% | 209 |
| Legend & Ancient | 50.86% | 232 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 52.05% | ▲ +0.4pp | 7,428 |
| 7.41e | 51.63% | ▲ +1.2pp | 25,228 |
| 7.41d | 50.46% | ▲ +0.5pp | 24,235 |
| 7.41c | 49.99% | — | 15,656 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.