How Gyrocopter and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Gyrocopter and Sand King win 36.87% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 198 matches.
Pairing up a big area-of-effect stun with a hero full of area damage seems smart, but the execution is where this duo falls apart. Sand King wants to jump in and channel Epicenter, which ideally sets up for Gyrocopter. The problem is that Gyrocopter also needs to get dangerously close to use Rocket Barrage effectively. This puts two relatively fragile heroes in the same spot, making them an easy target for counter-initiation. Instead of a clean setup, you often get both cores dying together. They're both very reliant on a strong mid-game timing, and if that window is missed, their overlapping magic damage doesn't scale well enough to recover.
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 | 38.68% | 106 |
| Crusader & Archon | 33.33% | 204 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.64% | 187 |
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 | 36.87% | ▼ -4.7pp | 198 |
| 7.41d | 41.56% | ▼ -1.8pp | 19,896 |
| 7.41c | 43.41% | ▼ -0.3pp | 11,160 |
| 7.41b | 43.74% | — | 16,849 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.