How Jakiro and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Jakiro and Sand King win 42.95% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 596 matches.
Facing down a Sand King and Jakiro feels threatening, since the potential for a massive Epicenter into Macropyre combo is always there. The issue is execution. Both heroes offer big, slow area-of-effect spells, and they can feel clumsy together without a third hero providing instant lockdown. If Sand King's initial Burrowstrike isn't perfect, enemies can often walk out of Jakiro's delayed Ice Path and other damage. It creates a situation where you have two powerful teamfight ultimates that don't reliably set each other up. This pairing isn't common, so maybe there's a specific timing that makes it work.
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 | 53.25% | 323 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.30% | 643 |
| Legend & Ancient | 38.20% | 500 |
| Divine & Immortal | 40.16% | 127 |
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 | 42.95% | ▼ -2.9pp | 596 |
| 7.41d | 45.87% | ▲ +1.8pp | 55,197 |
| 7.41c | 44.04% | ▼ -1.5pp | 24,500 |
| 7.41b | 45.54% | — | 38,175 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.