How Lone Druid and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Lone Druid and Sand King win 41.53% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 118 matches.
Looking for a big spell combo between these two is missing the point. Their value comes from creating different problems for the enemy team at the same time. A well-placed Epicenter forces opponents to scatter, which gives Lone Druid’s Spirit Bear the space it needs to find a root with Entangling Claws on a fleeing target. While Sand King provides magic burst and initiation, Lone Druid follows up with relentless physical damage and the ability to knock down buildings after a fight. They don't set each other up perfectly, but they create enough chaos to let their different strengths take over the game.
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 | 40.91% | 132 |
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 | 41.53% | ▼ -7.2pp | 118 |
| 7.41d | 48.75% | ▲ +0.0pp | 11,891 |
| 7.41c | 48.72% | ▼ -4.3pp | 10,096 |
| 7.41b | 53.06% | — | 20,995 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.