How Marci and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Marci and Sand King win 48.70% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,006 matches.
Throwing an enemy with Dispose often works against what Sand King wants to do. His big teamfight spells, Epicenter and Burrowstrike, are most effective on clumped-up enemies. When Marci grabs one of those targets and throws them away from the group, it can effectively save that hero from Sand King's damage and stun. While both heroes are strong initiators, they have conflicting goals in a fight. Sand King wants to lock down and damage the whole enemy team at once, whereas Marci is focused on isolating and bursting a single priority target. This clash in teamfight objectives can lead to them getting in each other's way more than they set each other up.
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 | 45.09% | 173 |
| Crusader & Archon | 52.04% | 294 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.45% | 194 |
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 | 48.70% | ▲ +1.2pp | 2,006 |
| 7.41d | 47.53% | ▲ +0.2pp | 22,267 |
| 7.41c | 47.35% | ▼ -0.0pp | 11,161 |
| 7.41b | 47.38% | — | 16,149 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.