How Medusa and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Medusa and Sand King win 49.22% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,103 matches.
Pairing these two is often a bet on landing a perfect teamfight combo. The plan is straightforward: Sand King finds a multi-hero Burrowstrike or channels a full Epicenter, locking down key targets. This provides the perfect window for Medusa to activate Stone Gaze, petrifying enemies who are already stunned and unable to turn away. The issue is that the entire strategy hinges on this one sequence. If Sand King gets his initiation interrupted or if the heroes are out of position, the synergy vanishes. Both heroes can also be greedy for farm, so if the early game goes poorly, Sand King may lack his Blink Dagger and Medusa her core items, leaving their powerful combo completely unavailable.
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 | 44.23% | 156 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.90% | 309 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.25% | 240 |
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 | 49.22% | ▼ -0.2pp | 2,103 |
| 7.41d | 49.38% | ▲ +0.6pp | 25,814 |
| 7.41c | 48.75% | ▼ -1.9pp | 12,990 |
| 7.41b | 50.68% | — | 18,718 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.