How Outworld Destroyer and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Outworld Destroyer and Sand King win 51.03% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,634 matches.
Setting up a perfect Epicenter can be awkward with an Outworld Destroyer on the team. While Astral Imprisonment can be used to hold a target for Sand King's Burrowstrike, the timing is very strict. It’s easy to mistime the banish and accidentally save an enemy from the stun or allow them to escape the full channel. Beyond the laning stage, both heroes bring massive area-of-effect damage, but their positioning needs can conflict. Sand King wants to be in the absolute center of the fight, whereas Outworld Destroyer often plays from the edges. This can lead to them fighting separate battles instead of focusing fire, making teamfights feel a bit disjointed.
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 | 42.86% | 182 |
| Crusader & Archon | 50.90% | 387 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.88% | 330 |
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 | 51.03% | ▲ +2.9pp | 2,634 |
| 7.41d | 48.14% | ▲ +1.1pp | 24,402 |
| 7.41c | 47.02% | ▼ -0.6pp | 11,217 |
| 7.41b | 47.60% | — | 15,690 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.