How Pangolier and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pangolier and Sand King win 43.06% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,224 matches.
Combining Rolling Thunder with Epicenter can feel redundant and sometimes actively works against itself. While Sand King needs enemies to stay inside his ultimate to take damage, Pangolier's entire goal is to pinball them around the fight. It's very easy for a Pango player to accidentally knock targets out of the Epicenter, wasting a huge cooldown. This forces one of them to hold back. Even setting up with Burrowstrike can be tricky, as the roll might scatter enemies you wanted to keep locked down. Both heroes want to initiate and cause chaos, but their specific ways of doing it often conflict, leading to awkward teamfights where their biggest spells don't fully connect.
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 | 37.76% | 143 |
| Legend & Ancient | 37.75% | 151 |
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 | 43.06% | ▼ -1.2pp | 1,224 |
| 7.41d | 44.21% | ▲ +0.3pp | 16,084 |
| 7.41c | 43.93% | ▼ -4.2pp | 13,310 |
| 7.41b | 48.13% | — | 21,872 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.