How Primal Beast and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Primal Beast and Sand King win 47.07% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 973 matches.
Stacking stuns from Burrowstrike and Pulverize can feel redundant, as you're using two powerful disables for the duration of one. Both Primal Beast and Sand King want to be the primary initiator, often with a Blink Dagger, to jump in and cause chaos with big area-of-effect spells. This can lead to awkward fights where Primal Beast's Onslaught knocks enemies away from a channeled Epicenter. While having two forceful initiators can overwhelm an enemy team, it also means both heroes are trying to do the same job. This pairing often creates a draft that is too one-dimensional, lacking the sustained damage or defensive tools needed to close out a game cleanly.
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 | 44.44% | 117 |
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 | 47.07% | ▼ -0.6pp | 973 |
| 7.41d | 47.70% | ▲ +1.3pp | 11,642 |
| 7.41c | 46.41% | ▼ -3.3pp | 6,276 |
| 7.41b | 49.68% | — | 10,094 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.