How Queen of Pain and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Queen of Pain and Sand King win 45.94% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 4,911 matches.
Thinking about this combo, you see two mobile magical bursters who should be able to blow up the map. The problem is they want to do different things with their damage. Sand King sets up a wide teamfight with Burrowstrike and a channeled Epicenter, looking to hit everyone. Queen of Pain wants to instantly delete a single backliner with her spells and Blink away. Her burst is too fast for his setup, and his setup is too wide for her single-target focus. They end up working against each other’s ideal rhythm.
In practice, a fight starts with a great multi-hero stun from Sand King, but Queen of Pain can only throw her entire kit at one of those targets. The others recover while she waits for cooldowns, and the damage feels diluted. To compensate, they're often forced to hunt for solo pickoffs, which is something Queen of Pain does better with other initiators who offer longer, single-target lockdown. Once enemies get their Black King Bars, the duo struggles to find impact, as their redundant magical damage is easily negated.
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 | 50.16% | 309 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.15% | 752 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.75% | 590 |
| Divine & Immortal | 39.35% | 155 |
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 | 45.94% | ▲ +1.4pp | 4,911 |
| 7.41d | 44.55% | ▲ +1.0pp | 58,922 |
| 7.41c | 43.56% | ▼ -4.0pp | 34,370 |
| 7.41b | 47.54% | — | 51,242 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.