How Sand King and Skywrath Mage perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sand King and Skywrath Mage win 49.12% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 6,346 matches.
Picking these two heroes together looks like a straightforward plan. Sand King can land a Burrowstrike to hold an enemy still, creating a perfect setup for Skywrath Mage to unload his entire magical burst, including Mystic Flare. In reality, their ideal fights are quite different. Sand King wants to dive into the enemy team with Epicenter and cause widespread disruption. Skywrath is a fragile hero who prefers to stay on the edge of the fight, focusing all his spells on one high-priority target. This conflict means they're often not working towards the exact same goal in a teamfight.
During the laning phase and in early ganks, the combo is effective for securing kills. A successful stun from Sand King almost certainly leads to a kill for Skywrath Mage. As the game progresses into larger fights, however, this coordination becomes difficult. Sand King might initiate on a backline hero that Skywrath can't safely reach, or Skywrath might get focused before he can contribute his damage. The duo relies on finding consistent pickoffs, because in a full five-on-five engagement, their differing positional needs can leave them feeling disconnected from each other.
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 | 51.28% | 429 |
| Crusader & Archon | 46.81% | 957 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.74% | 636 |
| Divine & Immortal | 48.15% | 162 |
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 | 49.12% | ▲ +0.3pp | 6,346 |
| 7.41d | 48.79% | ▲ +1.1pp | 71,913 |
| 7.41c | 47.71% | ▼ -1.3pp | 33,642 |
| 7.41b | 49.02% | — | 47,066 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.