How Sand King and Templar Assassin perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sand King and Templar Assassin win 45.80% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 2,332 matches.
Controlling the map and hitting key item timings can feel like an uphill battle. Both Sand King and Templar Assassin need a lot of farm to be effective, and they often end up competing for the same camps and lanes. This can delay the crucial Blink Dagger timing that both heroes desperately want. While a Burrowstrike can set up a Meld strike for a pickoff, their kits don't mesh well in larger engagements. Sand King wants to be in the center of the enemy team with Epicenter, a position that's completely at odds with where a Templar Assassin wants to be to stay safe and pick off targets.
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 | 48.78% | 205 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.97% | 386 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.28% | 265 |
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 | 45.80% | ▲ +1.3pp | 2,332 |
| 7.41d | 44.47% | ▲ +0.7pp | 27,732 |
| 7.41c | 43.80% | ▼ -2.3pp | 11,980 |
| 7.41b | 46.10% | — | 19,558 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.