How Sand King and Tinker perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sand King and Tinker win 45.64% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 241 matches.
A big Sand King initiation can feel wasted with this lineup. He’ll Blink in with Epicenter, looking for his team to commit and clean up, but Tinker’s whole game is about *not* committing. Instead of following the stun, Tinker will be somewhere safe on the edge of the fight, casting spells from the trees before teleporting away to push another lane. This leaves Sand King exposed and without the coordinated burst needed to capitalize on his lockdown. One hero wants to force a decisive brawl while the other wants to play the map, pulling the team's strategy in two different directions and rarely leading to clean fight wins.
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 | 44.17% | 120 |
| Crusader & Archon | 43.44% | 244 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.64% | 195 |
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 | 45.64% | ▲ +0.9pp | 241 |
| 7.41d | 44.71% | ▲ +0.3pp | 22,152 |
| 7.41c | 44.42% | ▼ -0.9pp | 11,720 |
| 7.41b | 45.28% | — | 13,868 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.