How Sand King and Tiny perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Sand King and Tiny win 38.78% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 263 matches.
Trying to land a big combo often ends up feeling clumsy. Sand King needs enemies to stay close for a full Epicenter, but Tiny's Toss can easily throw a key target to safety or even accidentally move Sand King and cancel his channel. The reverse is also a problem. A perfect Avalanche setup from Tiny can be ruined when Sand King uses Burrowstrike and pushes the enemies out of the damage area. Both heroes want to initiate and control the same space, but their abilities actively get in each other's way. This leads to redundant initiations and a lot of frustrating moments where you're fighting your own team's spells.
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 | 42.77% | 159 |
| Crusader & Archon | 37.32% | 284 |
| Legend & Ancient | 36.76% | 253 |
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 | 38.78% | ▼ -4.5pp | 263 |
| 7.41d | 43.29% | ▲ +0.4pp | 30,260 |
| 7.41c | 42.88% | ▼ -2.7pp | 21,477 |
| 7.41b | 45.63% | — | 30,429 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.