Sand King: Melee, position 2 (mid), Initiator, Disabler, Nuker, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.6% win rate in pubs and a 4.3% pick rate.
Not many can survive an ambush from Sand King. Demolishing everything around him with waves of deadly vibration from his ultimate, he evades counterattacks by hiding himself in a scouring gust of sand, and stuns foes by striking them from beneath.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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30′Core items in order: Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 21), Black King Bar (around minute 27), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 30).
Full build by minute →
Max Sand Storm, then Burrowstrike, then Stinger.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Leshrac, Pugna and Bounty Hunter; easiest: Muerta, Shadow Demon and Jakiro.
All 121 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 562 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 722.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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11′99%21′84%27′79%30′42%
35′50%28% of 99 pro matches
Sand King burrows into the ground and tunnels forward, damaging and stunning enemy units above him as he resurfaces. Adds Caustic Finale poison to heroes hit Can be put on alt-cast to immediately cast in the desired direction, without walking towards the targeted location.
Pros max it by level 10
Sand King creates a fearsome sandstorm that damages enemy units and grants Sand King Invisibility while he is in it. The effect ends when Sand King leaves the area.
Pros max it by level 7
Sand King strikes an area, performing an attack on all enemies in the area of effect, dealing extra damage to each. Enemies within an innermost radius of 125 take 40% extra damage. Applies Caustic Finale and a slow to all enemies hit.
Pros max it by level 15
Sand King's attacks inject a venom that causes enemy units to violently explode when they die that does a flat amount of damage and an additional amount based on the dying units max health.
After a cast point of 2 seconds, Sand King sends a disturbance into the earth, causing it to shudder violently. All enemies caught within range will take damage and become slowed. Each subsequent pulse increases the radius of damage dealt.
Pros max it by level 17
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Sand King: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Guardian (51.1% wins) and wins 51.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 91% of games. Pros usually build Aghanim's Scepter, Black King Bar and Aghanim's Shard by minute 30. It struggles most against Leshrac, Pugna and Bounty Hunter and has the easiest time against Muerta, Shadow Demon and Jakiro.
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