Sand King — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Blink Dagger~12:38
Aghanim's Scepter~23:33
Black King Bar~31:53

Skill order, levels 1–25

39.3% · 56 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Burrowstrike		2						8	9	10
Sand Storm	1		3		5		7
Stinger				4								12		14	15
Epicenter						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

This build has too few games for its own order, so this is the hero's most common order at this rank and position.

Talents

35% Sand Storm Slow and Blind

36% · 59.3% · 54

+125 Stinger Damage

64% · 64.6% · 96

+6 Epicenter Pulses

94% · 58.3% · 259

-3s Burrowstrike Cooldown

6% · 66.7% · 18

+200 Burrowstrike Cast Range

61% · 52.4% · 63

+25 Sand Storm Damage Per Second

39% · 52.5% · 40

+100 Caustic Finale Radius

32% · 38.4% · 125

+12% Stinger Slow

68% · 52.8% · 267

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Talents at 15: the games of this build. Talents at 10, 20, 25: all the hero's games at this rank and position, because this build has under 30 games on a side. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

57.9% · 38

40.6% · 32

55.0% · 20

Neutral items

58.4% · 77

55.7% · 70

40.0% · 60

40.0% · 25

27.3% · 22

54.5% · 22

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Blink Dagger~12:38

5–10 min	▼ 39.5%	38
10–15 min	▲ 52.3%	304
15–20 min	▼ 32.6%	43
20–25 min	▼ 33.3%	3
25–30 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 10:00: 39.5% wins; later: 49.4%.

Aghanim's Scepter~23:33

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 66.7%	78
20–25 min	▼ 46.1%	165
25–30 min	▼ 47.6%	63
30–35 min	▼ 35.7%	28
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	6
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 20:00: 66.2% wins; later: 46.0%.

Black King Bar~31:53

15–20 min	▼ 0.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 62.5%	16
25–30 min	▲ 54.3%	46
30–35 min	▲ 57.4%	61
35–40 min	▼ 40.0%	25
40–45 min	▼ 45.5%	11
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 30:00: 55.6% wins; later: 53.0%.

Shiva's Guard~34:55

20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	8
25–30 min	▲ 72.0%	25
30–35 min	▲ 76.2%	42
35–40 min	▲ 62.2%	45
40–45 min	▲ 60.0%	20
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	7
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 78.8% wins; later: 66.1%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~26:32

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	4
15–20 min	▲ 62.1%	29
20–25 min	▲ 51.7%	29
25–30 min	▲ 59.1%	22
30–35 min	▲ 50.0%	20
35–40 min	▲ 75.0%	8
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	5
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	1
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	2
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 56.5% wins; later: 62.7%.

Skull Basher~35:29

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	4
25–30 min	▲ 71.4%	14
30–35 min	▼ 45.5%	22
35–40 min	▲ 62.5%	24
40–45 min	▼ 41.7%	12
45–50 min	▲ 80.0%	5
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 35:00: 61.0% wins; later: 61.4%.

Crystalys~34:43

15–20 min	▼ 0.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 55.6%	9
25–30 min	▲ 50.0%	16
30–35 min	▲ 54.5%	22
35–40 min	▲ 63.6%	11
40–45 min	▼ 42.9%	7
45–50 min	▲ 83.3%	6
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	3
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 50.0% wins; later: 58.8%.

Daedalus~38:27

25–30 min	▲ 75.0%	4
30–35 min	▼ 46.7%	15
35–40 min	▲ 58.3%	12
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	9
45–50 min	▲ 71.4%	7
50–55 min	▼ 33.3%	3