Sand King
Mostly Offlane · 59% of gamesAlso Mid · 32%
Universal
Melee
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.
▲ 57.0%237 · 29%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
▲ 60.8%130 · 16%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
▲ 68.8%96 · 12%Talent path: 10 left, 15 right, 20 left, 25 right
▲ 60.7%61 · 7%Talent path: 10 left, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
▼ 47.5%61 · 7%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
Selected build
Key items, in buying order
- Blink Dagger~13:50
- Aghanim's Scepter~25:15
- Black King Bar~33:40
Skill order, levels 1–25
63.2% · 38 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.
Talents
Talents at 10, 15, 25: the games of this build. Talents at 20: 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
55.2% · 165
42.9% · 2860.0% · 20Neutral items
57.9% · 242
48.7% · 187
53.4% · 103
57.7% · 52
36.5% · 52
62.0% · 50When 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~13:50| 5–10 min | ▲ 56.0% | 84 |
| 10–15 min | ▲ 57.3% | 623 |
| 15–20 min | ▼ 41.6% | 231 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 51.2% | 43 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 33.3% | 9 |
| 30–35 min | ▼ 0.0% | 3 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
Bought before 10:00: 56.0% wins; later: 52.5%.
Aghanim's Scepter~25:15| 15–20 min | ▲ 70.7% | 123 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 58.3% | 369 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 47.6% | 225 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 53.1% | 96 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 59.4% | 32 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 37.5% | 8 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 100.0% | 3 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 40.0% | 5 |
Bought before 25:00: 61.4% wins; later: 50.1%.
Shiva's Guard~36:37| 15–20 min | ▲ 100.0% | 2 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 75.0% | 8 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 78.8% | 52 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 71.3% | 101 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 66.4% | 110 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 64.9% | 77 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 51.9% | 27 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 46.2% | 13 |
Bought before 35:00: 74.2% wins; later: 63.0%.
Black King Bar~33:40| 20–25 min | ▲ 66.7% | 27 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 71.6% | 81 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 58.5% | 147 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 55.7% | 70 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 57.1% | 28 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 52.6% | 19 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 80.0% | 5 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
Bought before 30:00: 70.4% wins; later: 57.5%.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity~30:19| 5–10 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 10–15 min | ▼ 40.0% | 5 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 67.6% | 34 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 63.6% | 55 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 65.5% | 55 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 53.7% | 54 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 73.8% | 42 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 47.6% | 21 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 72.7% | 11 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 80.0% | 10 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 70–75 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 30:00: 64.2% wins; later: 62.4%.
Crystalys~34:09| 15–20 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 77.8% | 18 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 46.5% | 43 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 59.1% | 66 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 53.5% | 43 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 40.0% | 20 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 62.5% | 8 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 50.0% | 6 |
| 55–60 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 70–75 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 30:00: 55.6% wins; later: 54.7%.
Boots of Travel~29:03| 5–10 min | ▲ 85.7% | 7 |
| 10–15 min | ▲ 51.7% | 29 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 56.0% | 25 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 54.5% | 22 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 75.0% | 12 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 58.3% | 12 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 73.3% | 15 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 57.1% | 7 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 80.0% | 10 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 87.5% | 8 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 57.1% | 7 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 80.0% | 5 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 25:00: 56.6% wins; later: 71.4%.
Skull Basher~37:27| 20–25 min | ▲ 100.0% | 3 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 85.7% | 21 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 73.7% | 38 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 76.5% | 34 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 68.8% | 16 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 84.6% | 13 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 57.1% | 7 |
| 55–60 min | ▼ 0.0% | 2 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 35:00: 79.0% wins; later: 72.0%.