Sand King
Burrows to stun and slow enemies
Deliver massive AoE damage with Sand King, a slippery initiator whose Epicenter creates waves of deadly vibration. He comfortably evades counterattacks inside a blinding Sand Storm and reliably stuns foes with a quick Burrowstrike to set up easy kills.
Sand King abilities, talents and win rates on this page are from Dota 2 patch 7.41e.
Sand King Performance Summary
On patch 7.41e, Sand King holds a 48.71% win rate across 159,866 ranked games. That average hides a 4.9-point swing between skill brackets — 51.54% in Herald against 46.64% in Divine — so Sand King rewards knowing the hero far more than the raw number suggests.
Base Stats
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Attack RangeWin Rates by Rank
Herald
Guardian
Crusader
Archon
Legend
Ancient
DivineFaces of Sand King
Innate Ability
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.
Talent Tree
Abilities
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.
100 / 110 / 120 / 130
14 / 13 / 12 / 11s
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.
8540 / 34 / 28 / 22s
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.
35 / 40 / 45 / 5015 / 12 / 9 / 6s
After a cast point of 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.
150 / 225 / 300120 / 110 / 100sAghanim's Upgrades
When the pulses start, 3 Stinger attack areas are created every 0.5s at random locations, each measuring 35% of the Epicenter's current radius, that apply 40% of Stinger damage to enemies hit. Shard pulses cause 1 attack(s).
Increases Epicenter damage per pulse. Every 3s causes a small single Epicenter Pulse around Sand King.
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