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.

Top 5 builds cover 67% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Blink Dagger → Aghanim's Scepter → Black King Bar · 1,205 games · win rate 56.7%

Everything below follows the selected build.

Full build

From the starting items to the late game, in this build's games with the filters above. Each phase shows up to 3 combinations with win rate, games and share of the build's games; the most played is highlighted.

Most common path

1 · Starting items

0:00

58.9%224 · 18%
52.6%76 · 6%
53.8%65 · 5%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

55.8%258 · 21%
56.7%245 · 20%
54.3%94 · 8%

Finished items only: no components, consumables or Aghanim's Shard. Any order; shown in the most common one.

3 · Core

first 3 key items

57.1%1,138 · 94%
45.9%61 · 5%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

52.7%241 · 20%
62.2%222 · 18%
52.3%218 · 18%

Any order, shown in the most common one. A game counts if it reached at least one of the items.

Situational items

Bought in at least 5% of this build's games and not on the most common path, sorted by win-rate change.

Sange11% of games · ~43:59+23.4 pts
Soul Booster12% of games · ~42:59+21.3 pts
Abyssal Blade9% of games · ~45:03+20.9 pts
Bloodstone8% of games · ~43:02+20.3 pts
Eul's Scepter of Divinity7% of games · ~43:07+14.1 pts
Overwhelming Blink7% of games · ~51:04+12.1 pts
Veil of Discord12% of games · ~37:42+12.0 pts
Aghanim's Blessing14% of games · ~49:28+11.2 pts

Win-rate change: win rate of the build's games with the item minus without it, in percentage points. At least 30 games on each side.

Skill order, levels 1–25

57.9% · 195 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

35% Sand Storm Slow and Blind

33% · 61.5% · 213

+125 Stinger Damage

67% · 66.3% · 430

+6 Epicenter Pulses

97% · 58.2% · 1,081

-3s Burrowstrike Cooldown

3% · 52.8% · 36

+200 Burrowstrike Cast Range

49% · 56.8% · 599

+25 Sand Storm Damage Per Second

51% · 56.4% · 613

+100 Caustic Finale Radius

29% · 52.7% · 351

+12% Stinger Slow

71% · 58.2% · 861

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

Numbers from the games of this build. 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.

Neutral items

57.1% · 1,245

47.9% · 1,068

42.4% · 715

52.8% · 322

46.9% · 309

57.7% · 279

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~14:18

0–5 min	▼ 0.0%	1
5–10 min	▲ 53.7%	423
10–15 min	▲ 54.5%	3,400
15–20 min	▼ 41.3%	1,476
20–25 min	▼ 38.3%	337
25–30 min	▼ 36.0%	75
30–35 min	▼ 33.3%	24
35–40 min	▼ 33.3%	3
40–45 min	▲ 71.4%	7

Bought before 10:00: 53.5% wins; later: 49.5%.

Aghanim's Scepter~25:52

10–15 min	▲ 55.6%	9
15–20 min	▲ 67.6%	615
20–25 min	▲ 57.7%	1,981
25–30 min	▼ 45.5%	1,222
30–35 min	▼ 43.8%	605
35–40 min	▲ 54.9%	257
40–45 min	▲ 56.8%	95
45–50 min	▲ 61.8%	34
50–55 min	▼ 38.5%	13
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	4
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 60.0% wins; later: 46.8%.

Shiva's Guard~36:16

10–15 min	▼ 0.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 71.4%	7
20–25 min	▲ 70.3%	74
25–30 min	▲ 71.2%	302
30–35 min	▲ 68.3%	612
35–40 min	▲ 64.5%	580
40–45 min	▲ 60.0%	375
45–50 min	▲ 51.1%	141
50–55 min	▲ 57.1%	63
55–60 min	▼ 36.8%	19
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	7
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 69.3% wins; later: 60.9%.

Black King Bar~33:46

15–20 min	▼ 33.3%	6
20–25 min	▲ 61.3%	111
25–30 min	▲ 66.1%	469
30–35 min	▲ 56.6%	721
35–40 min	▲ 51.0%	392
40–45 min	▼ 49.4%	174
45–50 min	▲ 55.7%	79
50–55 min	▲ 51.4%	35
55–60 min	▼ 45.5%	11
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	6
65–70 min	▲ 66.7%	3
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 64.8% wins; later: 53.9%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~29:32

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	2
10–15 min	▲ 57.6%	33
15–20 min	▲ 63.6%	195
20–25 min	▲ 52.7%	336
25–30 min	▲ 54.3%	335
30–35 min	▲ 50.8%	311
35–40 min	▲ 63.0%	165
40–45 min	▲ 59.8%	112
45–50 min	▲ 63.0%	54
50–55 min	▲ 59.4%	32
55–60 min	▲ 53.8%	13
60–65 min	▼ 33.3%	3
65–70 min	▼ 33.3%	3
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 56.7% wins; later: 55.8%.

Crystalys~34:13

5–10 min	▼ 0.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 66.7%	3
15–20 min	▼ 41.2%	17
20–25 min	▲ 66.3%	92
25–30 min	▲ 56.4%	204
30–35 min	▲ 59.2%	282
35–40 min	▲ 57.6%	229
40–45 min	▲ 58.5%	106
45–50 min	▲ 53.7%	54
50–55 min	▲ 52.2%	23
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	8
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	6
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	4
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 58.4% wins; later: 57.8%.

Soul Booster~39:07

15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	4
20–25 min	▲ 52.6%	19
25–30 min	▲ 78.8%	80
30–35 min	▲ 75.7%	148
35–40 min	▲ 72.8%	239
40–45 min	▲ 66.3%	172
45–50 min	▲ 56.5%	115
50–55 min	▼ 47.6%	42
55–60 min	▲ 61.9%	21
60–65 min	▲ 57.1%	7
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 74.5% wins; later: 65.6%.

Boots of Travel~31:00

5–10 min	▲ 70.6%	17
10–15 min	▼ 45.4%	97
15–20 min	▼ 48.2%	139
20–25 min	▲ 57.4%	94
25–30 min	▲ 58.4%	77
30–35 min	▲ 62.7%	75
35–40 min	▲ 64.7%	68
40–45 min	▲ 65.8%	73
45–50 min	▲ 67.4%	43
50–55 min	▲ 71.4%	42
55–60 min	▲ 54.5%	33
60–65 min	▲ 73.9%	23
65–70 min	▲ 72.7%	11
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 52.4% wins; later: 65.5%.