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Sand King

Initiator · Disabler · Support · Nuker · Escape

Pro games

What pros buy

Most-bought items in each phase of recent professional games, from OpenDota. Consumables are left out after the start.

Starting items

  • Iron BranchIron Branch409×
  • TangoTango99×
  • Observer WardObserver Ward55×
  • Faerie FireFaerie Fire34×
  • Sentry WardSentry Ward33×
  • Quelling BladeQuelling Blade12×

Early game

  • Boots of SpeedBoots of Speed101×
  • BottleBottle84×
  • ChainmailChainmail81×
  • Phase BootsPhase Boots80×
  • BracerBracer11×
  • Blink DaggerBlink Dagger9×

Mid game

  • Ogre AxeOgre Axe132×
  • Blink DaggerBlink Dagger90×
  • Staff of WizardryStaff of Wizardry84×
  • Point BoosterPoint Booster77×
  • Blade of AlacrityBlade of Alacrity75×
  • Aghanim's ScepterAghanim's Scepter72×

Late game

  • Black King BarBlack King Bar56×
  • Shiva's GuardShiva's Guard41×
  • Skull BasherSkull Basher25×
  • Aghanim's ScepterAghanim's Scepter12×
  • ReaverReaver10×
  • Refresher OrbRefresher Orb10×

Pro games

Matchups

Sand King's win rate against each hero in pro games. Only heroes with 25+ games count, and small samples are pulled toward 50% when ranking.

Sand King is strong against

Sand King struggles against

Benchmarks

What strong games look like

From recent public games on this hero: the typical game, and what the best 10% and best 1% of games reached.

StatTypicalTop 10%Top 1%
Gold per minute481645781
XP per minute6909991,315
Last hits per minute5.07.79.6
Hero damage per minute6281,0531,477
Tower damage3572,1904,751

Watch and learn

Recent pro games on Sand King

8–4 in the last 12. Open one for the scoreboard, items and graphs.