Sand King counters and build in Dota 2

Storm Spirit (+5.4%), Ancient Apparition (+4.2%), and Sniper (+4.1%) are the strongest against Sand King — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Sand King does best against Naga Siren (+7.3%), Broodmother (+6.8%), and Meepo (+6.4%).

The best partners for Sand King are Chaos Knight (+6.0%), Broodmother (+4.8%), and Largo (+4.7%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

“Position 3: Off Lane”: players usually start with Tango, Iron Branch ×2, Quelling Blade, Gauntlets of Strength, Circlet, and Magic Stick, pick Phase Boots for boots, then build Blink Dagger (12 min), Aghanim's Scepter (19 min), and Crystalys (30 min). Less often it is built for magic damage: Veil of Discord (29 min), Shiva's Guard (33 min), and Bloodstone (37 min).

Most often players take: at level 10 — “+12% Stinger Slow” (58%), at level 15 — “+25 Sand Storm Damage Per Second” (63%), at level 20 — “+6 Epicenter Pulses” (94%), and at level 25 — “35% Sand Storm Slow and Blind” (55%).

Sand King is played most often as “Position 3: Off Lane” — 65% of its matches. Less often: Position 2: Mid Lane (32%).