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Sand King

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Sand King
23 + 2.5
19 + 2
17 + 2
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+55HP and +0.25HP regeneration
+0.33 armor and 2 attack speed
+24MP and +0.1MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
+2.93 Main Attack Damage
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4.17
Armor
(782.63 EHP)
26.7%
Magic Resist
(854.02 EHP)
Instant
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (119)
(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.53 + 0.47
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Default
Gib Type
2010-11-01
Released
2004-10-22
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present
Version Control
This article has been updated to the latest version (7.41d) and is mostly accurate.
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Burrows to stun and slow enemies.
Obscured in the harshest of gusts of Sand Storms was the Sand King. From beneath the shifting dunes he ambushes and Burrowstrikes enemies from beneath, inflicting a desiccating and Caustic Venom that causes their corpses to erupt inside out. But true destruction was heralded by a beating tail. Within moments, the ground pulsed with violent tremors, and from its moving Epicenter, Crixalis pursued scattering foes until the very last fell to their knees. Across bazaars and between towns, the learned repeat a simple truth. Where the Sand King walks, the earth trembles.
Caustic Finale
Caustic Finale
Burrowstrike
Sand Storm
Stinger
Epicenter
Epicenter
Roles:Initiator Initiator Disabler Disabler Support Support Nuker Nuker Escape Escape
Adjectives
Legs ( 6 )

Bio

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I will show you fear in a handful of sand…
▶️  Crixalis, the Sand King
Aliases:
Crixalis, SK
The sands of the Scintillant Waste are alive and sentient — the whole vast desert speaks to itself, thinking thoughts only such a vastness can conceive. But when it needs to find a form to communicate with those of more limited scope, it frees a fragment of itself, and fills a carapace of magic armor formed by the cunning Djinn of Qaldin. This essential identity calls itself Crixalis, meaning 'Soul of the Sand,' but others know it as Sand King. Sand King takes the form of a huge arachnid, inspired by the Scintillant Waste's small but ubiquitous denizens; and this is a true outward expression of his ferocious nature. Guardian, warrior, ambassador — Sand King is all of these things, inseparable from the endless desert that gave him life.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Epicenter
Each Epicenter pulse now randomly summons multiple Stinger spines of its corresponding level, at random locations within its radius.

The spine radius is a portion of the current Epicenter radius, and can only affect the same enemy units once per pulse.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Epicenter
Passively releases a lesser Epicenter pulse at a fixed duration.

Increases pulse damage.

Talents

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+35% Sand Storm Slow and Blind25+125 Stinger Damage
+6 Epicenter Pulses20-3s Burrowstrike Cooldown
+200 Burrowstrike Cast Range15+25 Sand Storm Damage per Second
+100 Caustic Finale Radius10+12% Stinger Slow
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+2 All / / Attributes

Innate. Innate

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Caustic Finale

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Caustic Finale
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Magical
Injects a venom per successful attack that causes enemy units to violently explode when they die.

The damage radius is centered on Sand King.
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 400 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 500)
Base Damage: 17
Max Health as Damage Bonus: 2.5%
Duration: 4.5
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
The higher Sand King's level, the greater the damage applied.
Base Damage Increase: +This ability component scales with Hero Levels. 3
Max Health as Damage Increase: +This ability component scales with Hero Levels. 0.5%
Linked abilities are learned automatically when their counterpart ability is learned and vice versa.Linked abilities are learned automatically when their counterpart ability is learned and vice versa.
This ability levels up with Sand King.
An injection from Crixalis makes one brittle and as dry as the arid wastes, subject to implosive demise.
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  • Debuff sand_king_caustic_finale_orb
    • Considers Clones are identical to the main hero, with certain exceptions. clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, and Illusion Properties. illusions as creeps.
    • Applies the debuff in the following conditions:
    • Reapplying the existing debuff refreshes the duration, but does not update the ability values.
      • All ability values are set upon the initial debuff application.
  • The affected enemy unit(s).
    • Procs the radius damage upon the debuff-affected unit being killed by an enemy unit.
    • Does not proc in the following conditions:
Buff modifier_sand_king_caustic_finaleUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_RECORD_DESTROY
Debuff modifier_sand_king_caustic_finale_orbDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Caustic Finale: Injected with venom from Sand King's attacks. You will explode on death, dealing radius damage.
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH

Hero Model

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Hero Model
Ability
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Sand King's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Damage Block (Melee)
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.

Abilities

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Burrowstrike

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Q
E
Burrowstrike
Ability
Point / Unit
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Damage
Spell / Magical
Burrows into the ground and tunnels forward, damaging and stunning enemy units above Sand King as he resurfaces.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.53
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 550/625/700/775 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 750/825/900/975)
Spine Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 150
Damage: 80/150/220/290
Stun Duration: 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8
With Alt-Cast Enabled
Burrow and strikes in the point-targeted direction, without needing to reach the required cast range.
Travel Distance: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 550/625/700/775 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 750/825/900/975)
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
Applies a Caustic Finale debuff of its corresponding level on all affected enemy units upon resurfacing.
Hero Innate Ability
Innate Properties
Does not break the Sand Storm invisibility component upon cast, if Burrowstrike ends within the Sand Storm radius, but not other invisibility sources.
14/13/12/11 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 11/10/9/8)
Mana Cost
100/110/120/130
Crixalis often lies in wait, burrowing under the surface to ambush his adversaries.
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  • Has the following targeting functionalities:
    • The ability's unit-targeted properties.
      • When unit-targeted, Sand King chases the unit-targeted enemy until it is within the Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. cast range and casts Burrowstrike toward its direction.
      • Does not home and can be evaded by enemy units.
    • The ability's point-targeted properties. or The ability's ground-targeted properties.
      • Casts the ability on the point-targeted location.
      • The ability functions as a The ability's point-targeted properties. point-targeted ability with This ability has multiple different functionality modes.This ability has multiple different functionality modes. Alt-Cast enabled.
      • Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. to This ability directly moves the affected unit(s) to a certain coordinates.
        • EXPR
          MinDistance < PointDistance < MaxDistance
          • When point-targeted beyond the min or max distance, Burrowstrike teleports Sand King toward the min or max distance respectively.
  • The ability effects are applied as follows:
    • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
      1. Does not disjoint incoming The ability's projectile properties.The ability's projectile properties. projectiles upon cast.
      2. Does not break Sand Storm's Enemy units cannot see you, unless they have True Sight.Enemy units cannot see you, unless they have True Sight. invisibility upon cast, if the ability ends within the Sand Storm radius, but not other invisibility sources.
      3. The 0.53-second cast backswing has the following properties:
        • Sand King This unit cannot act and cannot issue orders. cannot act during this time.
          • EXPR
            CastBackswing = BurrowDuration + TeleportDuration
      4. The ability's spike projectile is visually larger upon hitting invisible units.
        • Once the cast backswing completes, Sand King This ability directly moves the affected unit(s) to a certain coordinates. teleports to and faces the The ability's point-targeted properties. point-targeted location once the spine projectile reaches it.
    • The affected enemy unit(s).
      1. Applies Debuff sandking_impale to all affected enemy units:
          • Can affect enemy units at max Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 700/775/850/925 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 900/975/1050/1125)-distance away with the cast range and spine radius.
      2. Stun
      3. The ability's spike projectile is visually larger upon hitting invisible units.
        • The spines travel at 2000-speed, reaching max distance in Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 0.28/0.31/0.35/0.39 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 0.38/0.41/0.45/0.49) seconds.
        • The ability's visual effects.
          • The spike that hit enemy units is visually larger and elevated. This also visually applies on the following units:
      4. The Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage upon landing.
        • When interrupted, Burrowstrike prematurely applies the landing effects at the affected enemy unit's current location.
Ability interactions with Debuff Immunity sources.
The The unit is forcefully moved in the x-axis accordingly to its facing direction. forced movement applied no longer affects the debuff immune enemy unit.
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
Applies Caustic Finale of Sand King corresponding ability level when acquired.
Ability interactions with Spell Duplication sources.
Sand King appears at the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted location.

The ability hits the secondary target, then the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy.
Buff modifier_sandking_burrowstrikeOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
Buff modifier_sandking_burrowstrike_trackerOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier
Debuff modifier_sandking_impaleDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.
Burrowstrike: Stunned by Sand King.
MODIFIER_STATE_STUNNED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_ANIMATION
  • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
    • Directly use Caustic Finale's ability values.
    • Applies a 0.033-second Debuff sandking_caustic_finale_orb if the caster does not have the ability upon Burrowstrike cast.

Sand Storm

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W
R
Sand Storm
Ability
No / Aura
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Damage
Spell / Magical
Creates a sandstorm that damages enemy units within the radius. The sandstorm immediately dissipates upon leaving the effect radius.
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 475/550/625/700
Damage per Second: 30/50/70/90 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 55/75/95/115)
Duration: 16/20/24/28
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Grants self invisibility with a fade delay, within the sand storm radius.
Fade Delay: 0.7
Talent Upgrade
Sand Storm now additionally blinds and applies movement speed slow to enemy units within the radius.
Move Speed Slow: 35%
Miss Chance: 35%
40/34/28/22
Mana Cost
85
Some say Crixalis is a mirage; his carapace appearing then vanishing between the whirling sands of the Scintillant Waste.
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    • The aura linger duration affects all ability components.
    • Creates an aura upon cast that applies the following ability effects in 0.2-second intervals, starting immediately upon debuff application, over 82/102/122/142 max possible instances:
      • The affected enemy unit(s).
      • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
        • Grants Enemy units cannot see you, unless they have True Sight.Enemy units cannot see you, unless they have True Sight. invisibility immediately upon cast.
          • Sand King will keep turning invisible for the entire duration.
          • During the fade delay, Sand King can still attack and cast abilities.
          • Does not grant Allows units to pass through other units, ignoring collision size. phase movement.
          • Buff sandking_sand_storm
            • Sources with fade delays utilize the modifier_invisible buff.
            • Buff sources of the same modifier do not stack, the longer duration buff takes precedence when the same modifier is applied.
            • Sand King can pick up or drop items without breaking invisibility.
            • The invisibility breaks upon attack point, or the abilities' cast point.
          • However, since Sand Storm applies the invisiblity immediately, the fade delay does not take effect when re-casting it within the previous radius.
Buff modifier_sandking_sand_stormOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDED
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP
Buff modifier_sandking_sand_storm_invisibilityOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Sand Storm: Turns you invisible and applies x damage every second to nearby units.
MODIIFER_PROPERTY_PERSISTENT_INVISIBILITY
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ABILITY_EXECUTED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_BREAK_INVISIBILITY
Buff modifier_invisibleOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Invisible
MODIFIER_STATE_INVISIBILE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_INVISIBILITY_LEVEL
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ABILITY_EXECUTED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_BREAK_INVISIBILITY
Buff modifier_sandking_sand_storm_slow_aura_thinkerUndispellable.
On hidden entity
Debuff modifier_sandking_sand_storm_slowUndispellable.
Sand Storm: Movement speed slowed by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
Debuff modifier_sandking_sand_storm_blindDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Sand Storm Blind: Missing x% of attacks.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MISS_PERCENTAGE
  • The ability's visual effects.
    • The visual effects indicating the ability's radius are visible to everyone.

Stinger

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E
L
Stinger
Does not pierce Debuff Immunity sources. This ability is not bestowed by Illusions.
Ability
Point / Area
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Physical / Instant Attack
Attacks and strikes an area with bonus spell damage.

The strike additionally applies a movement speed slow to all enemy units within the radius.
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 230/250/270/290
Instant Attack Factor: 1
Spell Damage Bonus: 50/75/100/125 (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 175/200/225/250)
Move Speed Slow: 10%/12%/14%/16% (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 22%/24%/26%/28%)
Slow Duration: 5
Deals additional damage to units within the proximity radius.
Proximity Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 125
Proximity Damage Factor: 1.4
15/12/9/6
Mana Cost
35/40/45/50
Crixalis is certainly capable of mercy, but the soul of the sand finds few foes worth sparing.
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  • Has the following targeting functionalities:
    • Doubletap ability to self-cast whenever available. Doubletap casts the ability at 150-distance in front of Sand King's facing angle.
    • The ability's area-of-effect properties. to
      • Casts the ability on the area-targeted location.
      • Can affect enemy units at max Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 430/450/470/490-distance away with the cast range and effect radius.
    • Casting on the unit's portrait self-cast the ability whenever available.Casting on the unit's portrait self-cast the ability whenever available. to
      • Casts and applies all ability effects centered around Sand King's current position.
  • The ability effects are applied as follows:
    1. Debuff Caustic Finale
    2. The total ability damage is applied as one damage instance in the combat log, and is defined as:
    3. Debuff sand_king_scorpion_strike_slow
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
Applies Caustic Finale of Sand King's corresponding ability level when acquired.
This ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability DraftThis ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability Draft
Requires drafting Sand King for its Caustic Finale corresponding component to work.
Debuff modifier_sand_king_scorpion_strike_slowDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Stinger: Movement speed slowed by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE

Epicenter

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R
C
Epicenter
Ability
No / Passive
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Magical
After its cast point, Sand King causes the ground beneath to shudder violently. All enemy units within the radius are damaged and slowed.

Each subsequent pulse increases the Epicenter radius.
Base Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 450
Radius Increase per Pulse: 13
Number of Pulses: 12/16/20 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 18/22/26)
Damage per Pulse: 60/70/80 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 70/80/90)
Move Speed Slow: 30%/40%/50%
Attack Speed Slow: 30/40/50
Slow Duration: 3
Slow Linger Duration: 3
Epicenter Duration: 6
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Each Epicenter pulse now randomly summons multiple Stinger spines of its corresponding level, at random locations within its radius.

The spine radius is a portion of the current Epicenter radius, and can only affect the same enemy units once per pulse.
Spine Radius Factor: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 0.15)
Number of Stinger Spines: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 3)
Spine Interval: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 0.5)
Stinger Spell Damage Factor: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 0.4)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Passively releases a lesser Epicenter pulse at a fixed duration.

Increases pulse damage.
Auto Pulse Radius: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 425)
Spine per Pulse: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 1)
Aghanim's Scepter & Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter & Shard Upgrade
The Stinger spines of Epicenter pulses now additionally apply the instant attack component.
Instant Attack Factor: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 1)
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The fixed duration is neither affected by cooldown reset sources nor percentage-based cooldown reduction sources.
Downtime: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 3)
120/110/100
Mana Cost
150/225/300
Many an explorer was lost to the quicksands of the Scintillant Waste.
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  • The ability has the following properties:
    • After the ability's cast point, the Epicenter pulses cannot be stopped.
    • Centered on Sand King upon cast for the entire duration, and continues pulsing at Sand King's The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only.The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only. death location.
    • The ability component ripples or pulsates outward.
      • Pulses per 0.25/0.1875/0.15 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 0.17/0.14/0.12)-second interval, starting 0.25/0.1875/0.15 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 0.17/0.14/0.12) seconds upon cast.
        • EXPR
          Intervals = EpicenterDuration / f(Pulses)
      • The pulses have the following radius per interval:
        • 450/463/476/489/502/515/528/541/554/567/580/593/With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 606/619/632/645/658/671
    • Debuff sand_king_epicenter_slow
      • Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration.
  • Recasting the ability creates another independent Epicenter instance.
  • Creates 3 Stinger Spines in 0.5-second intervals, randomly within the Epicenter radius, starting immediately upon cast, up to a max 12 sets of Stingers over the entire duration.
    • The ability's spike projectile is visually larger upon hitting invisible units.
      • Other Stinger notes apply, with each spine applying the following ability effects of its corresponding level:
      • Each Stinger-based spine do not spawn within the same radius of a previously created spine.
      • Does not apply the Instant Attack instant attack component..
      • The ability's visual effects.
        • Visually upgrades but does not apply to the current instance.
        • This restriction is removed upon acquiring the Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. ability upgrade.
Ability interactions with Debuff Immunity sources.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Does not release passive pulses on debuff immune enemy units.
Buff modifier_sand_king_shardUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier
Buff modifier_sand_king_epicenterOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Epicenter: Sending a disturbance into the earth, deals damage and slows in a radius
Debuff modifier_sand_king_epicenter_slowDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Epicenter Slow: Movement speed slowed by x%. Attack speed slowed by x.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT
  • Deals the following Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage (before reductions) within the radius for the entire duration:
    • 720/1120/1600 (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 1080/1540/2080)
    • Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
      • 840/1280/1800 (With level 25 Right Talent.With level 25 Right Talent. 1260/1760/2340)
      • May apply a max 3 additional passive pulses within the Epicenter duration.
    • Directly use Stinger's ability values, does not apply Stinger's ability components if it is not learned upon cast.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Sand King/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. PicksPatch
June 6, 2026 - 01:00 EESTTier 4HYYTYY X BAR LATEGAME - Group BHYYTYY X BAR LATEGAME - Group B
Lich
Tidehunter
Vengeful Spirit
Sand King
Clinkz
1 : 0
Doom
Treant Protector
Pangolier
Rubick
Necrophos
7.41d
+ Details
June 5, 2026 - 18:50 EESTTier 4HYYTYY X BAR LATEGAME - Group AHYYTYY X BAR LATEGAME - Group A
Snapfire
Windranger
Sand King
Lina
Treant Protector
0 : 1
Tusk
Zeus
Centaur Warrunner
Rubick
Pudge
7.41d
+ Details
June 3, 2026 - 20:00 SGTQualifierEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQEWC 2026 SEA CQ
Windranger
Sand King
Silencer
Tiny
Underlord
0 : 1
Treant Protector
Puck
Lycan
Techies
Monkey King
7.41
Details
May 31, 2026 - 19:05 EDTShowmatchBoris Invitational - PlayoffsBoris Invitational - Playoffs
Rubick
Brewmaster
Winter Wyvern
Templar Assassin
Sand King
1 : 0
Dawnbreaker
Tusk
Puck
Hoodwink
Drow Ranger
+ Details
May 30, 2026 - 12:30 MSKTier 4STORM CUP Season 2 - Group BSTORM CUP Season 2 - Group BSTORM CUP Season 2 - Group B
Tidehunter
Tusk
Luna
Skywrath Mage
Sand King
0 : 1
Phoenix
Invoker
Hoodwink
Bristleback
Medusa
7.41c
+ Details

Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.41d
(2026-06-04)
  • Increased Strength strength gain from 2.3 to 2.5.
7.41c
(2026-05-06)
  • Reduced base attack speed from 110 to 100.
  • Rescaled Stinger slow duration from 4/5/6/7 to 5 on each level.
  • Reduced Epicenter base radius from 500 to 450.
7.41b
(2026-04-07)

Dota Plus Progress

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Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Sand King's Relics Voice Lines

Double Hero Burrowstrike

Caustic Finale Hero splashes

Epicenter Kills

Epicenter Blink Combos

Damage while Invisible

Magic Damage

Eul's Scepter of Divinity leading to Kills

Stuns leading to kills

channels cancelled

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Wards placed

Kill Assists

Kills
Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • In very early versions of DotA, Sand King had a couple of infamous bugs.
    • One bug caused the final pulse of Epicenter to deal over 10,000 damage.
      • The value was verified by stacking a lot of strength on Pudge via Flesh Heap and check how much damage he could take.
    • Another bug involved giving Sand King the Burrowstrike cast order on an allied unit that is far away.
      • Once that ally got within cast range, Burrowstrike would send Sand King to the ally's location as the cast order was given, instead of its current location, potentially teleporting him across the map. This only worked when an ally was targeted.
      • This was commonly done to escape ganks by targeting a freshly spawned lane creep, sending Sand King towards the Barracks.
    • Dust Trail, the predecessor of Sand Storm only worked when Sand King was on team Dire (Scourge).
      • If skilled on team Radiant (Sentinel), the ability did nothing at all.
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References

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  1. ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1zkfmv/wearea_videogame_developer_aua/cfug07z
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