UniversalSand King
Popularity: #51
Leaderboard: #28
Ban Rank: #44
KDA Rank: #66
Burrows to stun and slow enemies
Not many can survive an ambush from Sand King. Demolishing everything around him with waves of deadly vibration from his ultimate, he evades counterattacks by hiding himself in a scouring gust of sand, and stuns foes by striking them from beneath.
Win Rate 51.6%
Pick Rate 7.9%
Attributes
484 +50.6/lvl
204 +21.6/lvl
22 +2.3/lvl
19 +1.8/lvl
17 +1.8/lvl
Stats
Damage:
7 - 15 + 1.3/level (44.7 - 52.7 at level 30)
Range:
150
Armor:
1 + 0.3/level (9.7 at level 30)
Movement:
290
Roles
Carry
Escape
Nuker
Initiator
Durable
Disabler
Support
Pusher
Facets
Sandshroud
Win Rate: 53.3%
Pick Rate: 85.9%
Sand Storm has increased radius and grants Sand King Invisibility while in it.
Dust Devil
Win Rate: 41.3%
Pick Rate: 14.1%
Sand Storm follows Sand King when he moves or Burrowstrikes.
Abilities
Caustic Finale
Sand King's attacks inject a venom that causes enemy units to violently explode when they die.
EXPLODE RADIUS: 400
BASE DAMAGE: 20/40/60/80
MAX HEALTH DAMAGE: 6%/9%/12%/15%
Burrowstrike
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 hitCan be put on alt-cast to immediately cast in the desired direction, without walking towards the targeted location.
AFFECTS:unit
PASSIVE:No
DISPELLABLE:strong
DEBUFF:yes
burrow width:150
burrow duration:1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8
burrow speed:2000
burrow anim time:0.52
AbilityCastRange:525 / 600 / 675 / 750
+0.3s Burrowstrike Stun
-2s Burrowstrike Cooldown
14 / 13 / 12 / 11
110 / 120 / 130 / 140
Sand Storm
Sand King creates a fearsome sandstorm that damages enemy units. The effect ends when Sand King leaves the area.
PASSIVE:No
damage tick rate:0.2
sand storm radius:300 / 350 / 400 / 450
sand storm damage:25 / 50 / 75 / 100
fade delay:-1
Aghanim`s Scepter Upgrade
Every =0.4s, 3 Burrowstrike spines are created at random locations, each measuring 10 of the Sand Storm's current radius, that apply =70 of Burrowstrike damage and stun to enemies hit. Spines do not appear if Sand King is outside of Sand Storm.
explosion radius pct:10
explosion min dist:90
explosions per pulse:3
spine tick rate:=0.4
spine damage pct:=70
+10 Sand Storm Damage Per Second
40 / 34 / 28 / 22
85
Stinger
Sand King strikes an area, performing an attack with bonus damage on all enemies in the area of effect. Enemies within an innermost radius of 125 take 40 extra damage. Applies Caustic Finale and a slow to all enemies hit.
AFFECTS:area
PASSIVE:No
radius:225 / 255 / 285 / 315
inner radius:125
inner radius bonus damage pct:40
attack damage:40 / 80 / 120 / 160
debuff duration:4 / 5 / 6 / 7
strike slow:10 / 12 / 14 / 16
+12% Stinger Slow
+50 Stinger Damage
14 / 11 / 8 / 5
30
Talents
35% Sand Storm Slow and Blind
+ 1.5 %
+10 Epicenter Pulses
+100/12 Base/Incremental Radius of Epicenter
+ 0.1 %
-2s Burrowstrike Cooldown
+50 Stinger Damage
+ 2.5 %
+12% Stinger Slow
+0.3s Burrowstrike Stun
+ 1.4 %
+10 Sand Storm Damage Per Second
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Make sure pull camps are open for pulling as the you will be pushing lane non-stop.
Check opponents' inventories for detection frequently if you took the Sandshroud facet.
Tag creeps with Caustic Finale and if an opponent comes close, you can Burrowstrike or Stinger to last hit and explode creeps.
When in trouble, you can sometimes stand your ground in a Sand Storm and fight back.
Sand King is great at defending towers as you can Sand Storm in front and hide yourself in trees with the Sandshroud facet.
Once you have Blink Dagger, use it immediately before opponents are able to see it in your inventory.
Stay out of vision and be patient in the fights. Choose a good moment to jump with your combo.
Sand King is great at split pushing when not much is happening on the map.
Counter Strategy
Bring a sentry to the lane against Sand Kings Sand Storm if he took the Sandshroud facet.
Your creeps explode on death due to Sand King's Caustic Finale. Denying affected creeps prevents explosion.
Avoid fighting in Sand Storm for too long as it does a lot of magical damage.
Against Sand King you need to carry detection on multiple heroes if he took the Sandshroud facet.
Be aware of Sand King's Blink Dagger timing. Look to cancel his Dagger in fights.
Avoid fighting in choke spots and clumping up against Sand King's Epicenter and Blink Dagger combination.
Spell immunity and magic resistance items are great against Sand King's magical damage.
Once Sand King has Aghanims Scepter, be careful about standing in Sand Storm as you can get perma stunned.
Lore
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 must 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.