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Attack Type: Melee
Strength: 22 + 2.7 | Agility: 19 + 1.8 | Intelligence: 19 + 1.8
Sand King Items build
Meta build:
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- Blink Dagger
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- Boots of Trave
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- Black King Bar
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- Kaya and Sange
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- Eul’s Scepter of Divinity
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- Aghanim’s Scepter
Pro Build:
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- Black King Bar
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- Boots of Trave
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- Blink Dagger
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- Shiva’s Guard
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- Linken’s Sphere
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- Ethereal Blade
Sand King’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Sand Storm -> Burrowstrike -> Caustic Finale -> Epicenter.
Combo Sand King
Heroes combo: Sand King + Crystal Maiden
How To Counter Sand King ?
Pros
- High mobility.
- Short cooldown.
- Works well in many team setups.
Cons
- Low mana.
- Ultimate scales poorly into late game.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Sand King ?
Best items for Sand King
Start items for Sand King in dota 2 are: Ring of Regen, Quelling Blade, Tango, Healing Salve.
Meta items for Sand King in dota 2 are: Blink Dagger, Boots of Trave, Black King Bar, Kaya and Sange, Eul’s Scepter of Divinity, Aghanim’s Scepter.
Pro items for Sand King in dota 2 are: Black King Bar, Boots of Trave, Blink Dagger, Shiva’s Guard, Linken’s Sphere, Ethereal Blade.
Tips and Tricks
During the laning phase, Sand King typically provides support for his team by acquiring Observer Wards and Smoke of Deceit as necessary.
He has the potential to be either a very dangerous ganker who is very impossible to escape or a very evasive target who can fend off even the most aggressive ganks.
Burrowstrike and Sand Storm give Sand King ways to flee, and he typically needs levels before he can farm for gold to buy his gear. Sand King can also be used as an early offlaner.
Sand King’s Ability
BURROWSTRIKE
The Sand King descends beneath the earth and advances, striking and stunning opponent units above him when he emerges. poison Caustic Finale is added to the heroes’ hit.
SAND STORM
The terrifying sandstorm the Sand King summons hurts opposing units while obscuring him from view. Sand King is followed by a storm moving at 100 units per second. When Sand King leaves the area, the influence is over.
CAUSTIC FINALE
The poison that the Sand King injects during combat causes opponent troops to move more slowly and explode violently when they are killed.
EPICENTER
The earth trembles ferociously as a result of the disruption sent into it by Sand King after a cast point of 2.0 seconds. All foes caught in the area will suffer damage and sluggishness. The damage-dealing pulses that follow each other expand the damage area.
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