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Reworked in 7.36Reworked in 7.36 May 2024
Sand King changed enough that old habits may not hold. The kit further down is how Sand King plays now.
- ◆Stinger New Basic Ability
- ◆Caustic Finale Now is an Innate ability. Passive, levels up with Epicenter
- ▼Caustic Finale No longer slows enemies
- ◆Burrowstrike Can now be put on alt-cast to immediately cast in the desired direction, without walking until the required cast range is reached
- ▼Sand Storm No longer makes Sand King invisible by default
15 buffs and 13 nerfs since the rework: roughly even.
Biggest ability changes
- ▼Caustic Finale Duration decreased from 4.5/5/5.5/6s to 4.5sadjusted 10 times across 5 patches, net nerf
- ▼Stinger Slow Duration rescaled from 4/5/6/7s to 5sadjusted 8 times across 3 patches, net nerf
- ▲Sand Storm Radius increased from 425/500/575/650 to 475/550/625/700adjusted 5 times across 4 patches, net buff
- ▲Burrowstrike Sand King now immediately re-gains invisibility if the Burrowstrike ends within Sand Storm's AoEadjusted 4 times across 3 patches, net buff
- ▼Epicenter Base Radius decreased from 500 to 450adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net nerf
- ▲Info Damage spread increased from 8 to 10
- ◆Epicenter Info Doesn't apply inner radius bonus Stinger damage
Aghanim’s upgrades
- ▼Scepter Aghanim's Scepter Stinger damage decreased from 50% to 40%changed 8 times, latest shown
- ◆Shard Aghanim's Shard no longer increases Epicenter Pulse damagechanged 2 times, latest shown
Base stats
- ◆Damage gain per level increased from 2.8 to 2.9adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even
- ▲Base Strength increased from 22 to 23adjusted 3 times across 3 patches, net buff
- ▼Damage at level 30 decreased by 51-49 (from 196-204 to 145-155)
- ▲Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.5
- ▲Agility gain increased from 1.8 to 2.0
- ▲Intelligence gain increased from 1.8 to 2.0
- ▼Base Attack Speed decreased from 110 to 100
- ◆Damage at level 1 rescaled from 46-54 to 45-55
- ▲Base Damage increased by 12-14
Talents changed
- ◆Lv10 talent Stinger Slow increased from +8% to +12%
- ◆Lv15 talent Sand Storm Damage Per Second increased from +20 to +25
- ◆Lv20 talent +75/7 Base/Incremental Radius of Epicenter replaced with +6 Epicenter Pulses
- ◆Lv25 talent +8 Epicenter Pulses replaced with +125 Stinger Damage
Facets were part of the game from 7.36 and were removed in 7.41. Sand King had 14 facet changes in between.
Most recent change patch 7.41d, Jun 2026
- ▲Base stats Damage gain per level increased from 2.8 to 2.9
- ▲Base stats Strength gain increased from 2.3 to 2.5
Current abilities
BurrowstrikeSand King burrows into the ground and tunnels forward, damaging and stunning enemy units above him as he resurfaces. Adds Caustic Finale poison to heroes hit Can be put on alt-cast to immediately cast in the desired direction, without walking towards the targeted location.
Sand StormSand King creates a fearsome sandstorm that damages enemy units and grants Sand King Invisibility while he is in it. The effect ends when Sand King leaves the area.
StingerSand King strikes an area, performing an attack on all enemies in the area of effect, dealing extra damage to each. Enemies within an innermost radius of 125 take 40% extra damage. Applies Caustic Finale and a slow to all enemies hit.
Caustic Finale innateSand King's attacks inject a venom that causes enemy units to violently explode when they die that does a flat amount of damage and an additional amount based on the dying units max health.
EpicenterAfter a cast point of 2 seconds, Sand King sends a disturbance into the earth, causing it to shudder violently. All enemies caught within range will take damage and become slowed. Each subsequent pulse increases the radius of damage dealt.
What players buy on Sand King
Early game
- Phase Boots 1450g
Speed to get into fights quickly, plus attack damage while laning
Mid game
- Aghanim's Scepter 4200g
Debuff immunity, to act in a fight without being disabled
Late game
- Refresher Orb 5000g
Casts the strongest spell twice
- Soul Booster 3000g
- Abyssal Blade 6250g
Most bought first, from item purchases in recent professional matches (OpenDota, Nov 2026). Public games can differ.