Sand King
MidOfflane

Melee · Initiator · Disabler · Support

How to counter Sand King

In lane

  • Ranged laners, 9 in this group
    • Sand King struggles when laning against ranged cores due to them outranging his Sand Storm and Stinger.

In game

  • • Debuff immunity is very strong against Sand King and Rage provides that.
  • • Debuff immunity is very strong against Sand King and Blade Fury provides that.
  • • Zeus can reveal an invisible Sand King playing in Sand Storm. • Zeus can reveal and cancel the powerful initiation of Sand King with Nimbus and Thundergod's Wrath.
  • • Sand King's initiation with Epicenter can be very powerful and Solar Guardian can provide some much needed healing and counterinitiation.

Items

  • Black King Bar
    • All of Sand King's damage is magical which makes this a great item to ignore his damage and Burrowstrike stun.
  • Pipe of Insight
    • All of Sand King's damage is magical which makes this a great item to soak some damage for your team.
  • Sentry Ward
    • You need detection in lane to see him while he is in Sand Storm.

Kit

Talent tree

  1. 35% Sand Storm Slow and Blind

    25

    +125 Stinger Damage

  2. +6 Epicenter Pulses

    20

    -3s Burrowstrike Cooldown

  3. +200 Burrowstrike Cast Range

    15

    +25 Sand Storm Damage Per Second

  4. +100 Caustic Finale Radius

    10

    +12% Stinger Slow

Attributes

At level 1, before items.

Growth

Strength
23 + 2.5
Agility
19 + 2
Intelligence
17 + 2
Damage
19–29

Health & mana

Health
626
Health regen
2.6
Mana
279
Mana regen
0.9

Combat

Armour
4.2
Magic resist
25%
Attack range
150
Base attack time
1.7s
Attack point
0.53
Projectile speed
900

Movement & vision

Move speed
290
Turn rate
0.6
Day vision
1800
Night vision
800
Legs
6