Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dark Willow wins the Dark Willow vs Monkey King matchup: Dark Willow beats Monkey King in 58.07% of 384 ranked matches.
Fighting inside Wukong's Command gets complicated when Dark Willow is on the other team. Her control spells are well-suited to disrupting Monkey King's plans. Cursed Crown can force him to abandon his position or get stunned, and a well-placed Bramble Maze makes it hard for him to chase anyone inside the ring. Even outside of his ultimate, her ability to go untargetable with Shadow Realm can dodge his initial stun and buy her time to reposition or fight back.
Monkey King’s main goal becomes finding and bursting Dark Willow before a teamfight properly starts. If he can get on top of her when her spells are on cooldown or before she can react, her low health pool makes her an easy target. A Black King Bar is also a huge powerspike for him in this matchup. Dark Willow, on the other hand, plays from the back lines, waiting for Monkey King to commit his ultimate or his jump. Her job is to stay alive long enough to cast her disruptive spells, turning his aggression against him.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dark Willow's win rate against Monkey King in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Dark Willow win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 54.17% | 216 |
| Crusader & Archon | 53.85% | 442 |
| Legend & Ancient | 57.46% | 315 |
| Divine & Immortal | 57.05% | 149 |
Dark Willow's win rate against Monkey King in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Dark Willow win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 58.07% | ▲ +4.3pp | 384 |
| 7.41d | 53.79% | ▲ +0.6pp | 39,720 |
| 7.41c | 53.18% | ▲ +1.6pp | 23,943 |
| 7.41b | 51.62% | — | 30,721 |
Move this data into a draft
Dark Willow starts on Radiant and Monkey King on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 11, 2026.