Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Dragon Knight wins the Dragon Knight vs Monkey King matchup: Dragon Knight beats Monkey King in 53.03% of 330 ranked matches.
Trying to trade hits with Dragon Knight seems like a good plan for building Jingu Mastery stacks, but it rarely works out for Monkey King. Dragon Knight's natural armor and regeneration from Dragon's Blood make him incredibly difficult to wear down with physical damage early on. To make matters worse, a single cast of Breathe Fire will significantly cut Monkey King’s damage output, making it almost impossible to win an exchange. Any attempt at harassment is usually negated, allowing Dragon Knight to comfortably control the lane.
This dynamic lets Dragon Knight build a lead and start pressuring objectives with his ultimate. Monkey King doesn't have a reliable way to stop him from pushing towers. Even Wukong's Command isn't a guaranteed kill; Dragon Knight can often survive inside the circle, tanking the soldier damage while stunning Monkey King with Dragon Tail. This forces the Monkey King player to avoid direct confrontation and instead look for opportunities on more fragile heroes, relying on his team to handle the durable knight.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Dragon Knight'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 | Dragon Knight win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 54.46% | 213 |
| Crusader & Archon | 57.79% | 417 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.84% | 258 |
Dragon Knight'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 | Dragon Knight win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 53.03% | ▼ -1.7pp | 330 |
| 7.41d | 54.78% | ▼ -0.9pp | 35,964 |
| 7.41c | 55.69% | ▲ +2.9pp | 24,674 |
| 7.41b | 52.81% | — | 31,232 |
Move this data into a draft
Dragon Knight 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.