Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41e win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Pugna wins the Monkey King vs Pugna matchup: Pugna beats Monkey King in 53.74% of 2,942 ranked matches.
Trying to build up Jingu Mastery stacks feels awful when Pugna is in the game. His Decrepify can be cast on you at any point, making you immune to physical damage and completely stopping you from attacking. This shuts down your entire damage plan. On top of that, Pugna's Nether Ward punishes Monkey King for using his spells like Primal Spring or Boundless Strike to engage, chipping away at your health before you can even get your combo started. His basic kit systematically dismantles what Monkey King wants to do.
This dynamic gets worse as the game goes on. Pugna will save Decrepify for Wukong's Command, turning you into a ghost inside your own ultimate. You're stuck there, unable to attack, while your spell is completely wasted. This forces the Monkey King to either play around a very long cooldown or buy a specific dispel item he might not want. A good Pugna simply has to stay positioned in the backline and wait for you to show up, while you have to find a perfect opening to have any impact at all.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Monkey King's win rate against Pugna 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 | Monkey King win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 44.21% | 242 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.86% | 462 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.96% | 313 |
| Divine & Immortal | 42.06% | 126 |
Monkey King's win rate against Pugna in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Monkey King win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 46.26% | ▲ +0.6pp | 2,942 |
| 7.41d | 45.71% | ▼ -0.4pp | 36,637 |
| 7.41c | 46.15% | ▼ -1.3pp | 22,301 |
| 7.41b | 47.41% | — | 26,461 |
Move this data into a draft
Monkey King starts on Radiant and Pugna on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Aug 17, 2026.