How Ancient Apparition and Monkey King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Ancient Apparition and Monkey King win 40.37% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 488 matches.
Struggling to set the pace is a common problem for this duo. Monkey King wants to play an aggressive, up-close game, but Ancient Apparition provides very little reliable setup for his initiations. A hero that Monkey King wants to jump from the trees is not going to stand still for Cold Feet to trigger. In larger fights, AA can land a great Ice Blast, but he offers almost nothing to help keep enemies inside Wukong's Command. The two heroes are simply on different pages when it comes to positioning and timing.
The mid-game often sees the two heroes fighting separate battles. Monkey King will find an opening and commit, but without immediate follow-up control, he is easily isolated and burst down by the enemy team. This leaves Ancient Apparition using his ultimate reactively on a fight that is already lost. Smart opponents will punish this lack of cohesion, focusing down the overextended Monkey King or simply walking away from his abilities, knowing there is no lockdown to stop them.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate 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 | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 43.72% | 231 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.05% | 528 |
| Legend & Ancient | 39.27% | 438 |
| Divine & Immortal | 38.14% | 118 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 40.37% | ▼ -4.3pp | 488 |
| 7.41d | 44.63% | ▲ +0.5pp | 50,281 |
| 7.41c | 44.16% | ▼ -0.9pp | 30,212 |
| 7.41b | 45.04% | — | 38,340 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.