How Axe and Monkey King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Axe and Monkey King win 45.21% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,148 matches.
Stacking Berserker's Call on top of Wukong's Command looks good on paper, but the abilities often work against each other. Enemies Called by Axe are forced to attack him, clustering them tightly on a single point. This can pull them into the safe center of Monkey King's ultimate, away from the soldiers attacking the perimeter. The two heroes end up competing for the ideal enemy positioning instead of creating it together. Unless the setup is flawless, one hero's big spell ends up partially negating the other's. This leads to uncoordinated teamfights where the outcome depends heavily on which hero manages to land the better initiation.
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 | 50.27% | 565 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.50% | 1,321 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.50% | 1,118 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.88% | 425 |
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 | 45.21% | ▼ -2.2pp | 1,148 |
| 7.41d | 47.44% | ▼ -1.1pp | 133,898 |
| 7.41c | 48.50% | ▼ -0.5pp | 91,244 |
| 7.41b | 49.00% | — | 100,762 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.