How Earth Spirit and Monkey King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Earth Spirit and Monkey King win 43.82% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 372 matches.
The classic combo of setting up for Wukong's Command looks good on paper, but Earth Spirit's kit often works against it. The core issue is displacement. A well-placed Boulder Smash or a stun from Rolling Boulder will also shove the target, frequently knocking them right out of Monkey King's ultimate. Even trying to kick enemies *into* the ring is unreliable and can easily push them out the other side. Earth Spirit wants to constantly reposition enemies to spread Magnetize or isolate targets, while Monkey King needs everyone to stand still in one area. Both heroes want to control the fight, but their methods are fundamentally opposed, leading to messy, ineffective teamfights.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crusader & Archon | 40.77% | 287 |
| Legend & Ancient | 47.54% | 345 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.88% | 191 |
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 | 43.82% | ▼ -0.7pp | 372 |
| 7.41d | 44.54% | ▼ -0.4pp | 27,060 |
| 7.41c | 44.97% | ▼ -1.7pp | 16,032 |
| 7.41b | 46.66% | — | 19,129 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.