How Kez and Monkey King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kez and Monkey King win 38.94% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 208 matches.
Picking these two cores feels like a plan for constant aggression, but it usually backfires. Both Kez and Monkey King are greedy melee carries who want to occupy the same space on the map and farm the same camps. They don't enable each other; they compete for resources from the first minute. In teamfights, they have conflicting ideas of a good setup. Kez wants to isolate a single enemy to duel with his stances, while Monkey King looks for a multi-hero Wukong's Command. This lack of coordination often means one hero is left without a good way to contribute, making it easy for the enemy team to pick them off one by one.
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 | 39.22% | 102 |
| Crusader & Archon | 35.82% | 201 |
| Legend & Ancient | 46.15% | 182 |
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 | 38.94% | ▼ -1.4pp | 208 |
| 7.41d | 40.30% | ▼ -1.6pp | 23,019 |
| 7.41c | 41.95% | ▼ -1.5pp | 20,147 |
| 7.41b | 43.49% | — | 17,831 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.