How Kunkka and Monkey King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Kunkka and Monkey King win 46.47% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 340 matches.
Thinking you can set up a big Wukong's Command with Kunkka's spells is a common trap, but the heroes clash more than they connect. Both want to be the team's primary physical damage dealer, and they hit their peaks around the same time with similar item needs. This creates a resource problem where either Kunkka is playing a sacrificial role he's not built for, or Monkey King is starved for the farm he needs to survive teamfights. They often end up competing for lane and jungle space from the start instead of truly enabling each other.
This forces the game into a race against the clock with one hero trying to carry the other. If Kunkka gets a good start, he'll be landing big Tidebringer cleaves, but Monkey King might not have the items to follow up effectively inside his ultimate. If Monkey King is the one ahead, Kunkka's control spells feel underwhelming without his own damage items to back them up. The enemy team can usually identify the real threat and focus them down, knowing the other hero lacks the resources to punish them for it.
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 | 41.51% | 159 |
| Crusader & Archon | 41.98% | 393 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.38% | 347 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.71% | 105 |
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 | 46.47% | ▲ +2.7pp | 340 |
| 7.41d | 43.82% | ▼ -0.7pp | 36,300 |
| 7.41c | 44.48% | ▼ -0.7pp | 25,391 |
| 7.41b | 45.20% | — | 29,645 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.