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Monkey King + Shadow Fiend

How Monkey King and Shadow Fiend perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.

As teammates
Together 39.13%
Win rate when Monkey King and Shadow Fiend are on the same team, over 25,454 ranked matches (7.41f).

In Dota 2 7.41f, Monkey King and Shadow Fiend win 39.13% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 25,454 matches.

Why this works

Trying to hold a position against this lineup often feels less threatening than it should. Both Monkey King and Shadow Fiend need a lot of farm to be effective, so they tend to compete for the same safe parts of the map instead of creating pressure together. Shadow Fiend offers almost no lockdown to help set up a good Wukong's Command, leaving Monkey King to find his own openings. This makes their teamfights feel disjointed.

Monkey King + Shadow Fiend by rank

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.

RankTeam win rateMatches
Herald & Guardian44.63%354
Crusader & Archon41.36%839
Legend & Ancient41.00%817
Divine & Immortal47.35%245

Monkey King + Shadow Fiend across patches

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.

PatchTeam win rateChangeMatches
7.41f 39.13%▼ -4.8pp25,454
7.41e 43.97%▲ +1.2pp98,168
7.41d 42.77%▲ +0.3pp99,577
7.41c 42.48%—52,303

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Frequently asked questions

Do Monkey King and Shadow Fiend work well together in Dota 2?
As teammates, Monkey King and Shadow Fiend win 39.13% of ranked matches in patch 7.41f (25,454 matches) — below the 50% baseline for a duo.
How many matches back the Monkey King + Shadow Fiend number?
25,454 quality-filtered ranked matches from patch 7.41f, refreshed as new matches are ingested daily.

Data updated Oct 5, 2026.