How Monkey King and Sand King perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Monkey King and Sand King win 39.60% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 303 matches.
Facing a double initiation from Sand King and Monkey King feels dangerous. A Burrowstrike stun setting up a Wukong's Command seems like a guaranteed teamfight win. In practice, though, dealing with them is often straightforward. The duo's damage is split between magical from Sand King and physical from Monkey King, which simplifies defensive item choices. Core heroes can often build a Black King Bar to completely ignore Sand King's Epicenter and then turn their attention to Monkey King. Their crowd control is also mostly area-of-effect, meaning a key target can frequently reposition or escape before the full damage lands, leaving the two initiators in an awkward spot.
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 | 41.76% | 182 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.16% | 376 |
| Legend & Ancient | 40.08% | 247 |
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 | 39.60% | ▼ -3.5pp | 303 |
| 7.41d | 43.12% | ▲ +0.4pp | 33,766 |
| 7.41c | 42.75% | ▼ -2.9pp | 22,650 |
| 7.41b | 45.66% | — | 37,792 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.