How Monkey King and Shadow Shaman perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Monkey King and Shadow Shaman win 49.06% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 34,209 matches.
Locking a target down for Wukong's Command seems like the obvious plan, but it's a trap. The core of the problem is positioning. Shadow Shaman wants to stand still at a safe distance to channel his disables, especially Shackles. Monkey King, on the other hand, wants his whole team to pile into his ultimate and create a chaotic brawl. These two goals are fundamentally at odds. One hero wants the fight to stay put while he channels from the edge, and the other wants everyone moving and fighting in a big circle.
This mismatch doesn't always show up in lane, where a simple Hex into Boundless Strike can easily get a kill. The trouble starts in teamfights. Shadow Shaman might successfully shackle an important enemy, but now he's a static target himself and not contributing to the fight inside Monkey King's arena. The enemy team can often decide to either ignore the shackled target and kill Shaman, or collapse on Monkey King while his support is busy channeling. The result is often an even trade, not a decisive victory.
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 | 48.86% | 438 |
| Crusader & Archon | 45.21% | 1,137 |
| Legend & Ancient | 48.73% | 1,063 |
| Divine & Immortal | 43.94% | 264 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 49.06% | ▲ +0.7pp | 34,209 |
| 7.41e | 48.39% | ▲ +1.1pp | 104,514 |
| 7.41d | 47.29% | ▼ -0.6pp | 135,445 |
| 7.41c | 47.90% | — | 83,240 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.