How Monkey King and Slark perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Monkey King and Slark win 40.91% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 528 matches.
Fighting over the same farm and map areas makes this a difficult pairing. Both Monkey King and Slark are mid-game cores who want to get an item advantage and snowball by finding pickoffs. This creates a natural tension over who gets to farm where and who gets the kill opportunities. They also lack strong setup for one another. Slark’s Pounce and Monkey King’s Primal Spring offer some control, but there’s no reliable stun to lock a target down for Wukong’s Command or to let the other hero get free hits.
This competition for resources often means the team’s overall tempo is too slow. With both heroes needing to hit their own timings, the map gets split inefficiently, and it becomes easier for opponents to punish the greedy lineup before either core is truly online. The whole game plan often hinges on both Slark and Monkey King winning their lanes and finding kills on their own. When that doesn't happen, the team lacks a solid foundation and can struggle to fight as a group.
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 | 42.86% | 252 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.68% | 560 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.78% | 434 |
| Divine & Immortal | 45.86% | 157 |
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 | 40.91% | ▼ -4.6pp | 528 |
| 7.41d | 45.56% | ▼ -0.6pp | 51,140 |
| 7.41c | 46.11% | ▼ -1.3pp | 37,826 |
| 7.41b | 47.45% | — | 51,489 |
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Data updated Aug 12, 2026.