How Monkey King and Sven perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Monkey King and Sven win 48.17% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 301 matches.
The map feels small for this pairing, as both heroes often want to occupy the same space and hit the same creeps. Sven and Monkey King are greedy cores who require significant farm to come online, so they end up competing for resources and delaying crucial item timings for everyone. While Sven’s stun can set up an engagement, their overall plans tend to clash. They don't effectively cover each other's weaknesses; both are melee heroes vulnerable to being kited or controlled from a distance. Instead of enabling one another, they often end up trying to do the same job, leaving the team with a weaker, less coordinated offense.
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 | 41.20% | 233 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.18% | 337 |
| Legend & Ancient | 43.48% | 230 |
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 | 48.17% | ▲ +3.1pp | 301 |
| 7.41d | 45.11% | ▲ +0.7pp | 31,359 |
| 7.41c | 44.39% | ▼ -1.9pp | 14,599 |
| 7.41b | 46.25% | — | 16,803 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.