How Monkey King and Vengeful Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Monkey King and Vengeful Spirit win 47.01% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 785 matches.
Facing this pair can feel scary. A Nether Swap that drops you inside Wukong's Command is a death sentence if it lands correctly. The problem is execution. Monkey King plays from the edges and treetops, looking for his own angle with Primal Spring. Vengeful Spirit needs to be in the thick of things to find a good swap target. Her attempt to set up a kill often misses the timing or pulls Monkey King into a fight he wasn't positioned for, sometimes even yanking him right out of his own ultimate.
The laning phase might feel fine, with a stun from Vengeful Spirit setting up Monkey King's damage. As teamfights begin, however, their plans diverge. The coordination needed for a perfect swap play is extremely high, and a failed attempt can lose the fight on its own. While one hero wants to control an area, the other's biggest spell repositions key targets instantly. This conflict in positioning and control means their big moments frequently get in each other's way instead of adding up.
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 | 47.97% | 344 |
| Crusader & Archon | 47.44% | 879 |
| Legend & Ancient | 45.79% | 749 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.21% | 290 |
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 | 47.01% | ▼ -1.2pp | 785 |
| 7.41d | 48.23% | ▲ +0.7pp | 79,629 |
| 7.41c | 47.57% | ▼ -1.6pp | 37,169 |
| 7.41b | 49.13% | — | 42,717 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.