How Monkey King and Zeus perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Monkey King and Zeus win 39.49% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 1,018 matches.
Fighting together often feels disconnected because both heroes are pure damage dealers who can't set each other up. Monkey King needs a target held down to guarantee he can land his spells and build Jingu Mastery stacks, but Zeus offers almost no lockdown to enable this. The massive magical damage from Zeus is great, but it doesn't help pin anyone down inside Wukong's Command. This forces Monkey King to find his own openings, making his aggression less reliable, especially when two core roles are filled by heroes who both need farm and levels.
This lineup often struggles to control the pace of a fight. Opponents can kite Monkey King or simply disengage when he commits, while Zeus is left vulnerable in the back. Without reliable stuns coming from their core positions, slippery enemy heroes can easily escape or turn the engagement. The team composition feels greedy and lacks the fundamental tools needed to execute a clean teamfight, forcing the other supports to carry the full burden of control and initiation against an enemy that knows exactly who to focus.
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 | 43.19% | 565 |
| Crusader & Archon | 40.78% | 1,312 |
| Legend & Ancient | 44.10% | 1,161 |
| Divine & Immortal | 41.36% | 457 |
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 | 39.49% | ▼ -6.2pp | 1,018 |
| 7.41d | 45.71% | ▼ -0.0pp | 140,660 |
| 7.41c | 45.75% | ▼ -0.8pp | 84,266 |
| 7.41b | 46.54% | — | 93,100 |
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Data updated Aug 11, 2026.