Boundless Strike
на точкуMonkey King enlarges his staff and slams it against the ground, stunning enemies in a line and damaging them with bonus damage and a critical hit based on his attack. Has True Strike.
Pros max it by level 13
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Monkey King
Monkey King: Melee, position 2 (mid), position 1 (carry), Escape, Disabler, Initiator. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 45.9% win rate in pubs and a 5.5% pick rate.
Always in search of a good fight, Monkey King travels atop the trees aiming to spring from leafy cover and surprise his enemies. Calling upon an army of monkey soldiers to overwhelm opponents, this agile trickster revels in the chaos of battle, ready to slam his legendary staff down on any hopes of escape.
Meleeposition 2 (mid)position 1 (carry)EscapeDisablerInitiator
45.9%Win rate · all pubs
5.5%picked in 1 of 18 games
47.3%Turbo · 171,801 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Monkey King
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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2′4′5′5′Core
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12′12′17′Core items in order: Diffusal Blade (around minute 12), Void Stone (around minute 12), Echo Sabre (around minute 17).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 9
lv 13
lv 14
lv 17
11+300 Tree Dance Cast Range16+110 Jingu Mastery Damage18+60% Boundless Strike Critical Damage
Max Tree Dance, then Boundless Strike, then Jingu Mastery.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Brewmaster, Omniknight and Chaos Knight; easiest: Pangolier, Alchemist and Sand King.
All 123 opponents →4How much to farm?
547average706good779great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 547 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 779.
5Common mistakes by role
Died with gold in pocketEnemy took the runesAegis without buildingsFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Monkey King match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the mid and offlane role
- Died with gold in pocketDied while holding enough gold for a whole item.
- Enemy took the runesIn mid your opponent took two or more power or water runes than you.
- Aegis without buildingsYour team took Roshan but broke no building during the 5 minutes of Aegis.
- Key spell not used in the fightYour ultimate, BKB or another key ability was never used in the fight.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Monkey King game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Monkey King benchmark: 547 GPM for an average player, 706 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Diffusal Blade by minute 12, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′Starting
2′51%
4′25%
5′85%
5′87%
6′98%12′33%12′24%17′28%
17′46%
25′84%
31′60%
31′28%
35′33%
2′51%4′25%5′85%5′87%6′98%12′33%12′24%17′28%17′46%25′84%31′60%31′28%35′33%Skill build
7% of 98 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+300 Tree Dance Cast Range
- Lvl 16+110 Jingu Mastery Damage
- Lvl 18+60% Boundless Strike Critical Damage
Tree Dance
на цельMonkey King jumps to a tree and perches atop it. While perched, he gains the Primal Spring ability-a channeled leap attack. If Monkey King's tree is destroyed, he falls and is stunned for 3s. Taking damage while on the ground puts Tree Dance on cooldown.
Pros max it by level 9
Jingu Mastery
пассивнаяMonkey King's attacks awaken the Jingu Bang's power. Upon the fourth hit on the same enemy hero, Monkey King earns 4 charged attacks that have bonus damage and lifesteal.
Pros max it by level 14
Mischief
без цели · innateChanges Monkey King's shape to deceive opponents, using the environment nearby as inspiration for the disguise. Taking damage, attacking, or using any item or ability breaks Monkey King's disguise. Grants damage immunity for 0.1 seconds upon transforming.
Wukong's Command
на точку, по областиMonkey King creates a circular formation of soldiers that spread out from his position. If Monkey King leaves the area his soldiers disperse. The soldiers have Monkey King's attack that attacks at a fixed rate of 1.1s, and only targets enemy Heroes. Monkey King is granted bonus armor for the spell's duration.Monkey King can transform into any one of his soldiers during Wukong's command, taking its place for a short duration, becoming indistinguishable from other soldiers, and leaving another soldier in his stead.
Pros max it by level 17
Changing of the Guard
на точкуMonkey King can transform into any one of his soldiers during Wukong's command, taking its place for a 1.5s, becoming indistinguishable from other soldiers, and leaving another soldier in his stead. While transformed, Monkey King is invulnerable, but cannot attack or cast spells
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Wukong's Command.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Boundless Strike.
-1 Jingu Mastery Required Hits25Additional Wukong's Command Ring
Jingu Mastery Undispellable20+60% Boundless Strike Critical Damage
0 Cooldown Primal Spring15+110 Jingu Mastery Damage
+300 Tree Dance Cast Range10+0.2s Boundless Strike Stun Duration
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Monkey King: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 547good 706great 779
Experience per minute
average 754good 953great 1,145
Last hits per minute
average 6.5good 8.8great 10.7
Hero damage per minute
average 636good 942great 1,269
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Divine (47.1% wins) and wins 47.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 50% of games and position 1 (carry) in 47% of games. Pros usually build Diffusal Blade, Void Stone and Echo Sabre by minute 17. It struggles most against Brewmaster, Omniknight and Chaos Knight and has the easiest time against Pangolier, Alchemist and Sand King.