Patch 7.41e
Monkey King

Monkey King Counters & Build

Agility
46.58%
Win rate
0.409%
Pick rate
5
Counters
7.41e
Patch

Monkey King is countered by Muerta, Invoker and Terrorblade, and performs best against Earth Spirit, Abaddon and Lifestealer — patch 7.41e, legend–ancient.

Countered by

5

These heroes beat Monkey King more often than their general strength explains.

Muerta
Muerta 289 matches Low data
−2.8%

WhyMuerta's Pierce the Veil grants complete immunity to physical damage, neutralizing Monkey King's main damage sources from Jingu Mastery and his Wukong's Command soldiers. Furthermore, her attacks deal magical damage during her ultimate, entirely bypassing the bonus armor Monkey King gains inside his soldier ring. Muerta can also disrupt his positioning and ability to build Jingu stacks using the fear from Dead Shot and the silence from The Calling.

Invoker
Invoker 1,967 matches
−1.7%

WhyInvoker slightly loses the lane to Monkey King, but gains the upper hand later in the game through heavy crowd control. Tornado provides a basic dispel to strip Monkey King of his active Jingu Mastery buff, while Deafening Blast knocks him back and disarms his physical attacks. Furthermore, repeated freezes from Cold Snap and heavy slows from Ice Wall disrupt Monkey King's mobility and ability to build up attack charges.

Terrorblade
Terrorblade 303 matches Low data
−1.7%

WhyTerrorblade can zone Monkey King with the ranged attacks of Metamorphosis, making it difficult for Monkey King to safely stack Jingu Mastery in direct melee trades. Additionally, Reflection punishes Monkey King's right-click focus with an invulnerable replica and attack slow, while Sunder can instantly undo Monkey King's burst damage attempts.

Templar Assassin
Templar Assassin 427 matches Low data
−1.5%

WhyTemplar Assassin can consistently put Monkey King's Tree Dance on cooldown from a distance using Psionic Traps or Psi Blades split damage, heavily restricting his mobility. Additionally, Refraction helps absorb his attacks while Meld's armor reduction allows her to burst him down before he can land the four hits required to activate Jingu Mastery.

Windranger
Windranger 1,800 matches
−1.5%

WhyWindranger wins the lane clearly to gain an early advantage, as Windrun's physical evasion prevents Monkey King from stacking Jingu Mastery in trades. Furthermore, Powershot destroys trees in its path, allowing her to easily knock Monkey King out of Tree Dance to inflict a three-second stun. Focus Fire then allows her to reliably burst him down while maintaining mobility.

Strong against

5

Monkey King outperforms against these.

Earth Spirit
Earth Spirit 1,192 matches
+2.0%

WhyMonkey King heavily wins the lane against Earth Spirit because Earth Spirit must enter melee range to trade and initiate with Rolling Boulder, allowing Monkey King to easily build four Jingu Mastery charges. Once Jingu Mastery is active, Monkey King easily out-trades and sustains through Earth Spirit's damage with massive bonus damage, lifesteal, and Boundless Strike's critical stun.

Abaddon
Abaddon 275 matches Low data
+1.8%

WhyMonkey King thrives in extended melee engagements, easily building Jingu Mastery stacks against Abaddon since the hit charges placed on enemies cannot be dispelled by Aphotic Shield or Borrowed Time. The lifesteal and bonus damage from Jingu Mastery, combined with the armor provided by Wukong's Command, allow Monkey King to comfortably out-trade Abaddon in sustained close-quarters fights.

Lifestealer
Lifestealer 1,490 matches
+1.7%

WhyMonkey King establishes an early advantage because Lifestealer must commit to melee range, allowing Monkey King to easily build Jingu Mastery stacks for overwhelming bonus damage and lifesteal in lane trades. Later, Wukong's Command grants Monkey King bonus armor and creates a soldier ring that makes it impossible for Lifestealer to manfight him in close quarters, while Rage's magic resistance does nothing to reduce Monkey King's heavy physical damage.

Enigma
Enigma 278 matches Low data
+1.6%

WhyMonkey King secures an early lane advantage by quickly building Jingu Mastery charges against Enigma, who receives no defensive benefit from his own Gravity Well. In team fights, Monkey King can potentially disrupt Enigma's channeled Black Hole from outside its pull radius using the long-range stun on Boundless Strike.

Medusa
Medusa 246 matches Low data
+1.6%

WhyMonkey King can rapidly chew through Medusa's Mana Shield by stacking high physical burst and lifesteal via Jingu Mastery and critical strikes from Boundless Strike. Additionally, Wukong's Command provides bonus armor and a dense zone of soldier attacks that heavily punishes Medusa's static, low-mobility playstyle during teamfights.

Best allies

5

Pairs that win more together than apart.

Lich
Lich 1,020 matches
+1.6%

Popular build

legend–ancient

The eight most-bought items, in the order they are usually finished. Chosen by purchase frequency rather than win rate — an item's win rate reflects how the game was going, not what the item did. The minute is the median completion time: what to aim for.

  1. Wraith Band 2min 8,706 builds
  2. Infused Raindrops 5min 1,539 builds
  3. Orb of Corrosion 6min 2,664 builds
  4. Diffusal Blade 13min 4,711 builds
  5. Echo Sabre 15min 6,692 builds
  6. Desolator 19min 3,793 builds
  7. Black King Bar 27min 10,787 builds
  8. Eye of Skadi 36min 1,670 builds

Patch 7.41e · legend–ancient · updated 2026-08-24. Figures are shrunk toward the expected result by sample size, so a large number on thin data is deliberately damped rather than shown raw.