Monkey King Guide


Gameplay

Playstyle
Monkey King For the in-game item, see Monkey King Bar.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Monkey dota2 is a trickster hero who jumps from treetop to treetop, scouting out his opponents from above, waiting for the opportunity to crash down on them with Primal Spring. With his magic extending staff, he smashes distant foes with Boundless Strikes, each blow charging his weapon through Jingu Mastery. Prone to Mischief, the Monkey King disguises himself as trees and everyday objects, allowing him to ambush enemies, or deceive them for a quick getaway.
Pros Cons
  • Tricky and elusive.
  • Very mobile.
  • Reliable damage.
  • Long melee attack range.
  • Extremely high damage and teamfight control if farmed.

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Carry

Though Monkey King is typically played as a support and ganker, it is typically ideal for Monkey King to transition into a core position as he is severely hindered by lack of farm - For this, players typically grab a Hand of Midas as soon possible and briefly farm whenever it is off cooldown in between fights. Playing Monkey King as a carry from the start is not recommended as he is an extremely slow farmer and requires an extraordinarily good head start above the enemy team to keep up, with mediocre attack speed for an agility hero, only one true AoE ability on relatively long cooldown and fairly high mana demand, and weak damage without his passive which only works on heroes. If given enough items, be that as it may, Monkey King can become a true force to reckoned with in the late as he can be highly elusive, clear entire creep waves with one Boundless Strike.

Ganker/Roamer

Monkey King For the in-game item, see Monkey King Bar.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Monkey dota2 `s ability to roam is top tier. Tree Dance allows him to jump tree to tree, with low cooldown and no mana cost. You can go from one lane to other in a few seconds without the enemies knowing, as they can`t see you while you`re in a tree. When you`re ready to strike, an ally with stun will be of great help, as it can help you to fully channel Primal Spring. Commonly you`re building a Orb of Venom   Item   Changelogs     Orb of VenomBL Envenoms your veapon with the venom of a venomous viper. Cost275 Bought FromArmaments Passive Poison Attack Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Orb of Venom dota2 to increase the success rate. Tree Dance also allows him to place wards This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit. Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against dota2 without any effort, seeing that you can go to any place in the map in a few seconds, place the ward and enemies will rarely know which tree you are, and if they notice, you can simply jump to another tree, and the best part is that no hero can keep up with your mobility. Once he gets level 2, you can use a skill point in Boundless Strike, empowering even more your ganking abilities by stunning dangerous or fleeing foes.

Ability Builds

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Talents

Notes:
  • The attack damage is added as bonus attack damage, and therefore does not benefit illusions.
  • Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
  • The magic resistance is added as a separate instance, and therefore stacks multiplicatively with the base resistance.
  • The evasion stacks multiplicatively with other sources of evasion.

General

  • Unlike most melee heroes, Monkey King has an attack range of 300, allowing him to attack other melee opponents without fear of retaliation.
  • Take advantage of Monkey King`s ability to hop from tree to tree to retreat into the treeline around the edges of the map whenever he is threatened.
  • Due to Monkey King`s ultimate being unaffected by attack speed and Boundless Strike relying solely on raw damage values, players would have go for raw damage and agility in order to maximize these skills. Take note not to forgo attack speed completely, as attack speed helps with Jingu Mastery and his basic attacks.

Boundless Strike

  • Boundless Strike`s damage depends entirely on Monkey King`s basic damage, so building up high damage and agility items will tremendously increase its damage output.
    • Boundless Strike`s critical multiplier is not significant until later in the game, when Monkey King has more damage.
    • Boundless Strike`s damage output is augmented by the damage bonus from Jingu Mastery. Use Boundless Strike when Jingu Mastery stacks are available to deal high damage in the early game.
  • Boundless Strike is affected by Jingu Mastery and will apply a counter stack and expend a charge as if it were performed by a basic attack.
    • Each hero caught by its reach will have a counter stack applied onto them.
    • Boundless Strike will always expend a single charge, regardless of how many enemies are hit or if it misses entirely. Try to maximise the potential of each charge by hitting clumps of opponents at once.
    • Boundless Strike will only trigger off of one hero`s counter if the resulting strike hits multiple heroes with a counter stack of 3.
  • Because of its long cooldown, Boundless Strike should be used carefully.
  • Levels in Boundless Strike increases the stun duration by 0.4 seconds and critical multiplier by 20% per point. It may be wise to invest just a single point in Boundless Strike during the early stages of the game for the purpose of interrupting abilities, if your team has other heroes with disables.
  • Use Boundless Strike to hit enemies through trees, high ground, and other obstacles.
  • Use Boundless Strike after jumping on an enemy with Primal Spring to deal burst damage.
  • Boundless Strike has a fairly quick animation and impact time. Monkey King can turn around and land a Boundless Strike to momentarily stun his opponents, even when retreating with low health.

Tree Dance

Primal Spring

  • This ability cannot be canceled by Monkey King. If the channeling is stopped by Monkey King, he will still cast the ability for a reduced amount of damage and slow.
  • Be wary that Primal Spring produces a sound effect while charging up, which can be heard by allies and opponents alike. A cunning opponent may be able to guess your location and may avoid the general area or even try to cut down your tree and turn the tables on you.
  • Use Primal Spring as an emergency escape ability if Monkey King is being attacked, as Tree Dance will be placed on cooldown if he takes any damage from other heroes.
  • Primal Spring can be used immediately after a Tree Dance jump. Using these 2 skills consecutively makes for a very good gap closer with a max total of 2000 range.
  • Unlike most abilities, Primal Spring does not have a visual indicator to denote the maximum cast range and instead locks and prevents the targeting reticle of the ability from exiting its maximum cast range.

Jingu Mastery

  • Monkey King can apply a counter stack to each opponent through the use of Boundless Strike.
    • Each hero struck by Boundless Strike will have a counter stack applied onto them.
    • Boundless Strike will always expend a single charge, regardless of how many enemies are hit or if it misses entirely. Try to maximise the potential of each charge by hitting clumps of opponents at once.
    • Boundless Strike will only trigger off of one hero`s counter if the resulting strike hits multiple heroes with a counter stack of 3.
  • Charges of Jingu Mastery are dispellable. Keep a look out for enemies with the ability to do so.
    • If you believe that your opponents are going to purge or dispel you, use up your charges on nearby enemy or neutral creeps. Even if you are not dealing direct damage to your opponents, you will be able to recover a considerable amount of health from using your charges
  • Jingu Mastery charges are lost if Monkey King dies. This applies even if he is holding onto the Aegis of the Immortal For the physical trophy awarded after The International, see Aegis of Champions.   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Aegis of the Immortal The Immortal was said to own a shield that protected dota2 and reincarnates.
    • Depending on the circumstances, you can take the risk and fight and expend your charges in the hopes of recovering enough health. You may even be able to turn the tables on your pursuer.
  • Jingu Mastery charges are only granted after four successful hits on the same opponent. Try to stick to the same target in order to ensure you gain your charges as quickly as possible.
    • Be that as it may, do not be too aggressive and reckless in pursuing an enemy for the purpose of activating Jingu Mastery, as you may end up exposing yourself to greater threat.
    • Alternatively, you can consider spreading out your attacks on multiple opponents, and quickly regain new charges once you fully expend your current load.
  • Jingu Mastery does not acquire new charges nor does it apply a counter on opponents when there are charges remaining on Monkey King.
  • Illusions do not benefit from Jingu Mastery, and as such, they do not apply or add on to a counter.

Mischief

Wukong`s Command