Monkey King
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Monkey King
19 + 2.8
24 + 3.7
20 + 1.8
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
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+61.6HP and +0.28HP regeneration |
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+0.62 armor and 3.7 attack speed +3.7 Main Attack Damage |
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+21.6MP and +0.09MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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95 (119)
(1.6 BAT) | ||
0.45 + 0.2
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0.6
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Default
Gib Type | ||
Competitive Span
2017-03-15 — Present | ||
Version Control This article has been updated to the latest version (7.40b) and is mostly accurate. |
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For the in-game item, see Monkey King Bar.
| Springs from the cover of the tree tops. | |
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| Always in search of a good fight, Monkey King Dances and travels atop of trees aiming to Spring from leafy cover and surprise his enemies. A tuft of hair—plucked from his head—scatters into the wind, calling and commanding upon an army of Monkey Soldiers to overwhelm opponents, this agile Trickster revels in the chaos of battle, ready to show is Mastery over his arts, slamming his legendary Boundless Staff down on any hopes of escape. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Escape  Disabler  Initiator |
| Adjectives | Cape, Fuzzy, Green, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Simian Stride
Increases Tree Dance max level which negates its cooldown.
+1 Max Ability Level
Changing of the Guard
Monkey King takes the place of the soldier closest to the target location, leaving another one in his stead. While Transfigured, Monkey King is indistinguishable from other soldiers and invulnerable, but can't issue commands.
Upgrades
[edit]Aghanim's
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Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
The Monkey King spawns a Wukong's Command soldier at a fixed duration.
Soldiers do not spawn while being invisible or on trees. Soldiers only attack buildings when the Monkey King himself is nearby.
Soldiers do not spawn while being invisible or on trees. Soldiers only attack buildings when the Monkey King himself is nearby.
The soldiers now may gain and utilize Jingu Mastery charges independently.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Monkey King leaps to the end of his Jingu Bang as soon as Boundless Strike hits the ground with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Applies a portion of Primal Spring max channeling duration of its corresponding level upon at the end location.
Applies a portion of Primal Spring max channeling duration of its corresponding level upon at the end location.
Talents
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| +1 Wukong's Command Ring | 25 | -1 Jingu Mastery Required Hits |
| +60% Boundless Strike Critical Damage | 20 | No Primal Spring Cooldown |
| +110 Jingu Mastery Damage | 15 | +450 Tree Dance Cast Range |
| +0.2s Boundless Strike Stun Duration | 10 | +100 Primal Spring Max Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio
[edit]There's a lot of stories about the Monkey King. Some of 'em are even true.▶️Sun Wukong, the Monkey King
Aliases:
MK, Sun Wukong
Lore:
For 500 years the mountain pressed down upon him, only his head free from the crushing weight of the stonewrought prison the elder gods had summoned to halt his childish rebellion. Moss grew along the lines of his exposed face, tufts of grass sprouted from his ears; his vision was framed in wildflowers reaching from the soil around his cheeks. Most thought him long dead, tormented by the gods for waging war against the heavens until naught but his legend survived. But, as the stories go, the Monkey King cannot die.
So he waited. Until the gods came to offer a chance at absolution, he endured. And when they did come to name the price, Sun Wukong accepted their charge: he would accompany a young acolyte on a secret pilgrimage, protect him from demons and dangers of the road, and guide the man home in possession of a coveted relic. Do that, and humbly obey the human's commands in service to their holy mission, and Wukong would prove himself reformed.
For a change, Sun Wukong fulfilled his oath to the gods with honor, and atoned for the sins of past insurrections. The acolyte, much learned in hardships, was returned to his home temple, relic in hand; and Wukong-finding himself for the first time in proper standing with any gods of consequence-was content for a short while to give up his old thirst for adventure and glory. But the Monkey King was born for mischief...and offending the gods never gets old.
So he waited. Until the gods came to offer a chance at absolution, he endured. And when they did come to name the price, Sun Wukong accepted their charge: he would accompany a young acolyte on a secret pilgrimage, protect him from demons and dangers of the road, and guide the man home in possession of a coveted relic. Do that, and humbly obey the human's commands in service to their holy mission, and Wukong would prove himself reformed.
For a change, Sun Wukong fulfilled his oath to the gods with honor, and atoned for the sins of past insurrections. The acolyte, much learned in hardships, was returned to his home temple, relic in hand; and Wukong-finding himself for the first time in proper standing with any gods of consequence-was content for a short while to give up his old thirst for adventure and glory. But the Monkey King was born for mischief...and offending the gods never gets old.
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Mischief
[edit]No
Affects
Self
Changes Monkey King's shape using the environment nearby to deceive opponents. Taking damage, attacking, or using any item or ability breaks the disguise.
Negates damage for a brief moment upon transforming.
Negates damage for a brief moment upon transforming.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.53
Damage Negation Duration: 0.1
Damage Threshold: 0
Move Speed Bonus: 8%
Within Roshan's pit and while it is dead, Mischief disguises the Monkey King as Roshan himself.
The same applies to the Tormentor.
The same applies to the Tormentor.
The trickster disguises himself as a Power Rune, with certain conditions of course.
Mischief Priority: 1
Rune Search Radius: 300
Impersonates as a creep or any non-hero unit within the range.
Mischief Priority: 2
Creep Search Radius: 200
Have you seen a tree move? Or a tree on top of another tree?
Mischief Priority: 3
Tree Search Radius: 350
May transform into a 
Courier.
Courier.Mischief Priority: 4
Courier Search Radius: 400
24/20/16/12
This ability levels up with Wukong's Command.
Watch out for that tree.
- This ability is in the fifth ability slot.
- While transforming, Wukong
cannot act and cannot be interrupted.
- Interrupts the following actions upon cast:
- AAttack orders.
- MMove orders.
- Interrupts the following actions upon cast:
- Applies a
damage negation buff upon cast, causing certain on-damage effects to not proc. - The following conditions
dispel Mischief:
- Wukong's attacks or ability cast, including item abilities.
- Offensive damage instances
< 0applied on Wukong (after reductions) after the damage negation duration.
- Does not proc on the following damage sources:
- Self-damage sources.
HP Removal sources.
- Applies a
- Wukong's minimap icon is now visible ally-only.
- Wukong's selection box adapts to the transformed models. However, it does not affect the following things:
Collision size.- Does not unperch Wukong from the Tree Dance
tree.
- Wukong's selection box adapts to the transformed models. However, it does not affect the following things:
- All auto-attack settings and units ignore Wukong while in disguise, and Wukong can only be attacked by a Aforced attack order.
- This neither affects
unit-targeted abilities nor 
area-targeted abilities from applying its effects on Wukong.
- This neither affects
- While transforming, Wukong
- Asides from the priorities listed and when without any valid aformentioned entities within the search radius, Mischief randomly disguises Wukong into one of the following:
- Iron Branch
- Clarity
- Healing Salve
- Town Portal Scroll
- Tango
- Either a new or peeled
Banana.
Unacquirable
Unacquirable
modifier_monkey_king_transformMischief: This unit is disguised.
- Disguising as Runes has the following priorities:
- Disguises into a Bounty Rune within its designated spot.
- At the river spots, Mischief disguises as a random Power Rune regardless if there is a rune at that spot.
- Although the river spawns Bounty and Water Runes on the first spawns, Mischief still disguises Monkey King into a random Power-Up Rune.
- It does not matter whether there currently is a rune at the rune spot, Mischief disguises into a rune regardless.
- Disguising as non-hero unit has the following properties:
- If multiple units are within range, a random one is chosen.
- Can disguise as into any non-hero unit, except the following:
Roshan and the 
Tormentor
Creep-heroes
Ward-type units.
- Disguising as a tree has the following properties:
- If multiple trees are within range, a random one tree model is chosen.
- Can disguise as a
planted tree as well.
- If multiple
Revert Form
[edit]No
Affects
Self
Reverts the Monkey King's current mischief shape to his original form.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.53
1
Sub-ability of Mischief.
Details
- Replaces Mischief until the
sub-ability is used, or until the disguise ends.
- Interrupts Wukong's following actions upon cast:
Channeling sources.- AAttack orders.
- MMove orders.
Hero Model
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Abilities
[edit]Boundless Strike
[edit]
Enlarges his staff and slams it against the ground with True Strike, stunning enemy units in a line and damaging them with a critical hit based on his attack.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0.5
Cast Range: 
1100
1100 Effect Length: 1100
Effect Width: 
150
150 Crit Damage: 135%/165%/195%/225% (
195%/225%/255%/285%)
195%/225%/255%/285%) Stun Duration: 0.7/0.9/1.1/1.3 (
0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5)
0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5) 
Consumes a Jingu Mastery charge per Boundless Strike ability cast, regardless if the ability hits a unit.
However, the Jingu Mastery ability effects are applied to all hit enemy units within its area-of-effect.
However, the Jingu Mastery ability effects are applied to all hit enemy units within its area-of-effect.
Attack Charge Cost per Cast: 1
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Monkey King leaps to the end of his Jingu Bang as soon as Boundless Strike hits the ground with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Monkey King leaps to the end of his Jingu Bang as soon as Boundless Strike hits the ground with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Leap Duration: ( 0.2)
0.2) 
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Applies a portion of Primal Spring max channeling duration of its corresponding level upon at the end location.
Applies a portion of Primal Spring max channeling duration of its corresponding level upon at the end location.
Radius: ( 375)
( 375) Max Damage Factor: ( 0.35)
0.35) Max Enemy Move Speed Slow Factor: ( 0.35)
0.35) Slow Duration: ( 4)
4) 28/26/24/22
85/90/95/100
The legendary Jingu Bang grows to match its master's will, ensuring no enemy can escape the Monkey King's reach.
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- Does not unperch Wukong from the Tree Dance tree.
- The ability sound effects during its cast point is audible to everyone.
- Does not unperch Wukong from the Tree Dance
- All ability effects are immediately applied to enemy units within the radius, regardless of the ability animations.
- Both the effect width and effect length starts at Wukong's current position, point .
- Hence, the ability affects units 75-distance behind Wukong as well.
- Affects enemy units up to 1250 range away with the effect width and effect length.
- Both the
- Procs any
attack modifiers and on-cast effects as per normal, except 
cleave.
- Jingu Mastery
- Consider
clones as heroes, 
illusions and creep-heroes as creeps. 
- Either applies the debuff on all hit enemy heroes, or adds 1
required attack to the enemy heroes without the debuff.
- Either applies the debuff on all hit enemy heroes, or adds 1
-
- Applies the following effects if the caster is a
melee hero:
- Consumes 1 Jingu Mastery attack charge per Boundless Strike ability cast, regardless if the ability hits a unit.
- All Jingu Mastery's ability effects are applied to all hit enemy units.
- Applies the following effects if the caster is a
- Consider
- Boundless Strike is an ensured critical strike source.
- Sources with lesser critical values have no effect if they proc as the higher factor takes precedence.
- Jingu Mastery
- Have
True Strike. - Not affected by
disarm sources. - Affects the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
- Does not affect the following units:
- Couriers
Spell immune units.
- Procs any
-
- Applies Primal Spring components of its corresponding level at point .
- Affects enemy units up to 1475 range away with the effect length and Primal Spring's effect radius.
- Affects enemy units up to
- The following ability components are applied at a
0.35factor, without the channeling requirement:
- The
magical 
spell damage. - The
movement speed slow.
- The
- When interrupted, the Primal Spring component prematurely applies the landing effects at the Wukong's new landing location. Other ability notes apply.
- Has the following properties upon landing:
- Works independently of Primal Spring's cooldown, and does not cost
mana. - Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Works independently of Primal Spring's
- Applies Primal Spring components of its corresponding level at point
- The ability now has the following properties upon cast with
Alt-Cast activated:
-
- Applies a disabling
forced movement, moving Wukong 150-distance away upon cast, to point .
- Applies a
- Applies a self-disabling
upward movement, with a 100 – 150-arc height, and leaps at 5000 – 30000-speed for over 0.2 seconds. - Leaps forward, and locks Wukong's facing angle while leaping.
- The leap duration varies corresponding to the terrain.
- Can leap over other units and impassable terrain.
- Applies a self-disabling
- With Alt-Cast activated, the ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
stun debuff. - The instant attack.
- The self- forced movement.
- Primal Spring ability effects.
- The
-
Root sources disables the forced movement leap to the end of the staff with Alt-Cast toggled on.
Has the 
This ability's cast point is not modified when acquired.
Utilizes Rubick's attack projectile. Hence, it can be disjointed.
DOTA_ABILITY_BEHAVIOR_NORMAL_WHEN_STOLEN.This ability's cast point is not modified when acquired.
Utilizes Rubick's attack projectile. Hence, it can be disjointed.
- Requires drafting Primal Spring for its corresponding component to work.
modifier_monkey_king_boundless_strike_critHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_boundless_strike_shard_movementHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_boundless_strike_stun
Boundless Strike: Stunned by Monkey King's Boundless Strike
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- Without Alt-Cast, the ability effects are applied as follows:
- Both the stun debuff and the Primal Spring ability effects.
- The instant attack.
- Both the
- Without
-
- Despite Daedalus' Critical Strike audio effect, the ability still utilizes its proc chance.
- Alt-Cast is disabled by default upon acquiring the ability upgrade.
Tree Dance
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Unit
Affects
Self / Trees
Jumps to a tree and perches atop it. If the tree Monkey King's is perched on is destroyed, he falls and is stunned.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0
Max Ability Level: 4
Max Tree Dance Distance: 1850
Unperch Self Stun Duration: 3
While perched, he is hidden in plain sight. Grants Monkey King flying vision and the Primal Spring ability — a channeled leap attack.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0
Set Vision Radius: 
700
700 Set Vision Radius: 
500
500 Player-based damage instance regardless of factions disables the ability for a fixed duration. Can be reset with cooldown reset sources.
Downtime: 3
1.4/1.2/1/0.8/0
This ability levels up with Primal Spring.
Sun Wukong dances nimbly along the treetop canopy, always just out of arm's reach.
Simian Stride
Increases Tree Dance max level which negates its cooldown.
Max Ability Level: 5
- The ability has four main components:
- Applies a disabling upward movement with a 192-arc height, and leaps at 700-speed, over 1.29 (
1.93) seconds. - During the leap, Wukong cannot act. The last given order is queued up and is executed upon landing.
- The leap is nullified upon exceeding the max Tree Dance distance.
- Applies a
While perched:
- Wukong is still considered to be on the ground, the height is part of the visual and ability animations.
- Has 0-absolute movement speed.
- Both directional move and patrol orders does nothing.
- Tree Dance
- Can unit-target another valid tree within the radius.
- Hightlights valid trees within the cast range with a white glow.
- Monkey King cannot cast Tree Dance on the tree he is perching on.
- Can
- Sets and grants Wukong flying vision to the ability's corresponding daytime and nighttime values.
- Sets and grants Wukong flying vision to the ability's corresponding
-
- Wukong cannot be seen and is hidden from sight.
- The following sources cannot see Wukong:
- Units affected by upward movement sources.
- Units affected by
- The following sources can see Wukong:
- Flying vision.
- When standing 2 levels of ground higher than the tree Wukong perches on.
- Observer Wards on elevated spots.
- The following sources do not unperch Wukong:
- Boundless Strike
- Mischief
Item abilities.
- The following sources unperches Wukong:
- Wukong's Command
Cyclone sources.- Forced movement sources.
Teleport sources.
- All of Tree Dance's cooldown is unaffected by percentage-based cooldown reductions, but are affected by flat reductions and cooldown resets.
-
- Has the following ability cooldown conditions:
- Upon cast, the leap duration is added to the cooldown duration.
- Utilizes the regular ability cooldown while unperching himself via
move commands or Aattack commands. - Does not goes on cooldown when unperched in other ways.
- The downtime component is not affected by the following sources:
- Self-damage sources.
- HP Removal sources.
- Applies the stun specifically if the tree Wukong perches on is destroyed.
- The stun applied cannot be avoided n any way, and is not affected by
status resistance sources.
- Simian Stride Decreases the number of times +2
All Attributes can be skilled from 7 to 6.
- The self- stun applied bypasses debuff immune sources.
- Root sources applied while channeling or leaping do not cancel the ability.
- Acquires both the Primal Spring and the Spring Early sub-ability if this is the last cast ability.
- Rubick is not hidden from vision due to collision size.
- He is also unperched upon losing Tree Dance.
- Rubick is not hidden from
- Replaces Primal Spring as a sub-ability while on a tree, instead of being in a separate ability slot.
modifier_monkey_king_bounceHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_bounce_leap
Hidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_tree_dance_activityHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_tree_dance_hidden2Hidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_bounce_perchHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_right_click_jump_activityHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_arc_to_groundHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_unperched_stunnedFell out of a tree; stunned
-
-
tree_dance_activity- Applies the buff during both the Tree Dance and Primal Spring leap for the leaping animation.
Primal Spring
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Springs out from his tree perch, damaging and slowing enemy units in proprotion to the channel duration toward the landing area.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Max Leap Distance: 800
800 Radius: 375
375 Max Channel Time: 1.75
Max Damage: 110/200/290/380 (
210/300/390/480)
210/300/390/480) Max Move Speed Slow: 20%/40%/60%/80%
Slow Duration: 4
The Primal Spring cast is nullified if the distance between the tree and Monkey King is perching on exceed a certain distance.
Max Landing Distance: 4
18/16/14/12 (
0)
0)100
This ability levels up with Tree Dance.
Leaping from the safety of cover into the midst of his enemies, Sun Wukong attacks without mercy.
- The ability is only active in the following conditions:
- During Tree Dance's cast point.
-
- During the self- forced movement leap from the ground to a tree.
- While on trees.
- During the self-
-
- Applies an upward movement with a 192-arc height toward the landing location.
-
- The leap distance has the following properties:
- EXPR
MinDistance < AreaDistance < MaxDistance, moves Wukong toward the area-targeted distance. - Other than that, when cast less than the min or max distance, moves Wukong toward the min or max distance respectively.
- The leap distance has the following properties:
-
- The leap component is nullified in the following conditions:
- Upon exceeding the max Primal Spring distance.
- Affected by other forced movement sources while leaping.
- If the current perched tree is destroyed while channeling Primal Spring.
- The leap component is nullified in the following conditions:
- Applies an
- The values change per channeling
server tick linearly, over 52 instances.
- The ability sound effects are audible to everyone, even through the Fog of War.
- The magical spell damage.
- The movement speed slow.
- The
- However, the ability visual effects at the area-targeted location are ally-only visible.
- The ability sound effects are audible to everyone, even through the
-
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes its duration.
- However, it does not update the channeling time-based movement speed slow values.
- Root sources applied while channeling or leaping do not cancel the ability.
- The channeling does nothing upon losing ability.
- Replaces Tree Dance as a sub-ability while on a tree, instead of being in a separate ability slot.
modifier_monkey_king_spring_thinkerOn hidden entity
modifier_monkey_king_bounce_leapHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_tree_dance_activityHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_spring_slowPrimal Spring: Slowed by x%.
- The ability values changes per channeling server tick as follows:
-
- 2.12/3.85/5.58/7.31 ( 4.04/5.77/7.5/9.23) magical spell damage.
- 0.38%/0.77%/1.15%/1.54% movement speed slow.
- 2.12/3.85/5.58/7.31 (
-
-
tree_dance_activity- Applies the buff during both the Tree Dance and Primal Spring leap for the leaping animation.
-
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The magical spell damage.
- The movement speed slow debuff.
- The
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Spring Early
[edit]E
G
Spring Early
No
Affects
Self
Monkey King can spring off earlier on the current tree, this immediately ends Primal Spring.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 00
Details
- The Spring Early sub-ability has the following properties:
- Replaces Primal Spring until the channeling ends or until Wukong's
death. - Cannot be
shift-queued.
- Replaces Primal Spring until the
Jingu Mastery
[edit]
Passive
Affects
Self / Clones
Grants certain bonuses after a number of attacks on the same enemy hero within a duration.
Required Hits: 4 (
3)
3) Counter Duration: 5.5/7/8.5/10
Grants bonus attack damage and lifesteal for a number of subsequent attacks to its master.
Max Attack Charges: 4
Attack Damage Bonus: 30/75/120/165 (
140/185/230/275)
140/185/230/275)Lifesteal: 
20%/40%/60%/80%
20%/40%/60%/80% Buff Duration: 35
Lifesteal is less effective when attacking creeps.
Creep Lifesteal Factor: 0.6
0.6 
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The soldiers now may gain and utilize Jingu Mastery charges independently.
The soldiers now may gain and utilize Jingu Mastery charges independently.
Required Attacks: ( 4)
4) Always sensitive to the moods of its master, the Jingu Bang radiates power when Sun Wukong's combat fervor is on full display.
-
- Applies the required attacks counter debuff whenever Wukong does not have the
quadruple_tap buff active.
- Applies the
-
- Does nothing when attacking
invulnerable units. 
- Each successful attack on the enemy hero has the following properties:
- Reapplies the debuff or increases the tally counter by 1 on the attacked enemy unit.
- Refreshes the debuff duration, and update the ability values of the whole stack up to the required amount.
- This includes both instant attack and
secondary attack sources. - Considers attacks on clones as heroes; attacks on illusions and creep-heroes as creeps.
- Each successful attack on the enemy hero has the following properties:
- Once the tally counter reaches
( 
), the next successful attack grants Wukong the quadruple_tap buff.
- Grants flat
unique bonus attack damage. -
- Stacks additively with other lifesteal sources.
- Cannot lifesteal off the following units:
- Ally units.
- Ward-type units.
- However, Jingu Mastery can lifesteal off of health-based ward-type units.
- Can only restore as much as the attacked enemy unit's max health.
- Grants flat
- An attack charge is consumed per successful attack.
- Does nothing when attacking
-
- The Clones neither can utilize this ability, nor gain the buff from Wukong.
- This restriction is now removed upon acquiring the ability upgrade.
- The required attacks counter is now applied on the Clones, and works independently with Wukong's current counter.
- Clones considers enemy clones and illusions as heroes, creep-heroes as creeps.
- The required attacks reduction talent do not apply to the Clones' attacks.
- The
- The Clones neither can utilize this ability, nor gain the
-
Break sources disables the gaining of new stacks on the attacked enemy unit.
- Does not affect ability bonuses from an existing Jingu Mastery buff proc.
- Does not affect ability bonuses from an existing Jingu Mastery
- Acquires this passive ability indirectly via Wukong's Command.
modifier_monkey_king_quadruple_tapHidden modifier
modifier_monkey_king_quadruple_tap_bonusesJingu Mastery: Bonus Damage and Lifesteal
modifier_monkey_king_quadruple_tap_counterJingu Mastery: Hits from Monkey King
- Grants the attack damage bonus upon the affected targets' attack point.
- For
ranged units, Jingu Mastery grants the attack damage bonus upon the attack 
projectile impact.
- For
-
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Applies the debuff counter per successful attack.
- Wukong's attack instance.
- Applies the
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Wukong’s Command
[edit]Area / Passive
Affects
Enemy Heroes / Self
Creates a circular formation of soldiers that spread out from his position. Grants Monkey King bonus armor for its duration.
Cast Animation: 1 + 0.57
1st Ring Radius: 300
300 2nd Ring Radius: 750
750 3rd Ring Radius: (
1100)
( 1100) Soldier Attack Interval: 1.1
Self Armor Bonus: 15/20/25
Max Duration: 14
If Monkey King leaves the leadership radius his soldiers disperse.
Command Radius: 780 ( 1130)
780 ( 1130)Number of First Ring Soldiers: 5
Number of Second Ring Soldiers: 9
Number of Third Ring Soldiers: ( 7)
7)Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Soldiers do not spawn while being invisible or on trees. Soldiers only attack buildings when the Monkey King himself is nearby.
Soldiers do not spawn while being invisible or on trees. Soldiers only attack buildings when the Monkey King himself is nearby.
Spawn Radius: ( 300)
300) Number of Spawn Soldiers: ( 1)
1) Building Attack Radius: ( 500)
500) Solider Duration: ( 15)
15) 
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The Monkey King spawns a Wukong's Command soldier at a fixed duration.
The Monkey King spawns a Wukong's Command soldier at a fixed duration.
Downtime: ( 4)
4) 100/90/80
100
Monkey King rips out a tuft of fur to blow at his enemies, charging each strand to transform into a copy of himself.
-
- Upon cast, all Clones immediately move to their predetermined spot within the formation in 700-speed.
- The ability has three main components:
- The Clone Soldiers.
- The command rings.
-
The passive Clone Soldier timer.
- The
- The Clones have the following properties:
Hidden- Invulnerable
Phase movement
Unobstructed movement- Uncontrollable
Unselectable-
- Benefit from all attributes increasing sources and specifically Jingu Mastery-based talent, except the following:
- Other
talent bonuses, as they do not utilize active abilities. - Permanent buffs, except ability upgrades.
- Copies most items within the clones' inventory, the Clones may utilize the following mechanics:
- The Clone's current attributes corresponds to the Wukong's, and adapts per ability cast.
- Other
-
- The Clones have a fixed 1.1-second attack interval, they only attack visible enemy heroes within their vision range, and within the command ring radius.
- Considers enemy clones, illusions, and creep-heroes as heroes.
- The attack interval has the following properties:
- The interval counts down regardless if the attack is successful or
misses. - Affected by attack animation sources, but not
attack speed sources.
- The interval counts down regardless if the attack is successful or
- The Clones have a fixed 1.1-second attack interval, they only attack visible enemy heroes within their
-
- All command rings have the following properties:
- The blue area indicates the Clones'
attack range. - The first Soldier is always
facing North, perpendicular (90°) to its corresponding command ring radius. - The Soldier's formation is always the same, except when the ability is cast at the map edges.
- The
-
- The Clones dissipate in the following conditions:
- Whenever Wukong moves away from the command radius.
- Successive cast immediately end the current instance.
- Upon Wukong's death.
- The Clones dissipate in the following conditions:
- All command rings have the following properties:
-
- The timer applies a hidden countdown on Wukong, and does nothing by default.
- Hence, acquiring the ability upgrade immediately spawns a Clone, since the passive Clone spawn component utilizes a fixed restore time.
- However, upon restoring a charge, but Wukong's condition does not allow passive spawns, the Clone is spawned as soon as the conditions allow it to.
-
- Does not spawn clones while Wukong is affected by the following sources:
- Mischief transformed.
- Either the Tree Dance
bounce_leaporbounce_perch buffs. - Hidden
- Invisible
- Upon Wukong's death.
- Mischief
- Does not spawn clones while Wukong is affected by the following sources:
-
-
- Additionally grants Jingu Mastery despite not showing in any of the stolen ability slots.
- Wukong's Command
- Has the
DOTA_ABILITY_BEHAVIOR_NORMAL_WHEN_STOLENtag. - This ability's cast point is not modified when acquired.
- Clones still provide vision, but they stop attacking and moving upon losing the ability. Soldiers from the previous cast neither continue attacking nor moving upon re-acquiring ability.
- Has the
modifier_monkey_king_fur_army_soldier_hiddenOn hidden entity
modifier_monkey_king_fur_army_soldierOn hidden entity
modifier_monkey_king_fur_army_soldier_inactiveOn hidden entity
modifier_monkey_king_fur_army_soldier_in_positionOn hidden entity
modifier_monkey_king_fur_army_bonus_damageWukong's Command: Bonus Armor
- The command rings have the following additional properties:
- The additional command ring talent also increases the ability's cast range.
- COSMETIC
Great Sage's Reckoning
- Has 4 dynamic styles that changes correspondingly to Wukong's Command's level.
- Has a special rare animation when Wukong's movement speed is
≤ 400.
Cult of the Demon Trickster
- Has 4 dynamic styles that changes correspondingly to Wukong's Command's level.
Changing of the Guard
[edit]R
W
Changing of the GuardPoint
Affects
Self
Monkey King takes the place of the soldier closest to the target location, leaving another one in his stead. While Transfigured, Monkey King is indistinguishable from other soldiers and invulnerable, but can't issue commands.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range: 625
625 Effect Delay: 1.5
Initial Cooldown: 1
1 3
25
- Requires selecting the facet to unlock this sub-ability.
- Can be cast while
Taunted.
modifier_monkey_king_transfigurationClone Inventory
[edit] Clone Inventory
Innate
Affects
Self
These unselectable and uncontrollable Clones cannot use the items' active abilities. However, the items' passive effects are applied conditionally.
Bash of Skull Basher-based items are innately disabled for the Clones.
The Clones' copied Power Treads is always in 
strength.
strength.
The Clones' do not receive a copy of Wukong's selected neutral item.
Details
- The Clones' inventory updates and adapts accordingly to Wukong's inventory per Wukong's Command ability cast.
- Does not copy the following items:
- Most attack modifier and
aura sources work for the Clones, with certain conditions and/or exceptions:
- Items with toggle states are always
. - Soul Stealer charges the Clones gain are granted to Wukong instead.
- Echo Strike
- Does not apply the movement speed slow component.
- The Clones' fixed attack interval prevents them from attacking twice.
- Does not apply the
- The following items always is in the strength state, regardless of which toggled state Wukong has selected:
- Items with toggle states are always
Recent Matches
[edit]Main Article: Monkey King/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2026 - 16:00 CET | Qualifier |   | WEU CQ DreamLeague S28 |      |   | 1 : 0 |   |      | |
| January 9, 2026 - 12:00 SGT | Qualifier | | SEA CQ DreamLeague S28 |    |  | 0 : 1 |  |     | |
| January 8, 2026 - 16:15 SGT | Qualifier | | SEA OQ2 DreamLeague S28 |   | | 0 : 1 |   |    | |
| January 8, 2026 - 16:05 SGT | Qualifier | | SEA OQ2 DreamLeague S28 |   | | 0 : 1 | |  | |
| January 7, 2026 - 17:10 CET | Qualifier | | WEU OQ2 DreamLeague S28 |   |  | 1 : 0 | |    |
Recent Changes
[edit]Description
- Increased Wukong's Command duration from 13 to 14.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Increased Wukong's Command Soldier duration from 12 to 15.
- Reduced base armor from 2 to 1.
- Reduced base attack time from 1.7 to 1.6.
- Reduced base attack speed from 100 to 95.
- Attribute Bonus
- The Simian Stride facet no longer reduces ability max level by 1.
- The
- Reduced Tree Dance unperched self stun duration from 4 to 3.
- The Tree Dance movement component is now canceled when Monkey King is affected by disable sources.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Reduced Boundless Strike Primal Spring damage multiplier from 0.4 to 0.35.
Dota Plus Progress
[edit]Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Monkey King's Relics | Voice Lines | |
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 Teleports Leading To Kills Physical Damage Damage From Invisibility Wards Placed Kill Assists Kills |
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 Master |
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 Grandmaster |
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Equipment
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Trivia
[edit]- Monkey King was revealed during The International 2016, as the first original hero to be released in Dota 2, after all previous 112 DotA heroes got ported over.[1]
- Monkey King's name, lore, and abilities are based on Sun Wukong, the legendary hero from the Chinese classic "Journey to the West".
- In the novel, the Monkey King wields the Ruyi Jingu Bang, a flexible magical staff that can change size and length.
- The name for Mischief in Dota 2's Chinese client is "Seventy-two Transformations" - 七十二变 (qī shí èr biàn), a reference from the novel to Sun Wukong's ability to change into numerous forms. This is referenced by his voice line, " Lycan’s got one transformation, I’ve got seventy-two."
- Wukong's Command is based on one of the Monkey King's magical powers from the novel. He creates clones of himself from his hair, which he pulls from the back of his head, and blows into the wind.
- In the novel he can fly on a cloud, called the Cloud Somersault technique. This is referenced by the names of his 6.80 beta unreleased abilities ( Nimble Nimbus, Cloud Dance), the cloud riding effect added by the Great Sage's Reckoning, and his voice line: “Where’s my cloud?”
- Wukong's Command first and second soldier rings are based on the concept of the authority of the emperor in ancient Chinese culture.
- 九五之尊 (jiǔ wǔ zhī zūn)
- In ancient China, numbers were divided into yang and yin, with odd numbers being yang and even numbers being yin. Among the Yang numbers, the number nine (九) is the highest, and five (五) is in the middle, with the second and first rings having 9 and 5 soldiers respectively. Therefore, "nine" and "five" symbolize the authority which only the emperor has.
- Monkey King is the first original hero made for Dota 2. All previous heroes were ported from DotA.
- Monkey King is based on early concepts developed during the DotA era.
- Phantom Lancer was based on Monkey King’s 6.80 beta version, his original model was approximately the same as the present Phantom Lancer, as well as his abilities. However, this version was not released and instead was released with some changes as Phantom Lancer.
- Monkey King's rivalry line against Phantom Lancer, ▶️ "Honestly, I don't see the resemblance.", acknowledges this.
- His beta abilities included much the same mechanics as Phantom Lancer’s current ones: a ranged spell to create an illusion to attack an enemy hero ( Echo Sweep), temporary invulnerability with illusions created on return ( Cloud Dance), a dash towards a point ( Flicker), and a passive to create illusions upon attacking an enemy hero ( Nimble Nimbus).
- Several early ability concepts were considered for Monkey King's "Dota 2" release, including a "pickpocket" ability.
- The Banana item, which only appeared in private lobbies, may have been an early hint to Monkey King's release. The item was removed on the same patch as Monkey King was released.
- Monkey King's default weapon is based on the in-game item, Monkey King Bar.
- Mischief's lore line "Watch out for that tree" is a reference to "George of the Jungle", a classic comedy film.
- The Monkey King concept has been widely used throughout the ARTS/MOBA genre, with other Monkey King heroes appearing in "League of Legends", "Heroes of Newerth", "Vainglory", "Strife", SMITE", and "Paragon".
- The emblem on the ground made by Primal Spring is called a "Bagua", which is a Daoist symbol that represents the fundamental principles of reality.
- Monkey King's was voiced in his teaser trailer by Matthew Mercer, who also voiced the Monkey King hero from "Heroes of Newerth". However, his voice actor was later changed to Bill Millsap.
- Monkey King's Chinese voice actor is Shihong Li, who also voiced Monkey King in the famous 1986 TV show, "Journey to the West".
- The sound effect played during Wukong's Command (▶️) comes from a Balinese music and dance called "kecak".
- The response towards Storm Spirit ▶️ "I've seen Xin and Kaolin. Where's your other brother?" implied the existence of a fourth spirit.
- Two years later, Void Spirit was revealed during The International 2019.
Gallery
[edit]
Monkey King in-game
Unused prototype abilities and early icons
Monkey King's design concept was originally considered for Phantom Lancer.
Monkey King's profile from DotA's 6.80 beta, with stats and old abilities
Hero icon progress
Monkey King on his debut page.
Monkey King on Ringmaster's teaser trailer.
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
