Monkey King
Patch 7.41c06.05.2026-1.21 (1.21)
GENERAL
- NERFBase Agility decreased from 24 to 23?Damage at level 1 decreased from 53-57 to 52-56-4%
Abilities
Primal Spring
- NERFMovement Slow decreased from 35/50/65/80% to 30/40/50/60%-14%-20%-23%-25%
Patch 7.41b07.04.2026-2.79 (2.79)
Abilities
Changing of the Guard
- NERFCooldown increased from 3s to 5s+67%
Talents
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Tree Dance Cast Range decreased from +350 to +300-14%
Patch 7.4124.03.2026+1.40 (8.35)
Abilities
Mischief
- REWORKNo longer levels with Wukong's Command
- NERFCooldown changed from 24/20/16/12s to 24.5s - 0.5s per level0%start-21%end
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L20 L25 L30 old 24 24 24 24 24 20 20 20 20 20 20 16 16 16 16 12 12 12 new 24 23.5 23 22.5 22 21.5 21 20.5 20 19.5 19 18.5 18 17.5 17 14.5 12 9.5 Δ% 0% -2% -4% -6% -8% +8% +5% +2% 0% -2% -5% +16% +12% +9% +6% +21% 0% -21%
Tree Dance
- BUFFCast Range / Perched Tree Cast Range increased from 800 to 900+12%
- BUFFCooldown decreased from 1.4/1.2/1.0/0.8s to 0.9/0.6/0.3/0s-36%-50%-70%-100%
- NERFCast point increased from 0.1s to 0.2s+100%
- NERFLeap speed decreased from 700 to 600-14%
- MISCLeaping between trees can now be interrupted by Roots and Leashes?Previously it was only interrupted by Stunned, Hidden, or Hexed statuses
Wukong's Command
- NEWNow has Changing of the Guard sub-ability by default?While Wukong's Command is active, Monkey King gains a Changing of the Guard ability which allows him to transform into any one of his soldiers. Upon cast, Monkey King takes the place of the soldier closest to the target location for 1.5s, and leaves another one in his stead. While Transfigured, Monkey King is indistinguishable from other soldiers and invulnerable, but can't issue commands. Cast Point: 0.3s. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 3s
Changing of the Guard
- MISCAbility appears in place of Wukong's Command and starts on a 1s cooldown after casting Wukong's Command. Can't be cast while rooted and can't target soldiers created by Aghanim's Scepter effect. Monkey King disjoints projectiles upon transformation.?The possessed soldier has a small ring around it which is visible only to Monkey King and his allies. When the effect is over, Monkey King becomes his usual self leaving the overtaken soldier's position empty.
Talents
- REWORKLevel 10 Talent: +90 Primal Spring Max Damage replaced with +350 Tree Dance Cast Range
- REWORKLevel 15 Talent: +450 Tree Dance Cast Range replaced with 0 Cooldown Primal Spring
- REWORKLevel 20 Talent: 0 Cooldown Primal Spring replaced with Jingu Mastery Undispellable
Patch 7.40c21.01.2026+0.63 (0.63)
Abilities
Jingu Mastery
- BUFFBonus Damage increased from 30/75/120/165 to 30/80/130/1800%+7%+8%+9%
Talents
- BUFFLevel 10 Talent: Primal Spring Max Damage increased from +85 to +90+6%
Patch 7.40b23.12.2025+1.94 (1.94)
Abilities
Wukong's Command
- BUFFDuration increased from 13s to 14s+8%
- BUFFAghanim's Scepter Soldier Duration increased from 12s to 15s+25%
Patch 7.4015.12.2025+0.88 (3.08)
GENERAL
- BUFFBase Attack Time improved from 1.7s to 1.6s-6%
- NERFBase Armor decreased by 1?Now it's 1. Before this patch it was changed in 7.32e (3 years 6 months ago)-50%
- NERFBase Attack Speed decreased from 100 to 95-5%
Facets
Simian Stride
- BUFFSimian Stride: No longer has decreased number of +2 All Attributes bonuses
- BUFFTree Dance: Stun duration from falling off the cut tree decreased from 4s to 3s-25%
Patch 7.39e02.10.2025-1.26 (1.26)
Abilities
Boundless Strike
- NERFAghanim's Shard portion of Primal Spring's max power decreased from 40% to 35%-12%
Tree Dance
- NERFMovement is now cancelled if Monkey King is interrupted?Stunned, hexed or out of world
Talents
- NERFLevel 10 Talent: Primal Spring Max Damage decreased from +100 to +85-15%
Patch 7.39d05.08.2025-2.70 (2.70)
Facets
Changing of the Guard
- NERFInitial cooldown increased from 0.5s to 1s+100%
- NERFBoundless Strike: Aghanim's Shard portion of Primal Spring's max power decreased from 60% to 40%-33%
Patch 7.39c24.06.2025-2.60 (2.60)
Abilities
Mischief
- NERFBonus Move Speed rescaled from 6/9/12/15% to 8%+33%-11%-33%-47%
Patch 7.3921.05.2025-1.64 (1.80)
Facets
Wukong's Faithful
- DELFacet removed
Changing of the Guard
- NEWNew facet
While Wukong's Command is active, Monkey King gains a Changing of the Guard ability which allows him to transform into any one of his soldiers. Upon cast, Monkey King takes the place of the soldier closest to the target location for 1.5s, and leaves another one in his stead. While Transfigured, Monkey King is indistinguishable from other soldiers and invulnerable, but can't issue commands. Cast Point: 0.3s. Mana Cost: 25. Cooldown: 3s ?Changing of the Guard appears in place of Wukong's Command and starts on a 0.5s cooldown after casting. Can't be cast while rooted and can't target soldiers created by Aghanim's Scepter effect. Monkey King disjoints projectiles upon transformation.
The possessed soldier has a small ring visible only to Monkey King and allies. When the effect ends, Monkey King returns and the overtaken soldier's position becomes empty.
The possessed soldier has a small ring visible only to Monkey King and allies. When the effect ends, Monkey King returns and the overtaken soldier's position becomes empty.
Abilities
Primal Spring
- NERFCast Range decreased from 1000 to 800-20%
Jingu Mastery
- NERFCounter Duration decreased from 7/8/9/10s to 5.5/7/8.5/10s-21%-12%-6%0%
Patch 7.38b05.03.2025-0.26 (0.52)
Abilities
Wukong's Command
- DELSoldiers no longer receive a copy of Monkey King's neutral item