Monkey King Bar
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4700A powerful staff used by a master warrior.
Your hero's legendary staff, a powerful and reliable item that not only increases your hero's damage but also provides accuracy in attacking, granting them the ability to pierce through evasion and strike enemies with unwavering precision!
Base Combat Stats
Combat Stats
+ 40 Damage
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+ 45 Attack Speed
Recipe
Abilities
Passive: Pierce
Grants each attack a 80% chance to pierce through evasion and deal 70 bonus magical damage.
Additional Insights
Its ability to counter evasion-based abilities or items, making it an essential choice against enemies who rely on dodging attacks. It's particularly valuable for heroes seeking to nullify enemy evasion and deal consistent and reliable damage in battles.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Monkey King Bar as a core or non-core item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
Another situational item, that is built by carries usually or battle type sof supports, this item relies heavily more on it's effect rather than damage as it gives significantly higher value.
Heroes countered by Monkey King Bar
Gives you more accuracy on right clicks to pierce Magnetic Field and do damage even when standing outside of it.
Gives you more accuracy on right clicks to counter the evasion from Drunken Brawler.
Gives you more accuracy on right clicks to counter the miss chance from Silken Bola.
Gives you instances of magic damage on right clicks that do not get negated by Dragon Knights high armor.
Gives you more accuracy on right clicks to pierce the evasion from Scurry in treelines.
Gives you more accuracy on right clicks to counter the miss chance from Blinding Light.
Lets you do some right click damage through Guardian Angel with Pierce procs as it is considered magical damage.
Gives you more accuracy on right clicks to pierce the evasion from Blur.
Magic damage from procs is good against this high armor hero that also buys evasion very often
To pierce through evasion when he uses Whirling Axes in melee form.
Trivia
The name 'Monkey King Bar' is a reference to the legendary Monkey King character from Chinese mythology, known for his incredible feats, combat skills, and possession of a magical staff. This naming choice signifies the item's association with the Monkey King's prowess and its ability to strike with precision and power.
