People got bored of instant king after several weeks, and others learned how to play against the hero. All heroes are "broken" when they are introduced, because nobody knows what to do with them and they are picked a lot
Asking this question is like wondering why a new heroes pick rate is so high when released day 1.
why is monkey king's pick rate dropping? Its not dropping fast enough... it had to drop like 1-2 weeks ago but he still gets picked alot despite that. Monkey still is second most pick hero these days with %36 pickrate. So i think this a kappa post he can't be serious -.-
This hero is released 3 weeks ago but still has more matches then other new heroes and more than half of chens matches played. And remember, chen is relesed in 2004(DotA) - 2011 (doto2)
your question should've been: Why do people still pick monkey king????
But I believe this is different because arc warden and pitlord took some good skills to play but monkey king was relatively easy to play at least compared to other new heroes
Monkey is fairly easy to play, he can snowball and get lots of kills which always makes a hero popular (Look at Pudge and PA pickrates) and people are under the misconception that he is Overpowered which makes some people spam him in order to try win more. So his pickrate will probably never drop as much as Arc and Underlord's did because he fits that role of a snowballing core which is the most popular type of hero generally.
"People got bored of instant king after several weeks, and others learned how to play against the hero. All heroes are "broken" when they are introduced, because nobody knows what to do with them and they are picked a lot"
While this is true, Ice Frog does enjoy releasing OP heroes. Remember Slark, AA, Phoenix, and Tusk at release?
well yes most heroes at their release are strong to encourage people to play them and also because icefrog cant think of every interaction and how to balance it so someone almost always will find a way to abuse the hero
Because he is a bad late game hero and most pubs can't take advantage of his early game dominance.
His ultimate is frankly very situational and makes him a flawed team fight hero if not used correctly. it just doesn't synergize with his kit. So many monkeys buy SB to invis while they are ulting which is just so fucking bad honestly.
Thats my take. Great early and mid game ganker that is generally shit at team fights if the enemy team is even remotely competent and ready to counter him.
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