The new "Dota 2" hero Monkey King has been announced to be released by fall of 2016. This new hero is unseen in the forests of the Dire or Radiant jungle. Here are the clues discovered to aid us in learning more about Monkey King.
"Dota 2" Monkey King Release Date
Monkey King is included in the Journey update, which had a classic December 2016 release date as revealed in TI6. The reason for this is that Valve is waiting until the "Dota 2" Major tournament in Boston is over.
This is Valve's way not to throw any big changes as a curveball for the pro gamers. During the International, Valve was quoted that the next "Dota 2" next update will happen at the tail end of fall, or on December 12, 2016.
"Dota 2" Monkey King Abilities
Echo Sweep ability is originally a move made by a single illusion; this plain nuke now appears to be used by Monkey King himself. A magic damage sweep of a radius is in front of him, now apparently peppered by a slam of his bo staff on the ground. Monkey King appears to clear a wave of creeps with this move in the teaser. This suggests that it will have so much divergent stats as its beta version. Also, there is an apparent cooldown between 9-12 seconds and a damage of 100 to 250.
The Flicker ability in datamined version is an act where the character quickly sprints in a straight line for 600 units and leave up to six illusions in his wake and automatically attacks anyone in sight. This is somewhat similar to the move used at the end of the teaser trailer. His practice of plucking his own hairs before the illusions' charge is an orientation from his mythological powers from Journey to the West.
Nimble Nimbus ability is not seen in the teaser trailer, where he was sure sprightly, but did not appear to jump over any foes. Possibly, this passive action has been amended into some sort of movement method involving trees, as he does appear to crisscross them easily in the trailer. In addition, Cloud Dance ability showed no signs of being part of his new kit. While waiting for Beastmaster to pursue him into the forest, Monkey King is invisible standing next to a tree. This ability, though, sounds a lot like Treant's Nature Guise ability.
"Dota 2" Monkey King Lore
The legend of Sun Wukong is one of the most lasting from East-Asian history. It is abouta Monkey statue, brought to life and handed unbelievable fighting strength by the power of Taoist practices. Wukong voyaged across the continent to aid Buddhist monk Xuanzang in attaining three sacred texts to return home with. Among Wukong's exceptional powers are his flying cloud, Nimbus, a magical Bo staff and his hair. Each of his hairs possesses magical properties, capable of being transmuted into clones of the Monkey King himself, just as in the teaser trailer.
After he had been entombed in Bagua Lu for 49 days, his eyes were refined into Jin Jing Huoyan blazing golden eyes, allowing him the ability to differentiate demons from humans, known as True Sight. This enables him to see through the deceit of evasion and hit even the slipperiest of foes, says Reddit.