Monkey King Bar/Changelogs

Item

 

Old Abilities

 

Changelogs

 

Version History

Version

Description

7.35

• Reduced Recipe cost from 800 to 600 (total cost decreases ▼ from 4900 to 4700 ).

7.35

• Item cost changes:
  • Reduced Javelin cost from 1100 to 900 .
  • Increased Recipe cost from 600 to 800 .
  • Total gold cost remains at 4900 .

7.34

• Reduced Recipe cost from 675 to 600 (total cost decreases ▼ from 4975 to 4900 ).

7.30c

• Increased attack speed bonus from 35 to 45.

7.29

• Increased Pierce proc chance from 75% to 80%.

7.28

• Reduced attack damage bonus from 42 to 40.
• Pierce
  • Proc damage is no longer considered by lifesteal. [?]
  • Reduced damage from 100 to 70.

• Increased Recipe cost from 550 to 675 (total cost increases ▲ from 4850 to 4975 ).

7.27b

• Increased Recipe cost from 350 to 550 (total cost increases ▲ from 4650 to 4850 ).

7.27a

• Monkey King Bar now requires a Recipe (+350 ) to build (total cost increases ▲ from 4300 to 4650 ).

7.27

• Reduced attack damage bonus from 52 to 42.
• Increased attack speed bonus from 10 to 35.

• Monkey King Bar now requires Blitz Knuckles (1000 ) to build, instead of Quarterstaff (875 ) (total cost increases ▲ from 4175 to 4300 ).

7.14

• Reworked
  recipe and stats.

Old

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Hyperstone (2000 ), Javelin (1100 ), Javelin (1100 )
Total cost: 4200
Attack speed bonus: 60

New

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Demon Edge (2200 ), Javelin (1100 ), Quarterstaff (875 )
Total cost: 4175
Attack damage bonus: 52
Attack speed bonus: 10

• Pierce
  • Changed
    damage type from Pure to Magical.
  • Increased proc damage bonus from 60 to 100.

7.07

• Reworked
  recipe and stats.

Old

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Demon Edge (2200 ), Javelin (1500 ), Javelin (1500 )
Total cost: 5200
Attack damage bonus: 66

New

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Hyperstone (2000 ), Javelin (1100 ), Javelin (1100 )
Total cost: 4200
Attack speed bonus: 60

• Removed
  Mini-Bash.
• Replaced
  True Strike with Pierce.

Old

True Strike

Prevents your attacks from missing enemy units.

New

Pierce

Grants each attack a chance to ignore evasion and blind effects, and deal bonus pure damage.

Proc chance: 75%

Damage: 60

7.06

• Reduced Demon Edge cost from 2400 to 2200 (total cost decreases ▼ from 5400 to 5200 ).

7.00

• No longer grants 15 attack speed bonus.

6.86

• Reduced attack damage bonus from 88 to 66.
• Increased Mini-Bash damage from 100 to 160.

6.79c

• Fixed not being able to toggle On / Off item.

6.70

• Updated item icon.

6.69

• Increased attack damage bonus from 80 to 88.

6.60b

• Fixed Mini-Bash visual cooldown glitch.

6.60

• Added
  new True Strike passive ability.
  • The wielder's attacks cannot miss.
  • Does not work when against buildings.

6.58

• Increased attack damage bonus from 75 to 80.
• Increased Mini-Bash proc chance from 30% to 35%.

• Item cost changes:
  • Reduced Demon Edge cost from 2600 to 2400 .
  • Increased Javelin cost from 1400 to 1500 .
  • Total gold cost remains at 5400 .

6.49

• Reworked
  recipe.

Old

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Demon Edge (2600 ), Quarterstaff (1150 ), Recipe (1650 )
Total cost: 5400

New

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Demon Edge (2600 ), Javelin (1400 ), Javelin (1400 )
Total cost: 5400

6.36

• Increased Mini-Bash damage from 90 to 100.

6.10

• Updated Mini-Bash ability tooltips.

6.05

• Reduced Mini-Bash damage from 100 to 90.

6.04

• Increased Recipe cost from 1600 to 1650 (total cost increases ▲ from 5350 to 5400 ).

6.00

• Reduced Recipe cost from 1850 to 1600 (total cost decreases ▼ from 5600 to 5350 ).

5.80

• Increased Mini-Bash damage from 95 to 100.

5.79

• Reduced Mini-Bash damage from 110 to 95.

• Reduced Recipe cost from 1900 to 1850 (total cost decreases ▼ from 5650 to 5600 ).

5.72

• Increased attack damage bonus from 65 to 75.

• Item cost changes:
  • Reduced Quarterstaff cost from 1400 to 1150 .
  • Increased Recipe cost from 1550 to 1900 .
  • Total gold cost increases ▲ from 5550 to 5650 .

5.65

• Item cost changes:
  • No longer requires Upgrader to build (−1500 cost).
  • Now requires a Recipe to build (+1550 cost).
  • Total gold cost increases ▲ from 5500 to 5550 .

5.61b

• Increased attack damage bonus from 55 to 65.

5.61

• Reduced attack damage bonus from 75 to 55.

5.58

• Ranged heroes are no longer restricted from buying Monkey King Bar.
• Increased attack damage bonus from 65 to 75.
• Increased Mini-Bash damage from 100 to 110.

5.55

• Mini-Bash
  • Reduced proc chance from 40% to 30%.
  • Increased damage from 50 to 100.

5.53

• Increased attack damage bonus from 55 to 65.

5.50

Happened between 5.41 and 5.50

• Reworked
  recipe and stats.

Old

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Battle Fury (5100 ), Quarterstaff (1400 ), Upgrader (1500 )
Total cost: 8000
Attack damage bonus: 75
Attack speed bonus: 10

New

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Demon Edge (2600 ), Quarterstaff (1400 ), Upgrader (1500 )
Total cost: 5500
Attack damage bonus: 55
Attack speed bonus: 15

• Removed
  Cleave.
• Replaced
  Critical Strike with Mini-Bash.

Old

Critical Strike

Grants each attack a chance to deal additional damage.

Proc chance: 10%

Critical damage: 300%

New

Mini-Bash

Grants each attack a chance to mini-stun and deal bonus damage.

Proc chance: 40%

Damage: 50

Stun Duration: 0.01

5.40

Happened between 5.37 and 5.40

• Reworked
  recipe and stats.

Old

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Battle Fury (5100 ), Oblivion Staff (3510 ), Hyperstone (2950 )
Total cost: 11560
Attack damage bonus: 100
Attack speed bonus: 80

New

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Battle Fury (5100 ), Quarterstaff (1400 ), Upgrader (1500 )
Total cost: 8000
Attack damage bonus: 75
Attack speed bonus: 10

5.32

• Reworked
  recipe and stats.

Old

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Battle Fury (5100 ), Oblivion Staff (3510 ), Hyperstone (2950 ), Demon Edge (2700 ), Upgrader (1500 )
Total cost: 15760
Attack damage bonus: 130
Attack speed bonus: 80

New

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Battle Fury (5100 ), Oblivion Staff (3510 ), Hyperstone (2950 )
Total cost: 11560
Attack damage bonus: 100
Attack speed bonus: 80

5.31

Happened between 5.11 and 5.31

• Can now be dropped, sold and destroyed.
• Reworked
  recipe and stats.

Old

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Demon Edge (2700 ), Hyperstone (2600 ), Upgrader (1500 ), Upgrader (1500 )
Total cost: 8300
Attack damage bonus: 100
Attack speed bonus: 60

New

Monkey King Bar

Recipe: Battle Fury (5100 ), Oblivion Staff (3510 ), Hyperstone (2950 ), Demon Edge (2700 ), Upgrader (1500 )
Total cost: 15760
Attack damage bonus: 130
Attack speed bonus: 80

• Added
  new Cleave and Critical Strike passive abilities.

New

Cleave

Deals a percent of attack damage in an area around the target. Ranged units cannot Cleave.

Cleave radius: 185

Cleave damage: 80%

New

Critical Strike

Grants each attack a chance to deal additional damage.

Proc chance: 10%

Critical damage: 300%

4.0beta9

• Updated icon.

4.0beta6

• Can no longer be dropped, sold and destroyed.

4.0beta5

• Created

Patch History

Patch

Description

20 Aug 2020

• Split up Monkey King Bar proc sound for melee and ranged heroes.
  • Melee: volume 1, pitch range from 0.9 to 1.1, with blood splatter sound layer.
  • Ranged: volume 0.5, pitch range from 1 to 1.25, no blood splatter sound layer.
• Added a sound blocker that prevents it from playing multiple times within a 300 radius within 0.1 seconds.

14 Jul 2020

• Added target particles to Javelin and Monkey King Bar procs.

01 Mar 2018

• Added a ▶️ sound effect for Pierce procs.

01 Feb 2018

• Fixed Pierce working against buildings in rare cases.

14 Jun 2013

• Fixed True Strike causing you to be unable to miss against Towers.

18 Jan 2013

• Fixed Pierce dealing bonus damage to buildings.

06 Dec 2012

• Pierce now uses pseudo-random distribution.

27 Oct 2011

• Fixed Pierce proccing on Towers.