BOOM Esports went back in time and revived one of the virtually interesting hero archetypes in the history of Dota ii — Monkey King support.

Timothy John "Tims" Randrup surprised by picking Monkey King support in the grand final of the BTS Pro Series Season 8 SEA between Nail Esports and Team SMG, which they won 3-two.

During the grand final, BOOM Esports picked Monkey King in three games, and racked upward a 100% win charge per unit on this hero. Team SMG also prioritized the hero and picked him twice, nabbing two wins.

Monkey Rex support perfectly fits BOOM Esports Tims' playstyle

Tims
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Tims recently joined Boom Esports afterward being on TNC Predator's roster for almost v years. Tims was a highlight for the team, known for his aggressive roaming style on heroes like Globe Spirit, Rubick, and Earth Shaker.

Monkey King has primarily been picked equally a core hero since his release. He had a short stint as soft support when Wukong Command proc'ed items. Every bit such, Monkey King support preferred items like Skull Basher which allowed him to use Wukong Control every bit a large AoE stun.

This was updated speedily later on Dota 2 patch vii.06 was released, which ended Monkey King'due south career as a support, until Tims came along and demonstrated how strong the hero can be in this role.

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Monkey King was significantly buffed in Dota 2 patch 7.30

Monkey King Havoc of Dragon Palace set
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Monkey King was undoubtedly ane of the biggest winners of the Dota 2 patch vii.xxx balance update. Here are the buffs he received:

Tree Dance

  • Reduced bandage time from 0.3 to 0.one.
  • Increased travel speed from 700 to 800.

Jingu Mastery

  • Increased Jingu Mastery lifesteal from xv%/xxx%/45%/60% to 25%/40%/55%/seventy%.

Reworked Aghanim'south Shard upgrade:

  • (Former) Reduces Tree Trip the light fantastic cooldown from 1 to 0.3 and bandage time from 0.iii to 0.one.
  • (New) Reduces Mischief cooldown to viii, increases damage immunity duration to 0.5, makes information technology disjoint on cast, and causes it to no longer reduce Monkey King'south motion speed if it is beneath the fixed values.

Monkey Rex was effectively given a gratuitous Aghanim shard upgrade. Tree Dance cast time was reduced to 0.i seconds, making it nearly impossible to stop Monkey King from using that ability. The travel speed was also increased.

These buffs brand Tree Dance an extremely constructive tool for scouting, chasing, escaping, and providing vision during team fights.

Tims showed the value of Tree Dance in this squad fight, where he provides vision for his teammates to jump in and take out Damien "kpii" Chok's Vengeful Spirit and Tue "ah fu" Soon Chuan's Nyx Assasin.

Afterward, Tims kept chasing Roger "Roddgeee" Tan Boon Thye's Bloodseeker, who underestimated the immense vision Monkey King provides.

The second spell Tims focused on was the Dizzying Strike. This ability was buffed in Dota 2 patch vii.29, which now has a shorter cooldown and longer stun duration at earlier levels.

Boundless Strike provides Monkey Rex with a nearly-instant long range stun that tin hit multiple people. Tims expertly used it to take hold of Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng's Phantom Lancer in game five.

BOOM Esports provided a lot of space for Tims

Monkey King is often played equally a carry, so players have a firm understanding of how to maximize his damage in the late game, taking advantage of his Jingu Mastery.

While Tims played Monkey Male monarch as a support, he approached it with a core-similar mentality. He spent a lot of time in the game ensuring he kept his networth up and prioritized damage items such as Echo Sabre and Skull Basher, shunning standard support items like Force Staff and Glimmer Greatcoat.

Tims is a greedy Monkey King
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This resulted in BOOM Esports having a four-core line-upwards during the belatedly game. Nonetheless, it was a greedy pick, which Smash Esport's offlaner Saieful "Fbz" Ilham had to shoulder. Non incertitude, these types of draft crave a lot of team synergy and trust in the Tims to perform.

BOOM Esports were crowned champions of the BTS Pro Series Flavour 8 Ocean and took dwelling US$24,000 later a thrilling iii-2 victory over Team SMG, an excellent debut for the new squad.

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