Summoners War: Xing Zhe and Mei Hou Wang Turn-2 RTA Guide

Drafting Xing Zhe (Wind Monkey King) and Mei Hou Wang (Fire Monkey King) creates a durable turn-2 counter shell in Summoners War World Arena against fast control and multi-hit cleave drafts. Instead of racing for first turn, this strategy absorbs opening hits through passive damage reduction and crowd-control immunity, punishing opposing rotations with automatic counterattacks and stacking attack power.

Dual Monkey Passive Mechanics

This core counters opponents who rely on repeated area-of-effect attacks, continuous turn-cycling, and debuffs to control the match.

• Xing Zhe (Stone Monkey): Decreases all damage taken by 20% and gives an innate chance to counterattack whenever an ally is attacked. Because his Skill 1 carries a stun, incoming AoE or multi-hit attacks repeatedly risk freezing the enemy damage dealer mid-turn.
• Mei Hou Wang (Golden Eyes): Grants total immunity to sleep, freeze, and stun effects. Each hit he receives increases his attack power and heals him slightly, converting enemy multi-hit offensive skills into immediate attack scaling.

Rune Builds and Stat Benchmarks

Both units require balanced bruiser rune configurations rather than full damage or pure tank investments. They must survive opening volleys while retaining enough offensive threat to punish cooldown downtime.

Xing Zhe Rune Selection

Despair provides maximum control value against multi-action teams. With Despair equipped, an ally being attacked gives Xing Zhe separate chances to stun via the rune set and his Skill 1. Run Violent instead if your team needs him to cycle his Defense-breaking Skill 2 more frequently. For artifacts, prioritize Added Damage based on HP and Defense, alongside increased stun activation chance on Skill 1.

Mei Hou Wang Rune Selection

Vampire is the primary choice, restoring massive amounts of health once his passive stacks multiply his base damage output. Destroy works well as an offset against tanky sustain compositions, permanently cutting enemy maximum HP. Emphasize Defense substats alongside HP so incoming hits deal lower base damage, maximizing the efficiency of his passive healing and Vampire recovery.

Drafting Strategy in World Arena

Avoid picking both Monkey Kings in the opening rotation, as an early commit allows opponents to pivot into pure single-target snipers that ignore defense.

• Pick Xing Zhe into heavy AoE skill sets (such as Moore or Cheongpung) and fast strippers. His passive mitigates incoming burst across the team and triggers counterattack checks on every multi-target strike.
• Pick Mei Hou Wang against hard crowd control (such as Oliver, Tomoe, or CP). His immunity to incapacitation prevents lockdown control setups from disabling your primary damage source.
• Draft Support Synergies: Pair the monkeys with durable sustain supports and cleansers. Riley, Tetra, and Woosa provide immunity, cleansing, and continuous healing, giving both bruisers time to retaliate and whittle down enemy threats.

Match Execution and Target Priority

Survive the enemy's opening barrage, then focus down priority targets once major control skills are on cooldown.

1. Target the main defense breaker or squishiest turn-cycler first. Use Xing Zhe’s Skill 2 to apply Defense Break on high-value targets, opening up immediate kill opportunities for a stacked Mei Hou Wang.
2. Time Mei Hou Wang’s Skill 2 defensively. Avoid casting his self-sustain skill while at full health; use it immediately after taking burst damage to recover missing HP.
3. Hold direct attacks against counterattack units. If an enemy threat has active revenge mechanics, let Xing Zhe's passive retaliation handle the trades rather than risking unnecessary return damage.

Direct Counters and Ban Priorities

• Ignore-Defense Snipers: Units such as Sonia, Covenant variants, and Oberon bypass damage reduction and eliminate targets before Mei Hou Wang can stack his passive. Ban dedicated single-target snipers or draft damage-mitigating protection such as Vanessa or Triana.
• Oblivion Debuffs: Tesarion and Isis disable both Stone Monkey and Golden Eyes, removing the core passives that enable this composition. Make any oblivion enabler an immediate priority ban or your primary focus target in combat.