Wukong/SkinsTrivia

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The name "Wukong" means "awakening to emptiness" (悟空) in Chinese.
Wukong is voiced by Spike Spencer.
Wukong's character concept is inspired by Sun Wukong, the protagonist of the Chinese novel Journey to the West.
- Both characters have the title of "The Monkey King," use the same type of weapon, an elongating staff, and ride on a cloud named Nimbus.
- Wukong is the first champion to be specifically based on a character from real-world literature.
- Wukong likes peaches, another reference to Sun Wukong.
- Wukong's abilities, Nimbus Strike and Decoy are references to Sun Wukong's ability to create clones of himself using strands of his hair.
- Wukong's passive, Stone Skin, is possibly a reference to Sun Wukong being born from a stone.
  - This is supported by the fact that Wukong turns to stone when he dies.
Wukong is the first champion to have an animated Gameplay Preview.
The internal name, the name that is used by the game developers themselves, for Wukong's ultimate Cyclone is "MonkeyKingSpinToWin", a reference to the popular community description for Garen's Judgment.
Wukong's Cyclone now holds the record for the highest AD Ratio in the game, achieving a 4.8 AD Ratio under a full duration of the spell.
During the animation of Wukong's joke, he elongates his staff very much. This is how the staff actually functions in the original novel for reaching or attacking his target afar.

Classic Wukong's Chinese splash art's water dragon may be a reference to the Dragon who swallowed Xuanzang's mount in the Journey to the West, causing Wukong to fight against it.
Volcanic Wukong may be a reference to Journey to the West, when Sun Wukong was locked in a cauldron to be distilled by severe, sacred fires. But when they opened the lid, Wukong was alive and stronger than ever.
Jade Dragon Wukong wears Chinese jade, which is commonly carved in the form of a dragon.
- Carved-jade objects is regarded to being intrinsically valuable. They are metaphorically equated with human virtues because of their hardness, durability, and (moral) beauty.
- Wukong's signature metallic headband which Xuanzang used to punish Wukong in the novel only appears on this skin. This accessory is notably absent in other Wukong's skins, including the classic one.