Skill usage Edit

• Wukong is an excellent solo lane champion, with a combination of burst damage, durability and difficulty to gank.
  • His basic harass method is closing the gap with  Nimbus Strike, autoattacking with an immediate  Crushing Blow afterwards, and then using  Decoy to avoid retaliation.
• Leading with  Crushing Blow will reduce the opponent's armor, increasing your damage output.
•  Crushing Blow resets the attack timer, using it immediately after an autoattack will give you a 'free' attack.
• Both  Nimbus Strike and  Cyclone allow Wukong to close the gap between him and his target.
• Using  Decoy is an effective way of escaping and chasing down enemy champions.
  • When fleeing, consider how best to utilize the brief stealth provided by  Decoy. Use it to juke your pursuers by changing directions after using  Decoy. Sometimes it's best to simply stop after casting  Decoy and watch as your opponents continue to chase in the direction they think you've gone, this is known as 'stop juking.' By pressing "stop" [default key: S] you can pretend that you have used  Decoy to make your opponents think that you are the decoy. However, this move may not work on skilled opponents.
  • This is less effective against more skilled opponents, because the decoy doesn't show any visual effects ( Blessing of the Lizard Elder/ Crest of the Ancient Golem buff, Oracle's Elixir, Poison, Mordekaiser's  Children of the Grave, etc). This means it is usually easy to tell if Wukong has really used a decoy or not.
  • When ganking an enemy from the brush, use  Decoy while inside and approach your target during the stealth time.
•  Decoy can be used as a shield against skillshots such as  Caitlyn's  Ace in the Hole and  Blitzcrank's  Rocket Grab.  Decoy always appears behind you.
  • It can also be used to stop Rammus's  Powerball.
  • If  Decoy is used exactly when Karthus's  Requiem hits, the damage will be nullified or taken by the decoy.
•  Crushing Blow's bonus damage works on turrets and inhibitors.
•  Crushing Blow's now grants additional 125 bonus range which is good to finish an opponent who is just slightly out of your range.
  • ​Because of the bonus range,  Crushing Blow's can be used to punish melee opponents who try to last hit safetly as well.
•  Cyclone is not a channeled ability so crowd control effects, like stun, silence or knockback will not cancel or interrupt his ultimate. However stuns or snares will prevent him from moving.
• General team fighting with Wukong should aim to persist in the fight as long as possible utilizing his skills multiple times while also disrupting the enemy team and not getting focused down. Such an approach is to use  Nimbus Strike to close on a dangerous enemy, autoattack, use  Crushing Blow for another attack, and then immediately use  Decoy since enemy crowd control and burst may be headed your way. While stealthed, you can back off and reposition yourself. Then re-enter the fray with another  Nimbus Strike and another  Crushing Blow before activating  Cyclone to disrupt their team as they come after you knowing you don't have  Decoy available. After  Cyclone finishes, you should be close to having  Nimbus Strike ready again to chase down an enemy or smartly target to aid your escape.
• Try to hang onto your  Cyclone during teamfights instead of using it to initiate fights, your visibility with your ultimate and high damage output will put focus onto you from the enemy team. Instead use it as a strong crowd control to break up enemy champions and to chase.

Build usage Edit

• Given that the bonus damage from  Crushing Blow affects both towers and inhibitors, Wukong, together with a Sheen (or Trinity Force) and cooldown reduction can push a lane surprisingly quickly.
  • Sheen and later on Trinity Force synergizes with  Crushing Blow will lead to a surprising amount of burst damage.
  • If spread out enough, you can get two Sheen hits when you dash in with a  Nimbus Strike ->  Crushing Blow combo.
• Getting the Phage first is also viable as the slow is very helpful for Wukong as he doesn't have a constant crowd control ability. This can later on be built into a Frozen Mallet for durability.
• In general, building defensive items with Trinity Force works well on Wukong. Keep in mind that Wukong's  Stone Skin gives him armor and magic resistance naturally and effective use of his  Decoy can help him avoid being targeted so high amounts of defense might not be necessary.
  • Aegis of the Legion is a good pick against a balanced enemy team. It grants some health regeneration, armor and magic resistance, scaling well with  Wukong's  Stone Skin. The aura is also useful in aiding allies, as well as making the team generally tankier.
  • Sunfire Cape gives him excellent defense and some additional damage while he is persisting in a fight.
  • Banshee's Veil or Maw of Malmortius also gives him excellent defense against bursty magic damage dealers.
  • An alternative for MR is Mercurial Scimitar to combine with the movement speed from Trinity Force for even better chasing.
  • With Trinity Force, Sunfire Cape, and Banshee's Veil all giving health, Atma's Impaler is a great late game item on Wukong to leverage his defenses into more offensive power. Frozen Mallet in particular works well for this.
• Cooldown reduction is a good stat for Wukong, allowing him to maintain the armor reduction debuff from his  Crushing Blow on an opponent and the attack speed steroid of his  Nimbus Strike on himself.
  • Youmuu's Ghostblade is a great item for Wukong as it will help keep him next to the opponent and gives all the stats he needs by adding extra armor penetration and cooldown reduction. Zeke's Herald offers a good combination of stats if you need a life steal item that isn't The Bloodthirster. Frozen Heart offers a lot of armor and some mana in addition to cooldown reduction.
• The Bloodthirster is a strong item pick as Wukong scales well with attack damage. Because The Bloodthirster offers purely offensive stats, it should be saved until Wukong can survive an enemy encounter.
• Because Wukong deals mainly physical damage that can be countered by armor and his  Crushing Blow grants armor reduction by a percentage, armor penetration and armor reduction items can increase his damage output.
  • The active from Youmuu's Ghostblade can help increase Wukong's dps without buying too many attack speed items. Last Whisper combined with  Crushing Blow can drop an enemy to 30% of their armor but because it offers strictly offensive stats, it should be only be considered once opponents get exceptionally tanky.
•   The Black Cleaver now syncs very well with   Cyclone as it can reach full stacks in just 1 seconds into his ultimate while the enemy is still knocked up, provided you do the  Nimbus Strike and  Crushing Blow combo beforehand.
• Boots of Swiftness can be a good choice for Wukong, as it reduces the effectiveness of slows and speeds up your escape when using  Decoy, meaning the enemy will already be too far from you to see you after  Decoy ends.

Recommended builds Edit

Summoner's Rift recommended items
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The Howling Abyss recommended items
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The Crystal Scar recommended items
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The Twisted Treeline recommended items
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Countering Edit

• If you are playing as a tank, consider purchasing both health and armor item so his  Crushing Blow is less effective.
• Do not be tricked by his  Decoy clone, If you see him suddenly stop, try continue moving forward instead of attacking him so you will see him when his stealth duration is over.
  • Beware - he could use it the other way, like suddenly stopping without using  Decoy.
    • To avoid getting tricked between him stopping or deploying the  Decoy, notice his idle animation. The clone starts its idle in a set position so if he suddenly "jerks" in his idle animation, you know he used decoy. Otherwise, feel free to continue battering Wukong.
  • Buy stealth detection items to neutralize the stealth advantage of  Decoy, or land slows on him before he uses the ability, making it difficult to use the stealth to escape a large distance - preferably with non-skillshots, as  Decoy cannot stop them from hitting while they are already in flight.
• Be sure to spread out to avoid  Cyclone - its potential makes up the most of Wukong's power and having the team avoid getting affected by it as much as possible can significantly reduce his effect in teamfights.
  • Knockback effects and escapes can avoid a lot of  Cyclone's damage - perhaps even all of it!
• Sustain can nullify the effects of Wukong's harassing combo, and the combo costs a significant amount of his mana which can quickly leave him unable to use his abilities.
• Wukong is one of the few bruisers who are actually meant to shine late game, deny him early.

Champion spotlight Edit

Wukong Champion Spotlight(07:04)
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