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August 10, 2011 - Guide was Created
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I. Preface
II. Introduction
III. Skill Explanations
IV. Summoner Spell Explanations
-- Considerable Summoner Spells
V. Rune Explanations
VI. Mastery Explanations
VII. Core Item Build Sequence
-- Situational Items
VIII. Laning & Play Style
-- Early Game Phase
-- Mid Game Phase
-- Late Game Phase
-- Late Game Summarized
IX. Tricks & Strategies
X. Closing
XI. Additional Comments, FAQs, Submitted Q&A




This is a mid to late game guide for Wukong. I choose to build Wukong as a tanky dps or offtank. Wukong is not great during early game, and he requires a solo lane to farm. Don't be over aggressive as Wukong until you hit 6. Just last hit and harass your opponent. I hope you read this guide, and try it out atleast once or twice.

Abbreviated Terms
AA = Auto-attack (Basic Attacks)
CC = Crowd Control (Stun, fear, slow, snare, etc)
FB = First Blood
AP = Ability Power
AD = Attack Damage
MD = Magic Damage
AS = Attack Speed
MS = Movement Speed
MR = Magic Resistance
ArPen = Armor Penetration
MPen = Magic Penetration
LS = Life Steal
SV = Spell Vamp
DPS = Strong Auto-attacker
MDPS = Strong spells; casters
CDR = Cooldown Reduction
OOM = Out of Mana
MP = Mana
HP = Health
MP Regen = Mana Regeneration per 5 seconds
HP Regen = Health Regeneration per 5 seconds




Wukong is a great late game tanky dps. He deals decent damage, can take hits like a boss, escape like a ***** with w, and just crush all of Summoner's Rift like King Kong in Tokyo. Wukong isn't the best tanky dps you will find, but he sure is one of the most fun to play. There are many techniques to playing Wukong because of such strange yet fun skills. I will introduce the basics and core build in this guide. You might not agree with everything in this guide, but hey, everyone has their own opinions. This is a long guide, and for advanced users, you might not need all this information. However, i am writing this guide for everyone, so read what you think is important. Also please leave comments below. Constructive criticism is great, but if you just comment "this guide sucks", go **** yourself. Now, let us begin...

Pros:
- Tanky DPS (best type in game imo)
- Great Escape with W combined with flash/ghost
- Great late game champion, and easy solo lane.
- Ultimate is great initiator for teamates
- He's like ****ing King Kong
- Tanky DPS (do i have to repeat this?)

Tanky DPS are a necessity in games now. Wukong fits the role perfectly. He can solo well as long as you aren't too aggressive before level 6. He has great escapes, so you can run if you know you can't do anything. And his damage isn't the best, but you could surely take most champs on 1v1.

Cons:
- Early game isn't great
- Not the best tanky dps in game
- lacks enough CC besides ult
- lacks incredible burst damage

Wukong isn't exactly great when it comes to skills with CC. His ult isn't even that great (its
like a 1.5 sec stun). He has really bad early game, but he still needs a solo lane to excel. I
can't seem to finish my items if i can't get solo. But, wukong is still great, and definately worth trying.




Stone Skin - A decent passive. Gives you more armor and mag. resist which is necessary for a tanky dps.

Crushing Blow - You're source of damage for mid-late game. It gives you bonus damage which is great. However you do not max this first. Why? If you compare this to Nimbus Strike, Nimbus Strike gives you greater damage early game, which will help you win your lane.

Warrior Trickster - One of the funnest/trickiest skills in League. This is your main escape. just charge in with Nimbus, use crushing blow, and use decoy to walk quietly back behind your minions while you're opponent panics and spam skills on your clone. This skill has many uses, and I'll explain more later.

Nimbus Strike - You're early game damage. This gives you great burst damage early game in lanes, and it lets you harass your enemy. Use this to close distances, or use it to escape by hitting minions that are away from opponents. Use Q quickly after you auto attack someone with this skill.

Cyclone - A decent ult that works well with you're other skills. It knocks you're opponent up for a while so your teammates can freely attack them for 1 sec. also a great escape. You can ult, knock up your opponent, and flash or decoy away. I believe you can cancel this ult by clicking R after you activate it.




Flash: This is necessary for Wukong. I believe every champ should get this. Escape, and to close distances from enemies. Not much explanation needed here.

Ignite: The little damage you need to finish opponents. After wukong spams all his skills, he auto attack isn't the best because he doesn't have the best attack speed. This will give you the last needed damage to finish opponents, and this is always great since most teams have support champs that will be like "haha **** you're damage i'll just heal my teammate". Nuff said.

Ghost: A good substitute for flash, or you could also take this instead of ignite. However, I prefer flash because you can use more tricks with decoy with it, and wukong only needs a short jump to reach most opponents. If you like more utility, be my guest and take this instead of ignite, just remember to get improved ghost in the utility mastery
Exhaust: A great substitute for ignite. Wukong lacks much CC so this is a great alternitive to ignite. However, I still get ignite because wukong really doesn't do much dmg after skills, and I personally prefer ignite. But, if you're in ranked and you see master yi, tyrnd, or a heavy dps team, take this instead of ignite.
Cleanse: I like initiating with wukong, so i'll get spammed by skills a lot by the opponents. for those aggressive players, feel free to grab cleanse because you will need it in teamfights lol.




Greater Mark of Desolation Standard DPS rune.

Greater Seal of Armor Tanky dps champs should all get armor seals. Armor is necessary throughout the game, and its great early game so you can't be harassed by your lane opponent.

Greater Glyph of Magic Resist Another necessity for tanky champs. You usually don't know who's gonna be in you're lane (unless its ranked) so its great to be prepared for both dps and ap champs.

Greater Quintessence of Desolation Great for early game damage since if you follow my build, you won't get much items with attack until phage and later. Greater Quintessence of Health Health Quints are great too, but I feel like Wukong needs that extra damage over extra health.




I like taking 0/21/9 because as wukong, you need as much armor and magic resist you can get. That extra health also helps early game. Taking 9 in utility instead of offense is because you really don't need much from the 9 in offense. However, 9 in utility gives you that little extra exp for early game domination, and that extra gold can get you free wards which is necessary for solo lanes.

The 3 Core items to this build. Philo stone is great early game to stay in lane, it also gives gold which is an extra bonus. Don't be fooled by the fact 5 gold per 10sec seems little. If you add that with Heart of Gold and that bonus gold from your mastery, that's an extra 11 gold per 10 sec, which adds up late game. Merc treads is obvious because you need something for CC. you could get ninja tabi or boots of swiftness if your opponents have no cc, but seriously, its gg if they don't have any. Trinity force is the all around item that makes wukong great. Health, mana, movespeed, atk, bonus dmg. ****. everything we need in 1 item? yes please.

ALL ITEMS AFTER ARE BASED ON HOW WELL YOU ARE DOING OR HOW WELL YOUR OPPONENTS ARE DOING.

Heart of Gold Another gold item that also gives you more health. I get this after sheen 90% of the time, but if I want to go for more early dmg, i sometimes skip this. However, in the long run, this is a great item to get after sheen if you expect a really long game.

Bloodthirster The usual item i get after my Trinity Force. Why Bloodthirster over IE or Clever? I've seen lots of guides with IE, and its a great item and all, but its way too expensive. 3830 gold after trinity force? you're not gonna finish IE most of the time. Also, why so much crit on Wukong? He's not a ranged dps. he's gonna take hits. You're gonna want that little lifesteal to keep you from dying. Also I prefer thirster over clever because Wukong targets multiple targets, not just one. i prefer a little lifesteal and more dmg over a extra atk speed.

Guardian Angel Usually the next item after bloodthirster, but I sometimes get this if we already have enough damage and not a lot of tankiness. A great item considering it gives armor and magic resist, and wukong is one of the champions that can actually escape after GA revives you.

These items usually depend on who's doing best on your opponent's team, or if you're just completely destroying your enemies. You usually won't get this far on this build, but in very long games, here's a little suggestion.


If your opponents have a lot of AP...
Force of Nature Great item against AP champs. I like how this gives health regen, which is quite useful for Wukong. The bonus movespeed is also great for a champ that easily gets away and closes gaps between enemies.
Banshee's Veil Another great item. I usually only get this if i'm being bursted or stunned before i can initiate a team fight.

For lots of dps get...
Randuin's Omen This is a great item, and you don't have to sell your HoG either. The slow is great, and health and health regen to go with the armor makes this item a must get. Just remember to activate it.

Sunfire Aegis This is another great item. If you do not need the slow from Randuin's, i advise you get sunfire because you'll be in the middle of almost every fight, so that extra damage and health is a great boost.

For more dmg...

Frozen Mallet Health, slow, and Damage. A costly item, but if you have Philo stone, heart of gold, and you are somewhat fed, you should be able to get this item after GA.

Youmuu's Ghostblade I don't usually get this because i rather be more tanky, but if you're style is glass cannon damage, then go for this after bloodthirster or GA.


Wukong should be a tanky DPS champion that soaks up damage and distracts the other team with his skills. Following my guide, you should have around 3k health with over 100 armor and mag resist. Wukong is an initiator, and he should also be the one going for carries or attacking the ones that are focusing your own carries. Wukong is also capable of backdooring because as of now, q does a nice bonus damage against towers if you have a lot of atk damage. So basically what i'm trying to say is that wukong is a ****ing beast like king kong, and he should destroy everything just like king kong.