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Pros Good damage output all game Fairly tanky Warrior Trickster can be used offensively and defensively Great both in 1v1 combat and in teamfights Good chaser Cyclone is a great play-maker ability

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So what exactly does Wukong do? Before we can go into the specifics, we need to understand that overall, Wukong is...

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...an Attack Damage Caster An AD Caster is a champion that can be described as the following: Benefits greatly from building AD Has abilities that deal a ton of physical damage Does not rely solely on auto-attacks for damage This is something that a most people seem to overlook. I've seen so many players take Wukong and go straight into a build like they would build on Xin Zhao or Tryndamere, loading up on attack speed and crit chance. While a DPS build is viable, in the end it doesn't work with Wukong as well as building him as an AD Caster does, simply because it takes away from the great burst he has through his abilities.

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If you are unaware of what Warrior Trickster does, see the section above. Here are a few things you'll need to know that will improve your skill using Warrior Trickster:

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Preferred Rune Greater Mark of Strength Pure, unmodified AD works wonders with Wukong. Crushing Blow provides all the armor penetration we need early game in my opinion, so more AD helps to hammer the enemy well while their armor is down. Other Runes Greater Mark of Alacrity SPACE Greater Mark of Armor Pen. greater mark of armor penetration

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Preferred Rune Greater Seal of Resilience Early armor is a lifesaver every single time. Even if you do go up against mostly magic damage dealers, their auto-attacks still deal physical damage, plus magic damage usually doesn't really start hurting until mid game, barring a few exceptions. Other Runes Greater Seal of Fortitude SPACE Greater Seal of Alacrity

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Preferred Rune Greater Glyph of Shielding As mentioned earlier, magic damage doesn't usually hurt a lot until mid to late game. With that in mind, I like to take the per lvl in MR, because I'll have more MR when I need the MR later in the game. Flat MR is still great though, and can easily be switched out due to personal preference. Other Runes Greater Glyph of Warding SPACE Greater Glyph of Focus

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Preferred Rune Greater Quintessence of Armor Pen. greater quintessence of armor penetration This rune and the Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage are really interchangable. It's up to you whether or not you want the extra AD or the extra Armor Pen. Other Runes Greater Quintessence of Strength SPACE Greater Quintessence of Fortitude

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Mastery Details

Offensive Tree

• Double-Edged Sword - Because you can get away with taking 1% more damage.
• Sorcery- Now you can baffle your enemy more frequently with Warrior Trickster!
• Brute Force - AD per lvl. Just when you thought you didn't have enough.
• Martial Mastery - More AD for the early game.
• Spell Weaving - You will be auto-attacking before using abilities.
• Executioner - More damage against weakened opponents. Just what a budding Wukong needs.
• Blade Weaving - You will be using abilities before auto-attacking.
• Warlord - Because there is no such thing as too much AD.
• Dangerous Game - Can help you survive in teamfights.
• Devastating Strikes - Because Crushing Blow isn't enough armor penetration.
• Havoc - Because there is no such thing as too much damage.

Defensive Tree

• Block - Up top, you'll find that most people auto-attack frequently.
• Durability - Complements Stone Skin well, and helps late game.
• Unyielding - Trust me, you're gonna need it.
• Veteran's Scars - Some HP for early game, and HP is your best defensive stat early game. Also, the eye is just too cool.
• Juggernaut - I'm a big fan of HP, especially when it scales.

The tried and tested (almost!) fail-safe mechanism of initiating, pursuing, and escaping!! Flash has been through buffs and nerfs, and has become one of the most consistently chosen summoner spells available. Naturally, Flash would be a great choice for Wukong.

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I almost never leave this one behind. Ignite can help you secure kills and dive more effectively due to it's damage-over-time and it's anti-healing effect.

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Teleport is a great choice for the team-focused player. It helps you get back to the lane quickly when you recall, it can be used to stop the enemy team from pushing a turret, or it can also get you into position for a gank by Teleporting into another lane.

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This is a great spell for most any AD champion. It reduces the movement speed and the attack damage of the targeted enemy, which can either help secure a kill or save you from getting killed yourself! I don't often take it, but it's certainly useful.

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Ghost is something that I could see being useful on Wukong, but I don't believe it's necessary. Yes, I know that the movespeed you get is great for escaping and chasing, but I think that Wukong's juking abilities and Flash make him very good at escaping and chasing already, and throwing Ghost into the mix is overkill when you could substitute it for a more offensively-angled spell. However, it's usefulness simply can't be ignored, and so it is still a top pick of mine.

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You're not Suicide Karthus. You're not even supposed to be dying a lot. What are you doing taking this spell?

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Since this is one of the larger debates between Wukong players, let's take a look at the reasons behind this and I'll offer you my opinion.

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Crushing Blow Better harass Armor reduction Mana cost stays at 40 regardless of level Less farm Almost melee range SPACE SPACE SPACE Summary: Crushing Blow is my personal preference to max first. I like it because it allows me to be aggressive in lane and out-damage my opponent, mainly because of the massive burst and the armor reduction making the rest of my arsenal hit harder. However, it doesn't make farming any easier and its shorter range makes harassing tougher (it's range extends just a bit further than your normal auto-attacks). I would suggest that more experienced players max this first, if they prefer it.

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Nimbus Strike Better farm Good harass combo with Warrior Trickster More base damage early game Gap-closer Harass combo burns through mana Summary: When you're up against champions who either can take your harass (such as Malphite), or champions that can outdo you in harass or are ranged (such as Kennen or Yorick), then maxing Nimbus Strike first is the way to go. It gives you an easier time with farming, and once you get Warrior Trickster you'll be able to pop in and out of the minion waves without taking so much as a scratch. Just be careful of running out of too much mana when doing this. I would recommend beginners and those unfamiliar with Wukong max this first, as it is safer and doesn't require as much timing and positioning to use effectively.

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It is really up to you to decide which one you want to max first. I prefer Crushing Blow, some people prefer Nimbus Strike, either way works and works well.

The Early Harass Combo

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Wukong's bread-and-butter laning combo. Simply Nimbus Strike in, get in an auto-attack and then IMMEDIATELY hit Crushing Blow and whack 'em again. Rinse and repeat.

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The Harass Combo

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The Early Harass Combo, now combined with an idiot-proof escape mechanism!

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The Melee Combo

Auto Attack + + + Auto Attack

For when you end up right next to your enemy. Crushing Blow is used before Nimbus Strike so that the armor pen is applied beforehand, which deals more damage.

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The Suprise-Bush-Whacker/Ganking Combo

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Good for surprise attacks from bushes. Use Crushing Blow first if you're in melee range, otherwise use Nimbus Strike first.

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For when you're the initiator on the team. An even better way to surprise your enemies is using this from a bush, that way they can't see your Warrior Trickster and guess what's about to happen.

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Ninja Tabi are a great idea if the enemy team has a troublesome Tryndamere or Xin Zhao. They give you 25 armor, and a passive that reduces all basic attacks by 10% (except for the tower of course). Don't worry, it's okay to laugh when they dive you after this ;)

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When you can't decide between tankiness or damage, you go Atma's Impaler. Along with armor and crit chance, it boosts your AD by 1.5% of your maximum health. Because of it's passive, it's a great item to pair with Warmog's Armor or even Frozen Mallet, though on it's own it's somewhat lackluster.

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Greeeaaat stuffs, although it's hard to find a spot in the build for this. This wonderful item gives you 200 health, 10% cooldown reduction, 50 MR, and a passive that increases regeneration, healing, and draining effects by 20%. If you're really getting owned up top by an AP champion, then it's probably worth getting it in lane. Otherwise, you should probably wait until after you snag Trinity Force.

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Hexdrinker. Say it out loud. Just say it. Breathe in... Now say it. Sound cool? I think so. What's even cooler about it is the stats it gives, such as 25 AD, 30 magic resist, and a passive that automatically shields you from 250 magic damage if magic damage would leave you with less than 30% of your health. Now Karthus is going to be angry at you :D. And now that it builds into Maw of Malmortius, it's a perfect item to grab after or even before you finish Trinity Force!

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This is basically the new off-tank item that is so awesomely good against magic teams that it needed a new adjective to describe it. So, I came up with screamyumptious, for how scary it is for the other team and how scrumptious it is when Maw of Malmortius saves you from a Karthus ult :D. With it's 55 AD, 36 magic resist, a passive that gives you an AD point for every 2.5% of your health missing, and of course, a magic shield that blocks 400 magic damage when magic damage would leave you with less than 30% of your health. This item is destined to become a staple in many builds, just like my new word is destined to be added into Webster's Dictionary :D.

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Don't need any more resistances? Then picking up a Ravenous Hydra would be a good idea! The splash damage from this item comes into effect whenever you attack, meaning that both your abilities and auto-attacks deal splash damage!! Plus it has a sweet active ability to help with your nuking potential. I wouldn't pick this up unless you absolutely don't need the survivability however, because you really don't need this item to deal tons of damage.

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Did somebody say TANKY?! Well they'd be correct, if you had a Warmog's Armor on. Stepping up with 1000 health and a passive that regenerates 1.5% of your maximum health every 5 seconds, it's the perfect item to help you survive those troublesome teamfights!

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If you're looking to deal true damage to just about anyone, then Last Whisper is a must. With 35% armor pen and 40 AD, there's basically no amount of armor that you can't punch through with ease!

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This is a fairly recent addition to the game, and one that should not be overlooked. Spectre's Cowl comes with health, magic resist, and a handy passive that boosts your health regen whenever you take damage. As an added bonus, it is now a new recipe item for Spirit Visage, which can come in handy against AP-heavy teams. I highly recommend this as a versatile magic resist item for early game.

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Pick this up when you need to get tankier quickly. Randuin's Omen is one of the best tank items in the game, because of the combination of HP, armor, and an attack-speed reduction effect it possesses.

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A good item for when you want to keep your enemies within reach of your team, Frozen Mallet aids in chasing down even the fastest champion. It also adds to your AD and HP, making it a decent compromise if you can't decide to build more offensively or defensively.

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• The first few levels should be focused on farming and not presenting an easy target to the enemy. Once you hit level 3 or 4, which is when most Wukong players get their Warrior Trickster, then start harassing them as much as possible.
• Be careful with your mana. Through early game a a bit of mid game you can run into mana issues if you spam your harass combo too much.
• Don't rely too much on your Warrior Trickster for escapes early game. You don't have great speed until Mercury's Treads rolls around, and if you're too far extended it'll be hard to run away effectively.
• Cyclone is a great way to get early kills on squishy champs, especially if you hit them with Crushing Blow beforehand.
• You can brush juke really well if you end up extended by exiting the brush, Warrior Trickstering back in, and Nimbus Strikeing to their pushed minion wave.
• Don't forget you can Nimbus Strike out of range with the enemies' minions, but only if they're on your escape route.
• Don't be afraid to be aggressive early game.

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• First off, mid game starts when the first tower is destroyed. This usually happens around 15 to 20 minutes, though I've seen it take longer.
• The main thing to note about the shift from early game to mid game is that the team that starts grouping up first is more likely to gain an advantage, even if one of their turrets was the first to go. Here's why: Most players will still be in lanes where both towers are still up. Although they know that a tower has gone down, they still don't see it for 95% of the time, because they're focusing on the lane that they're in. This makes the transition from early game to mid game harder, which is definitely something to exploit.
• Teamfights are going to start breaking out all over the place, so be in them!!!
• By this time you should have Black Cleaver at the very least, unless you haven't been doing so great. With its added survivability and damage, you can pull off amazing ganks and escapes, while being very disruptive and devastating to the enemy team.
• Teamfights are, ironically, going to improve your survivability because of Stone Skin.

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• Stick to teamfights and get good team coordination going. One ace could win a game at this point.
• Do NOT go anywhere alone anymore.
• Keep farming in the moments between teamfights, unless you have your entire build.
• Have fun! :D

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Wukong's kit is all about offense. His combination of team disruption, a gap closer, a clutch stealth ability, and high burst absolutely begs you to dive straight through the enemy team's defenses and take out the enemy carries with a Crushing Blow to the face. His team defense and peeling ability is lackluster, as his only CC comes on a high cooldown in Cyclone, but Wukong makes up for it easily in his damage output.


Wukong's ultimate ability allows him to jump into the middle of a tightly-grouped team and disrupt the enemy long enough for his allies to easily jump into a fight. However, when playing with good initiator tanks such as Malphite or Rammus, you should wait for them to go in and then follow-up with Cyclone, as you do not want to be the enemy team's primary target.

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If there is an enemy carry in a teamfight, then you should be all over them, every time. Wukong's kit should be able to easily pull you through a good majority of the enemy team's defense right to their precious carries. After that, your burst potential is usually enough to take them down with no trouble. Oh, and if you can't decide which carry to target, here's a general rule of thumb...

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Style: DPS/Aggressive Difficulty: Medium/Hard Enemy Strengths Gap-closerSPACES Built-in SustainSPA Strong Early Game Counter Techniques ArmorSPACESPACESP Controlling Skirmishes Doran's ShieldSPAC Extra Tips - His W's Blood Thirst allows Aatrox to out-sustain you pretty easily. A Doran's Shield out of the gate can really help you out early game. - His Q Dark Flight will let him catch up to you almost instantly when you use Warrior Trickster to try and escape. - Wait to jump in on him until his W's passive is spent, then deal your damage and back off. - His E Blades of Torment is fairly easy to dodge long range, but if it hits you Aatrox will punish you for it. - Aatrox gets kinda tanky in lane due to the commonplace practice of building lots of health on him early. - Once mid game rolls around, you shouldn't have as hard of a time dealing with Aatrox, especially if you stick to teamfights.

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Style: Assassin/Mage Difficulty: Medium Enemy Strengths Gap-closerSPACES Strong Post-6SPAc Stealth AbilitySPAc Counter Techniques Aggression Pre-6SPA Magic ResistanceSPA Pink WardsSPACESPA Extra Tips - Stay back if she hits you with her Q Mark of the Assassin. If she hits you again within a couple seconds, the secondary effect will proc and hit you for more than the original cast. - She's pretty weak pre-6, as she doesn't have her gap-closer/main source of burst. - She can brush check with her W Twilight Shroud. - Player's often build a Hextech Revolver on her early, so it'll be hard to outsustain her. - You can still hit her with your R Cyclone if she's stealthed. Use it to give her less time to get away if your jungler ganks. - Hexdrinker can save you if she goes all-in. - The pink ward trinket is FANTASTIC here. Place that down when Akali goes stealth-mode, and she will lose a huge advantage over you.

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Style: Tank/Mage Difficulty: Easy Enemy Strengths Built-In SustainSPA Post-6 TankinessSP Ranged PokeSPACE Counter Techniques Aggression Pre-6SPA ZoningSPACESPACES Magic ResistanceSPA Extra Tips - If Cho'Gath can't get to the minion wave consistently, his power drops immensely. Get him low early and then zone him out. - His E Vorpal Spikes is stronger than most people think, but it also pushes the minion wave. - Farming under your turret is an option if you're having problems; Wukong is pretty easy to farm with, and Cho'Gath will have a harder time getting consistent farm. - Cho'Gath's CC makes ganking you easy. Keep a ward up at all times.

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Style: Fighter/Melee Difficulty: Medium Enemy Strengths Natural Armor PenS Bleed DamageSPAC True Damage UltSP Counter Techniques Controlling Skirmishes Doran's ShieldSPA Bait with Warrior TricksterSPA Extra Tips - Don't let him pull you with Apprehend. If he does, Warrior Trickster and get out. - The best time to go in is just after he's wasted his Q Decimate. Quickly attack and retreat. You can also jump on him with your E Nimbus Strike and take the reduced damage from getting hit by the shaft of the axe. - Your Q Crushing Blow has a longer auto-attack range than his. Use this strategically. - If you time it right, you can trick most players into using Noxian Guillotine on your Warrior Trickster clone. - Wukong vs. Darius can go either way. Play smart.

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Style: Fighter/Tank Difficulty: Easy/Medium Enemy Strengths Difficult to kill post-6S Good lane sustainSPAC TankySPACESPACESPA Counter Techniques ZoningSPACESPACES Aggression pre-6SPAC IgniteSPACESPACE Extra Tips - Never walk into this lane without Ignite. - You can use Warrior Trickster to block his Infected Bonesaws. - Once Dr. Mundo hits level 6, the only chance you're going to have to kill him is when your jungler ganks. - If you can get him low early, you can freeze the lane and zone him out until he's forced to back and recover his health. - It can be a pretty uneventful lane. Either be patient and farm, or you can push up and try to gank mid lane frequently.

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Style: Mage/Melee - Ranged Difficulty: Medium/Hard Enemy Strengths Ranged harassSPACESP Invincible in Rappel TankySPACESPACESPA Counter Techniques Spectre's CowlSPA Using the brushSPACE Killing her spiderlingsS Extra Tips - Most of Elise's early game damage comes from her Q Neurotoxin, which is unavoidable. Buying a Spectre's Cowl can help mitigate some of the damage from it. - Her E Cocoon and her W Volatile Spiderling can be blocked by your Warrior Trickster. - In Spider Form, her spiderlings provide her with a lot more damage than first meets the eye, but they also have low health. In a 1v1, save your R Cyclone for when Elise transforms and her spiderlings appear, so that hopefully you kill them and hurt her damage output. - She can escape somewhat easily with her E Rappel, and she and her spiderlings can also become invincible for a short time using it. - Farming under turret doesn't help much, because Elise can poke you and get farm fairly normally. - Keep to the bushes; she can't easily see you in there, so it'll be harder for her to use her Q Neurotoxin.

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Style: DPS/Aggressive Difficulty: Medium Enemy Strengths Snowballs quicklySPACE Gap-closerSPACESPACEs Can counter your QSPAC Counter Techniques Warrior Trickster through ult HarassSPACESPACES Baiting out Riposte Extra Tips - This is a very fragile lane for you. If you give Fiora even one kill, she can overpower you. - Her ult Blade Waltz can't target you in stealth. Use Warrior Trickster to draw her strikes to the decoy, and run out of range before you unstealth to cancel her ult. - She can and most likely will chase you if you retreat to your turret. - She has absolutely NO escape. Call on your jungler to capitalize on this. - She will attempt to bait out your Q and cancel it with her Riposte. Don't let her take advantage of you. - Be careful in trades. Try to harass instead of trading.

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Style: Poke/Fighter Difficulty: Easy Enemy Strengths Parrrley auto-hits Hard to gankSPACES SPACE Counter Techniques ArmorSPACESPACESP HarassSPACESPACESP ZoningSPACESPACESP Extra Tips - Gangplank can heal some of your harass, but it burns through his mana pretty quickly. Keep at it. - Once you're in a favorable position over him, keep him away from the minion wave. He's useless without his items. - When his jungler ganks, he can slow you down with Grog Soaked Blade and Cannon Barrage and speed up his jungler with Raise Morale. Don't extend too far. - He has CC removal, a heal, and a speed boost, making him fairly troublesome to gank. Try to spread out your CC and your jungler's CC, so he doesn't get out of them both. - His global ultimate allows him to assist other lanes without ever leaving his own.

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Style: Fighter/Aggressive Difficulty: Medium Enemy Strengths Good sustainSPAC Strong early game Built-in armorSPA Counter Techniques Consistent harassSPA Armor penetrationSPA Warrior Trickster through ult Extra Tips - Garen gets a ton of sustain from his passive Perseverance. Try to keep him from utilizing it by harassing him often. - If you time it right, you can trick most Garen's to blow their ultimate on your clone. When you're low on health, save Warrior Trickster until he gets right next to you. - Judgment is his primary tool for dealing damage early. Stay out of it as much as you can. - You're really gonna want The Brutalizer as soon as possible, because Garen gets passive armor and magic resist from his W.

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Style: Fighter/Aggressive - Ranged Difficulty: Medium/Hard Enemy Strengths MobilitySPACESPA Strong early game Good Fury modeSP Counter Techniques Skill-dodgingSPAC Armor penetration HarassSPACESPAC Extra Tips - Gnar, when in his mini-Gnar state, is pretty darn quick. His E Hop allows him to make a clean getaway from almost any situation. - His passive ability Hyper deals damage based on health when it goes off, and it gives him a movement speed boost. Do not let him get three stacks on you. - Mega-Gnar gets damage, health, defenses, two forms of CC ( Wallop & GNAR!), and he does a good amount of burst damage. - Gnar gets his movement speed boost from Hyper for free after he transforms back from Mega-Gnar.

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Style: DPS/Tanky Difficulty: Medium Enemy Strengths Gap-closerSPACES Built-in SustainSPA True DamageSPAC Counter Techniques All-inSPACESPAC ZoningSPACESPAC Doran's ShieldSP Extra Tips - Irelia can be a great passive farmer or she can be an aggressor. Figure out which type you're facing quickly and adjust to that. - Her Q Bladesurge allows her to farm well under turret with little mana problems. Don't overdo it on pushing. - She gets her sustain and her true damage from her W Hiten Style. Avoid fighting when you see it go up. - If you all-in her, try to do it without a minion wave. She can use her R Transcendent Blades to heal a great deal off of a single wave while dealing damage to you. - Her E Equilibrium Strike deals good burst damage and can stun you if she has less health. - She chases well because of her QE combo, and she can use the cooldown refresh on using her Q to kill a minion to get the jump on you. - If she spams her abilities early, she will run out of mana. Pay attention to that.

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Style: DPS/Tanky Difficulty: Hard Enemy Strengths Gap-closerSPACES High DamageSPAC CataclysmSPAC Counter Techniques HarassSPACESPAC Armor PenSPACESP Doran's ShieldSP Extra Tips - His passive Martial Cadence, along with the attack speed buff and armor bonus in his E Demacian Standard gives him crazy trading power. Try to avoid a direct fight with him. - Jarvan IV can jump to his flag using his w Dragon Strike, knocking you up if he passes through you in the process. - His shield Golden Aegis also slows in a radius around him, making for easier escapes and easier chasing. - If you can manage to poke him down enough, you can zone him out. Be very cautious of ganks though, because Jarvan IV has amazing gank potential. - If he uses Cataclysm on you, flash out unless you're CERTAIN you can kill him. If you stay, you're giving him ALL of the advantages you could possibly give.

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Isn't this a little too much of a glass cannon kind of build for Wukong?

It's helpful to remember that Stone Skin allows Wukong to build what seems like a glass cannon build without really being a glass cannon. Yes, it's full potential is in 5v5 teamfights, but that's when you need the resistances the most anyhow. If you do need more armor or MR at any point, there are some excellent items I've outlined in the Situational Items section.

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Doesn't Nimbus Strike deal more damage than Crushing Blow overall?

While Nimbus Strike does more immediate damage early game than Crushing Blow, it's mana cost also increases with level, while Crushing Blow's mana cost stays at 40 the entire game. This means that at max level, Crushing Blow deals 150 damage/40 mana used to cast Crushing Blow, which equals 3.75 damage per mana point used to cast. On the other hand, Nimbus Strike deals 240 damage/65 mana used to cast Nimbus Strike, which equals 3.69 damage per mana point used to cast. This means that if you used all of your mana harassing your opponent with either Crushing Blow or Nimbus Strike, Crushing Blow would do the most damage. And these numbers don't even include the extra damage you would receive from your AD, of which Crushing Blow scales with better than Nimbus Strike ( Crushing Blow has a 1.1:1 damage to AD ratio, while Nimbus Strike has a .8:1 damage to AD ratio).

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Got a question? Post on the discussion page or pm me, and I'll get back to you with a response as soon as I can.

If you haven't had much experience with League of Legends in general, I'd suggest you learn a little bit about how to play and how to play well. I cannot count the number of times I've lost a game because my team or a couple people on my team basically lose the game for us because of feeding or running from teamfights or not doing their job. Yes, it happens to all of us some times, but the difference between a good player and a bad player is how often you make those mistakes and how bad the mistakes you make are, as well as your overall attitude. I'm going to assume that you know the map layout and basic LOL abbreviations like MIA and OOM that all players should know, so here's a couple basic tips on what to do and not to do:

-Pushing Turrets

One of the most fundamental aspects of the game is knowing when to push turrets and when not to push turrets. A team that pushes more turrets than the other team but gets less kills is, in my opinion, a better team, because they recognize that the eventual goal of the game is the Nexus, not to get kills. There have been countless teams I've played on that got an amazing number of kills early game, but they never capitalized on the fact that the turret was not being guarded by anyone, and all of a sudden mid-game rolls around and the other team has pushed so much further than theirs has. Then people start wondering how they lost once the game's over.

-Leashing for Junglers

The Short Version: Leashing makes you win games. Long Version: Leashing is one of the best things you could do for a jungler, hands down. Allowing your jungler to take less hits at a key jungle camp and also weakening the minion for your jungler provides a speedier jungle that will leave your jungler with more health, allowing him to provide earlier ganks, get earlier wards on Baron and Dragon (not to mention anti-counter jungling wards), and allow him to keep up with the rest of the team easily. There are a few junglers, like Shaco or Maokai, that leashing actually is a detriment to them ( Shaco can easily take out Blue Buff with his boxes, leaving him with almost full health to clear the rest of the jungle), but if the jungler asks for a leash (and even if he doesn't), leash it!

-Team Fights

Mid to late game almost all fights are going to end up as team fights. The most important thing to remember in team fights is that each team member has a certain job and should stick to it. The tank is supposed to initiate and peel for their allies, the carries are supposed to dish out damage like there's no tomorrow, the support is supposed to keep everyone alive, etc.. And don't split up, it's called a TEAM fight for a reason ;)

-Focusing

If your team targets multiple enemies at once, team fights become a bunch of 1v1 fights played out right next to each other. That's not good, especially if the other team decides to all target your carries and you're left with no damage. Focusing is all about taking out the enemy team one person at a time, with everybody focusing on taking out the same person at the same time.

-Humility

So many people who play League of Legends (and more besides) need to learn humility. No, you are not the biggest and baddest Loler out there, you are not the coolest thing since Michael Jackson, you could never be 'cool' no matter how low you hang your pants or how loudly you swear, and your teammates won't like you unless you learn to let some things go, say sorry when it's your fault, and focus on the game.

-Stalling a Lane/Knowing How to Not Push

Did you know that in lane there's a way to farm well and relatively safely at the same time? This 'farming zone', as I like to call it, is located just in front of your turret, outside of the turret's range but not far away from it either. Here you can find a good picture of where the farming zone is located.

So why is this such a good spot to farm? Well, with your turret being so close you can run back to avoid any sort of hard harass, and it's very unlikely that you will get caught in a gank. Also, it forces the enemy team to stick their necks out a bit if they want to get farm and experience, making it a lot easier to gank them or deny them farm. You should always try to get the lane to push to right outside of your tower, then hold it there. It's difficult and it takes practice, but it's so worth it.

-Diving In Alone

Out of anything a bad player does, this one annoys me the most. Diving in alone consists of any sort of movement, whether aggressively diving in 1v5 to accidentally walking into range of enemies in laning phase, that causes you to overextend and puts you in greater danger than if you were with a teammate. Remember this: You are NOT the team. No matter how fed you are, how good you are, etc., you're being foolish and feeding if you try to take on the entire team alone.

-Feeding

Feeding is one of the worst things that a player could possibly do in a game (usually because it implies that the player is diving in alone, backdooring, not focusing well, or is taking too many risky chances, or a combination of some things and therefore means the player is doing multiple bad things at once). When you feed, you practically give the enemy team more gold, meaning they get their builds/levels faster and are able to get more and more kills, thereby getting more and more fed until that team has become a machine of death and destruction. Yes, getting kills is important, but you staying alive and denying the enemy team gold is so much more vital.

-Backdooring

Some people consider this a viable option, especially if you have a Sivir or Master Yi on your team, but in my opinion it's not worth it. There's a good chance you'll get ganked and killed, and if there's a teamfight your team will be down a man, which can make a huge difference in the outcome of that fight and possibly the match.

-Insta-Locking

This basically tells me no matter how this person does in game that they won't always cooperate with the team. Therefore I already assume the insta-locker will be the weak link.

-Selfishness

This is one of those guys we've all played with before. He's the first one to run away from a fight that's going badly, last one to help another champion in need, and whines loudly when someone else gets a kill they could've gotten. I don't know about you guys, but I consider League of Legends a TEAM game. Therefore, you need to work together as a TEAM, and not be hogging everything you can possibly get. Let your team get the things they need to do well, and you're team will able to do more for you and themselves in return.

-Raging

When you rage, you're really not doing anything but making everyone else mad and throwing off their game psychologically. Okay, so maybe that Twisted Fate ulted in at the COMPLETELY wrong time, or maybe that Caitlyn can't last hit for ****. But guess what? Yelling at them doesn't HELP them do better; in fact it makes them start yelling at you in return most times, resulting in a time-consuming chat war that takes your focus off the game and probably seals your defeat. In the end, you're making a fool of yourself and losing the game, and for what? What could you possibly have to gain from rage?

-Pushing Too Far

If you consistently find yourself getting ganked by multiple people, or if you always have a long run back to your turret while you're getting chased, you probably are guilty of this. What I mean when I say you push too far is that you're farming so much and pushing your lane so hard that you end up overextending and putting yourself in a position to be ganked or to be chased and killed. This leads to feeding, and in most cases a loss on your record. The best way to make sure that you aren't pushing to far is to check your map consistently. If you see that you're farther away from your turret than you are an enemy turret, then either you're chasing an enemy, are with your team and it's okay, or overextending, and if you're overextending then you need to fix it and fall back a bit.

But this means I can't farm!!!

Yes, yes it does, especially if you call sitting still in the middle of a lane and and auto-attacking farming. You can still farm and not push, but you need to learn how to last hit well in order to do so. And even if then the minion wave is more frequently out of reach than not, don't freak out. Go gank a lane, grab a jungle camp (with your jungler's permission), or just sit there and wait, because all of these options are better than going out and getting killed because you wanted to farm. Long story short, farm isn't worth dying for. Ever.

I give credit and my thanks to:
- UtimatePr0, for making the first Wukong guide I used and making me a fan of Wukong
- jhoijhoi, for making an awesome how to build a guide guide, whose link can be found here:
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/making-a-guide-101506
- NubhyHC and Xstastix, for the great Wukong juke videos from Youtube
- RiotGames, for making Wukong and the Wukong Champion Spotlight

1-27-12
Just started the guide! Got the newbie section done, the intro, the lore is in here, the Loling Tips is pretty much finished, and all the items, runes, etc. are up. Hoping to work on those masteries soon!
1-30-12
Got the pros and cons done, and just finished the masteries!
2-02-12
Runes are finished!
2-04-12
Skill Explanation is complete! Came back later today and did an extra bit on the move Warrior Trickster.
2-08-12
Started on the Comprehensive Items section. Only got early and mid game done.
2-09-12
Just realized I never put a summoner spell explanation in. Completed it today!
2-12-12
Nearly done with the Comprehensive Items section!
2-19-12
Just gone through the past couple days and fixed a few things here and there. Haven't had time to write the gameplay section down.
3-06-12
Made the Summoner Spell section look cooler and added late game options in the Comprehensive Items section.
3-28-12
Updated and added some stuff to the Comprehensive Items Section. Comprehensive Items are now basically finished.
3-29-12
This guide is finished enough to take out the disclaimer at the beginning! :D
4-13-12
Added a few extra do's and don'ts in the Basic LOLing Tips section.
4-18-12
Started working on a Gameplay Specifics section. Looking to make a Skill Combo section and thinking about adding a Hardest Solo Tops section.
4-19-12
Finished Gameplay Specifics, but probably will add more as I think of them.
4-25-12
Editing a few things, putting in Situational Items as a section. Also editing the Comprehensive Items section a bit, to make it easier to read.
6-14-12
Masteries got a slight overhaul and I added in an optional mastery page. Runes and Comprehensive Items are getting revamped soon.
6-16-12
Added a chapter concerning the debate between maxing Crushing Blow or Nimbus Strike first, and added Skill Sequence as a chapter.
7-01-12
Went through and corrected a few things incorrect in my guide. Also added a few more details to various sections.
7-17-12
Added my damage calculations for Crushing Blow and Nimbus Strike to the Frequently Asked Questions section.
7-19-12
Changed my preference towards Masteries and edited that one a bit. Then went into the Runes, made them look a lot nicer, and added alternative rune choices.
7-20-12
The Comprehensive Items section is going to be undergoing a complete remake in the next couple weeks or so. I'll be rethinking parts of my item build and make changes accordingly. Be patient please, I don't always have a lot of time to spend on this guide.
7-21-12
Split the Comprehensive Items section into 3 sections and added a skill sequence for maxing Nimbus Strike first.
7-22-12
The Solo Top section is done!
8-15-12
The Bottom Lane section is done!
12-16-12
Took a ton of time off working on my guide, but since the new patch is up I finally came back and began reworking it. First, I got rid of the bottom lane component of this guide, because Wukong just doesn't go bottom enough, reworked the masteries, and redid the items!! Hoping to add a Skill Combo section soon and do some touch-ups.
1-4-13
Updated the Situation Items section a bit. Still thinking of the Skill Combo section, and a top lane matchup section.
4-8-13
Added a Teamfighting section.
4-12-13
Added the 'Wukong is...' section after being reminded that some people don't get the whole 'AD Caster' classification thing.
8-15-13
Did some updating, incorporated Spectre's Cowl into the build, etc.
1-5-14
Happy New Year! Updated the guide for Preseason IV, mostly masteries and items.
3-29-14
Took out Wriggle's Lantern and did some TLC on the items section.
5-21-14
Started the A to Z Matchups section and did some touching up.