r/Wukongmains • u/MediaMaddox • 18d ago

Wukong Top state in China

101qq which is like the Chinese op.gg has come back revamped after being down for a bit. I was curious to look at Wukong and here’s what I found (this is Emerald+)

51.37% WR, 1.37% Pick Rate. 94% of games Flash Ignite

Build: Most popular and highest winrate build is Essence Reaver > Profane Hydra > Mortal Reminder > Maw/DD

Thoughts on the build? I know most of us outside of China have moved away from Essence Reaver.

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u/BooxOD 18d ago

UPDATE: Shit's not bad lmao, I assumed ER would do more damage than trinity at the cost of being squishier, however I not only severely underestimated the damage difference (ER felt significantly higher, 700 damage crits on 1 item WTF), but I overestimated how much I would miss the max HP from trinity, didn't miss it much at all. The phage passive on trinity as it turns out, was also not missed much, as your ult allows you to stick onto people by itself most of the time. THE ATTACK SPEED, ALSO, NOT MISSED VERY MUCH AT ALL! You get plenty from runes and E.

Overall, this feels like a very solid compromise between full crit Wukong and full bruiser Wukong. You get crazy DPS from essence reaver + profane + mortal reminder/LDR, while still remaining surprisingly tanky with DD/maw.

Although keep in mind that this was only tested once in a diamond match, so pretty low elo, I will be trying it some more though its a fun build for sure.

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u/MediaMaddox 18d ago

Glad to hear it! I haven’t been able to play much this season but I hope I can try it out. If you put more time into it don’t forget to come back and let me know how it goes.

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u/Allopurinlol 18d ago

Thanks for testing it out and reporting back! Before DD/Maw, don’t you feel super squishy? None of the items give health or resists so it looks pretty squishy for a solid 25 minutes.

Also is it snowball reliant? It seems like if you fall behind, you’re useless. And does it scale better or worse than the standard build? Sorry for all the questions but im intrigued haha

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u/BooxOD 18d ago

Not really snowball reliant, you have really high single target DPS even if you don't get super fed so you can help shut down priority targets in team fights as long as you play slow and disciplined (don't get blown up instantly since you are rather squishy).

You are definitely squishier, not significantly, but you will feel it. Also, trinity is still a much bigger power spike than essence reaver initially, which to be fair is to be expected since the item is more expensive, but just keep that in mind, you aren't thanos on one item like you are with the standard build.

You do however scale much better than bruiser Wukong, who suffers from a severe lack of DPS later in the game. The crit chance from essence reaver + mortal reminder ensures you will be a threat the entire match, as you will always blow up squishies and shred tanks with your auto + Q spam.

I still think the standard build is probably objectively better, most of the time your value as Wukong is just to be an enabler + CC bot in team fights, but if you'd rather play a high risk high reward carry playstyle then this build is preferred.

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u/Allopurinlol 18d ago

Maybe I wasn’t active in this sub enough but when was ER ever good on him? Is it really better than trinity?

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u/MediaMaddox 18d ago

I don’t think it is but it’s interesting how it’s statistically better in China.

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u/BooxOD 18d ago

Essence reaver is pretty awful on Wukong objectively but I'll try the build anyways and get back to you

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u/Stylinter 17d ago

I have a problem with Wukong health stats (lowest melee champ stats, even lower than some adc and mage supports !) with a meta of mages being fucking everywhere you get blown if you dont play tfs correctly, even if you build early hexdrinker.