Wukong in LCS?

OnePunchWukong·May 25, 2016·2 votes·1,976 views

Does anyone think that will ever be played in LCS? Maybe for Top or Jungle.

21 Comments

BoulderoxMay 25, 20162 votes

Honestly I find him super under the radar op... because his ultimate cannot be stopped under ANY way, something I feel many would jump at bit to have an ult that couldn't be stopped after starting. And the always powerful late game stealth.

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

True. He is pretty op. I can understand if he was played in LCS.

TurquoiseYoshiMay 25, 20161 votes

Unlikely. He's a very generic bruiser, and generic bruisers haven't been strong in LCS for a long time. Usually tanks or hypercarries are preferred, depending on the meta, and even if bruisers are strong, he's not the best pick.

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

Yeah I always get rekt by tanks

SonaTitsAndAssMay 25, 20161 votes

he was picked 14 times in premier tournaments and 91 in minor ones like GPL spring. Here is a breakdown of them: http://lol.gamepedia.com/Wukong_-_The_Monkey_King

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

Interesting

Kal Vas FlamMay 26, 20161 votes

I actually think Wukong is pretty strong and worthy of pro play. I am sure there is a reason for him not seeing much pro play and do not pretend to know everything about the game, but I mean his ult is pretty darn easy to land and it's as disruptive as pretty much anything in the game in teamfights.

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

I feel like we don't see him in LCS because there's better champions they could play.

III BAKURYU III May 26, 20161 votes

Wukong is an ALL IN champion his abilities require him to go in and get kills or just dies in the process.

Wu is very good and can be built full DMG or Full TANK or a mix of both but other champions counter him very easily.
He is also item dependent, not saying he sucks without finishing an item but he needs a full item to be reliable.

His ult is also very good but can be rooted in place to be less effective.
His only escape is Decoy but in the LCS, players know what item 2043 these are.
Should we see teams that have no real chance in making it into playoffs - Yeah I can see that.
I would rate Wukong an 8.0-10 to be played in this upcoming split hopefully.

Nice post Have a Good One !

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

I was also thinking of that too. Pro players actually know how to play against MonkeyKing

X8ViEhkPS0May 26, 20161 votes

Wasn't it early season 4 there Wukong was pick or ban in the jungle? Then they slightly nerfed his ult and he disappeared.

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

So he did have some involvement in LCS then.

III BAKURYU III May 27, 20161 votes

The last time I saw wukong played was a year ago 1 of the EU players played him in the spring split in 2015. The other time was UOL vs TSM at one of the international tournaments and the UOL jungler played Wukong.

OnePunchWukongMay 28, 20161 votes

Haha I should really watch these matches.

III BAKURYU III May 28, 20161 votes

Yeah sorry didn't give exact dates or anything here is a few that I found hope it helps

EU Week 5 Day 1 2015 UOL VS GIA TSM VS UOL Game 2 IEM EU 2014 Week 5 Day 1 SK VS FNATIC NA 2014 Spring Week 1 Day 2 CST VS DIG

TBakesMay 26, 20161 votes

I'm sure he is one of those "he does a lot of things well, but nothing excellent" or "someone else does it better" type champs. He is so frustrating to play against in my opinion (mostly because I have never played as him). He probably suffers a bit as team-play gets higher and higher quality because his stealth is less likely to be abused like it is in solo-qeue.

Idk though, just guessing!

X8ViEhkPS0May 26, 20161 votes

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I'm sure he is one of those "he does a lot of things well, but nothing excellent" or "someone else does it better" type champs. He is so frustrating to play against in my opinion (mostly because I have never played as him). He probably suffers a bit as team-play gets higher and higher quality because his stealth is less likely to be abused like it is in solo-qeue.

Idk though, just guessing!

The actual problem he has is that his kit has no form of sustain, so he has a very rough time actually making into the later stages of the game where his initiations can take over the game.

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

Yeah that seems reasonable.

OnePunchWukongMay 27, 20161 votes

That's what I was thinking too when I thought of him being in LCS.

hOrnnMay 29, 20161 votes

who cares, he takes zero skill to play and one he has a mana item hes fine, I have underworld but never play him because hes soooo daaaamn boring, if I wanna play no skill I pick darius and enjoy dunks.