Riot: Any plans for Wukong update?

ChasmOfTrossm·Oct 27, 2017·12 votes·983 views

Does anybody know if there are plans for a Wukong update. He feels really outdated to me right now and his passive could use a massive overhaul since it scales poorly into the late game and contributes very little to his durability. I also feel he lags behind champions like J4 and Vi who both have the same armor shred and hard engage mechanics, but are tankier due to having shields that scale with their max hp as well as damage that scales with current hp (Jarvan) and max hp (Vi).

6 Comments

Zero Skill TankOct 28, 20175 votes

He is a diver... who only performs nicely in metas where he can afford to build almost exclusively damage - that is, when he is played as an assassin/skirmisher. More so, his abilities are quite dated - almost everything WK does is pretty much unconditional, so he needs to be heavily gated by mana.

He is most definitely a candidate for an update - probably small scale, because his gameplay isn't really that bad, but still.

Blue Moon WolfNov 1, 20173 votes

From what Riot said he comes up in conversation about being updated when Riot has meetings about champion updates, but sadly that's about all we got. Right now all know is Riot is aware he needs some work done, but so do many other champs. I'd like to say he's high on the list for a gameplay update, but I couldn't say and the issue is only made worse because of the fact Riot wants to work on other classes between Divers, so even if he's the next "Diver" to get updated, it still wont be until after Riot updated champs from other classes.

All I can say is keep pestering them over the next year. I know I'm going to do my part. With any luck that will get them to really look at Wukong and hopefully get him what he needs.

Remlap1223Oct 28, 20172 votes

Honestly, he really only needs a new passive. His kit is more or less solid for what it does, it just doesn't make sense to give a champ that builds lifesteal, damage, and cdr primarily an armor and Mr passive. Wukong is a diver, not a tank.

The passive makes sense in theory, but it feels really underwhelming, no matter how strong it may actually be.

painkillsNov 15, 20171 votes

His kit is dated. None of his abilities play off of each other, and his W has a long cooldown and doesnt really give you anything beside the 1.5s stealth. If it rewarded you for good clone use it would be more up to par with current champ abilities. For example, if you healed for 10% of the damage taken by the clone, that would be much more helpful. Or if each autoattack on the clone refunded 0.5s on the clone cooldown, that would help too. Or even, for every champ hit by the clone's spin, you gain a shield.

Remlap1223Nov 16, 20171 votes

As an avid Wukong player, I highly disagree. He definitely falls into the Garen school of having only one reliable combo, but his abilities, outside of his passive, play very well together.

The clone is not meant to do damage, it's meant to be a utility ability. It's inexperienced Wukong players that believe you use it for tanking abilities, but when I see a Wukong just stop in the middle of a trade, the first thing I think is "he's probably running to his tower", 99% of the time I'm right, and I instantly pop him because he takes a predictable route. It's easier for me because I jungle with him, but I know how to use the ability offensively to run down a lane like Shack, get right on top of someone, and AA+Q+E and at the very least cause a flash. I also know how to stop juke, causing all players besides the most brain dead bronzes to back off and look for me to reappear somewhere, and just walk back and pop my Mastery V emote.

I'd definitely like a new passive that plays around his decoy, but the only thing I'd change in his kit besides the passive is nerf the damage per level on his ultimate, making it only do the 120% AD damage, but increase the tic rate from every second, to 0.8 seconds at rank one, to 0.4 seconds at rank three.

He doesn't need sweeping changes. The new runes benefitted him greatly. Predator and Ravenous Hunter made him an insanely potent diver, and I've forgone Stalker's for Trackers and Eyeball Collection with Sweeping Lens and Duskblade of Drakkthar.