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Why hasn't wukong been touched in years?

ItsASledgehammer·10/12/2015, 6:10:39 AM·4 votes·845 views

alright, so there's more to this than just "wukong is so op ;( ;( ;( qq.qq"

Wukong is almost never played currently, so perhaps maybe this is part of why there's been no nerfs, or even buffs, to this character in such a long time...

But every single time i play against him in a game, he is the sole reason the other team wins.

Here's an example. The last game I played I played as lulu supporting my friend, who was playing twitch. We do alright at first, bar the first kill going to the thresh... we came back into lane, and although i died, my adc got a double kill. The entire lane continued to be a breeze, with us getting a lot of kills, my adc getting great farm, etc...the ahri is completely neutral, she lost her outer turret but got a kill against her laner wheras her laner went top and got a kill on mundo.

Then wukong went legendary.

Perhaps it's our fault for not having good map awareness, but unbeknownst to us, not only did our mundo feed the enemy midlaner a kill, he had been continuously feeding wukong kills ALL GAME. As in, by 15 minutes, wukong was legendary.

We still shrugged it off, however, choosing to play carefully, place wards, and push our respective lanes and get as fed as possible for the expected struggle against wukong.

We place our wards, keep getting kills, and the jungler occasionally chases wukong off to avoid him pushing top too hard.

Then wukong ganks.

The sad part is, we saw him coming. We finished csing a couple minions, and retreated to turret while waiting for our lee sin to get there for a countergank. Mid came, too.

We all waited for the inevitable turret dive.

Finally, it happened. wukong dashed into turret and ulted.

At this point, it played like a scene from attack on titan: us zooming in with cc spells ablazing, me with my polymorph, ahri with her charm....

But to no effect. You see, wukong's ult, unbeknownst to me, apparently continues even after turning into a fluffy squirrel or seduced by ahri.

He got a triple kill, and proceeded to take all of our jungle with only half his health missing.

So let's review. 3 people ganked him. Me, lee sin, and ahri. We all dove in on him, and all used cc spells.

His ult continues spinning even after ccing him.

His ult knocks up.

His q pierces armor.

He has a dash and a cloning move that lets him reposition, and the clone explodes, dealing magic damage and slowing.

Now, after giving all you wonderful potential wukong mains out there this information, taking into consideration the fact we are JUST TALKING ABOUT HIS KIT with skill not being a factor, WHERE is the COUNTERPLAY?

Give me a single kit or move or strategy where a fed wukong can be stopped or punished for turret diving, WITHOUT almost everyone dying.

I will expect to see your answers soon, along with any tryhard or "git gud" replies you can offer. Type a badly spelled essay for extra credit.

11 Comments

Eedat10/12/2015, 6:43:42 AM6 votes

"the enemy 'insert literally any champion here' got 7 kills in 15 minutes and carried the game. This one time is was Wukong so he is OP"

and the clone explodes, dealing magic damage and slowing.

dealing magic damage

damage

HA! His clone damage is literally worthless. Also, you made up the part about it slowing because it doesn't

General Esdeath 10/12/2015, 6:34:10 AM2 votes

He's amazingly powerful but so hard to play to his full power.

AyRe CoNteMpT10/12/2015, 6:45:31 AM2 votes

wukong doesnt like to be touched as hes asexual

also, balanced.

dunder kill10/12/2015, 7:02:19 AM2 votes

Here we go again. Wukong is the definition of a snowball or nothing champion. He is more or less useless if he gets beat in lane or dies early. He has many, many counters in the top lane, including getting dumped on by all the Juggernauts. He has favorable matchups and outright hell-on-earth matchups. Wukong hasnt been touched in this long because overall he is fairly balanced.

Literally all you are doing is saying his abilities in a way to make him sound OP. Let me give it a try.

this champion has the most insane free harass in the game. He summons minions that follow you around doing damage to you without him having to do anything. Not only are these minions free harass, but they also give him buffs and slow you! They actually even HEAL him for free! This champion gets a ton of point and click harass while getting free sustain on top of it! His ult literally resurrects his dead allies to fight for him! You thought you got rid of the fed enemy Vayne in that team fight? NOPE! you have to kill her twice!

Who am I?

Yorick

Salidfingers10/12/2015, 6:28:03 AM1 votes

October 9th, 2014

Nimbus Strike
    Can no longer select enemies Wukong cannot see as one of the additional targets.

April 3rd, 2014

 Crushing Blow
    Armor reduction reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 % from 30% at all ranks. 
 Cyclone
    AD ratio reduced to 110% from 120%.

Its been about a year since the last time. It hasn't been YEARS

MLDzXnRRR10/12/2015, 6:32:44 AM1 votes

Pick tristana and ult him every time when he uses the R.

Lugg10/12/2015, 6:15:33 AM1 votes

He has always been strong, but not so much that they felt the need to nerf him. However, when they redid Black Cleaver, he definitely became OP because of how well it synergizes with him. Think Master Yi and Devourer. I have been saying he needs nerfed ever since it came out.