Blind Pick Wukong on top?

I only Pädde·Aug 4, 2015·1 votes·1,491 views

Hello summoners :D I am looking for a champion to main right now (like Irelia Carries U, Annie Bot, Gosu...). I want to main Wukong, but I don't really know if he is good in the current meta. I want to be able to blind pick him. I want to get good with him and start winning games by carrying from the top lane. I like his kit so much <3 And my favourite skin of the game is on sale foe him right now :D What do you guys think? Is Wukong reliable? Can he carry? Does he have problems in lane against some other champs?

14 Comments

NemeBroAug 4, 20152 votes

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Hello summoners :D I am looking for a champion to main right now (like Irelia Carries U, Annie Bot, Gosu...). I want to main Wukong, but I don't really know if he is good in the current meta. I want to be able to blind pick him. I want to get good with him and start winning games by carrying from the top lane. I like his kit so much <3 And my favourite skin of the game is on sale foe him right now :D What do you guys think? Is Wukong reliable? Can he carry? Does he have problems in lane against some other champs?

The laning phase is a funny joke Wukong tells his friends.

It doesn't matter if that Darius or Riven is bullying you in lane. Once team fights happen the sheer power of your ultimate will make you far more relevant.

Wukong is one of the safest top lane picks in the game simply because of how powerful he is even from behind. His ult is that strong, and with three damage items (Ravenous Hydra, Black Cleaver, and Last Whisper generally) he can easily assassinate carries, while being deceptively tanky in team fights due to his passive. If you can hit your ult on five people in a team fight, the fight is basically won right then and there.

Wukong is really strong, and since he synergizes so well with BC he makes it so that his team has a laughably easy time killing tanks and squishies alike.

Very Hard EngageAug 4, 20152 votes

wukong is great for team fighting, but he does have some 1v1 issues and can find himself zoned off of the cs. with skill and proper ability usage wukong can really excel in the top lane against non gap closer champions.

whenever i pick wukong top, i find the lane to be quite volatile, the enemy always wanting to brawl me as opposed to farming.

Colgate GatorAug 4, 20152 votes

I'd suggest to pick what you like.

But as to stay in the topic at hand, Yes, Wukong Top is a good pick.

Gordo SanAug 4, 20151 votes

You can do whatever your heart wants :D

Every champ has their problems and weaknesses. You will then learn how to play with/without having advantages (which applies to any champion you choose).

I only PäddeAug 4, 20151 votes

Thank you ^^ But the problem is, that some champs have more problems and some have less problems. I don't like having a champ with too much problems :( I know that Wukong is pretty weak against tanks, and right now we are in the tank meta. So i don't know what to doooooo item 3070

The LovelessAug 4, 20151 votes

I would only take him in draft when I feel it's safe. I've crushed some Riven and Irelia players but I'm sure better players would slay Wu. Also it sucks playing against tanks who use dorans to heal, then go straight to armor.

apple juıceAug 4, 20151 votes

You should learn how to play any champion you want. That way, you can find work around problems presented in the current meta. Then when the meta favors your champion you can do extremely well.

ErockandrollAug 4, 20151 votes

Wukong has a lot of hard engage if I recall correctly. Works well against squishes. But I can't say that would be reliable, picked blind.

Personally, I would think a Tank like Sion would be a safer Blind pick. But your on your own if your looking for a carry.

BastionKrossAug 4, 20151 votes

You're looking at this all wrong. When you select a main, you're saying "I'm playing this champ as much as I can because the playstyle of the champ matches with mine perfectly". Having a main is not "I want to play this champion a lot because they're strong right now".

There are people that main Urgot and make him work, despite the meta never, EVER favoring him. If you want to make Wu into your main, you'll find a way to make him work in any meta, whether he's strong or not.

I only PäddeAug 4, 20151 votes

I know, I know... But for me it's hard because I don't know my playstyle xD I really don't know what I want from a champ. I think the most important thing for me, is that the chamo shouldn't be mainstream. That's why I don't want to main Riven or Katarina or whatever. Wukong is not mainstream and I like his kit. Now I'll try him out ^^

BastionKrossAug 4, 20151 votes

There's a few different ways I've found to try and help you find the right champion for you.

ARAM will force you to play all different kinds of champs. I've ended up buying champs I never would have otherwise simply because they were on free week and I rolled them up. Sometimes it's not enough to look at the abilities and say "No, I wouldn't like this", sometimes you have to actually play them to find out if they groove well with you.

Watch youtube videos of different champions. If the player is good with a champ, they'll show you exactly what a champion's ideal playstyle is. When you watch them play and go "Yeah, that's how I want to play this game" then you might have found your main.

Don't rule out off-builds. Sometimes building a champion AD instead of AP changes their playstyle around drastically enough to the point wherer they might as well be a different champion. I know a guy in diamond who mains AD Malzahar and AP KogMaw , and they play radically different than normal Malz and Koggles.

And if you do all that and you still can't find that one champion that speaks to your soul, that might be your answer. Maybe you're just not the type of person to have a main. Maybe you're the type of player that specializes in a number of champs instead of a select few. In a lot of ways, especially soloQ, that's better. It'll be more difficult for opponents to ban you out, you have more options open for counterpicks if you play draft, and you can branch out into other roles so you're not crippled if you don't get the role you want.

I only PäddeAug 4, 20152 votes

Omg mate... This was so helpful <3 thank you! I will try everything

FarRockBFAug 4, 20151 votes

Nto being good in the meta means you will end up in Silver 2 instead of Silver 1. Boo hoo. You'll have fun - isn't that what counts?

I main Teemo now. Can't remember last time he was "meta".

Zoomer DariusAug 4, 20151 votes

Wukong can smash a lot of people at level 2 especially, even Darius can sometimes be beaten then. Wu's level 2 is probably the strongest in the game, and can help him to snowball from there. He's got great teamfight, great early, mid and late game, and he is super fun to play. Even the people that bully him aren't impossible for him to beat. It's hard, but doable.