WUKONG BUFF - Is it enough? Does it fix his problems?
Hi, I'll start by saying that I am a Wukong main since season 2 and the highest elo I reached is platinum 2. I have seen Wukong go through many stages, and many viable build options. I have never seen Wukong at such a disadvantage than in the current meta.
The_ planned buffs_ are: AD per level increased to 4 from 3.2 (Q) Bonus AD ratio increased to 10/20/30/40/50% from 10% at all ranks
It's fair to say, good response from riot. People have complained he needs a buff, so they give him a buff.
However, is this the buff that is going to make him more playable or what Wukong needed?
Any Wukong player will tell you how awful Wukong is early game, it is all about survival, you never get any opportunity to be aggressive only in the lower elos. You can never take it to your opponent toplane and if you play jungle, you pretty much cant do anything until level 6, and even then, your damage is terrible, so even if you do gank, a counter gank from any other jungler will probably result in you dying.
I have multiple suggestions that i think would be very useful:
[1] Give Wukong a higher base attack speed
- Wouldnt make much difference to his late game but might make him trade better earlier or farm easier.
[2] E Jumps to ward
- could give Wukong alot more opportunity for engage or disengage, meaning you are not just an ult bot, especially in a meta of heals and shields, when you E into a fight, it isnt very forgiving if you dont manage to do damage
[3] Buff his passive
- Any shield and heal in this meta is way better than the passive Wukong has, it adds paper to his armor, and for a bruiser hes very item dependant to make him actually be able to brawl, since his hp isnt bruisery at all.
[4] Increase his HP to make him more bruiser-like.
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Let me know what you guys think about Wukong, would be great to hear from people at Riot what they think about this champion. Hes sadly started to feel unappreciated. Even the artwork on his abilities is pretty crappy and outdated.
And his skins... the recent one was okay... but look at what the community has created. Cyborg Wukong This is so much cooler in my opinion, and we are instead given a monkey in a dress with a tiara. Not much of a bruiser, more of a princess.
