Mana hungry AD casters are in real trouble with the loss of mana pots

MrSexyHobo·12/13/2015, 7:18:33 AM·1 votes·1,090 views

Let me preface this by saying that i'm a wukong player so i am partial to him but this applies to more champs than just wukong.

Mana hungry AD casters got shafted pretty hard with the changes to mana pots. It has gotten to the point where i cannot even play wukong in a lane anymore. don't get me wrong wukong is a fantastic champs who is pretty balanced at the moment in the jungle but he has no decent options for mana sustain in lane. AD casters have the option of item 3010 item 3070 both of which are plain bad options for wukong and corruption potion gives wukong a total of 150 mana over 36 seconds which is just... not enough. His full combo at lvl 6 costs around 250 mana which is well over half of his total mana. If you play wukong in lane you will notice 2 things.

First, you are being outcast by your opponent AND Second, you are always low on mana

Wukong is a hit and run fighter who never gets the option to ambush people because he has no build options for mana regen and therefore no ways to negate that weakness. I almost always do well with wukong in the jungle and almost never do well with him in lane.

Wukong and other champs like wukong need either mana cost reductions or an option for mana regen. They have really cumbersome costs with no way to negate them unlike mages. Balance team please fix. There is no reason why we should have champs with equally powerful abilities spamming them left and right with little or no cost while other champs have to spend well over half their mana pool on a full combo_

9 Comments

Ralanr12/13/2015, 7:22:19 AM1 votes

I'm not a fan of corrupting potion. Not at all.

Brendy Bear12/13/2015, 7:39:20 AM1 votes

Frozen Gauntlet?

TheCeeJay12/13/2015, 7:56:40 AM1 votes

Tear/Manamune/Muramana on WuKong doesn't seem like it'd be THAT bad. It's not ideal, sure, but it doesn't seem like it's trash tier like you said.

I mean I'm not a WuKong main by any means, so I could be INSANELY wrong.

vIbvdOwbko12/13/2015, 8:39:44 AM1 votes

Corrupting Potion is very good, and good for Wukong too. It's very good for trades and laning. Just in case you guys don't know, you have to have corrupting potion activated and healing you for the extra damage DoT to apply. Corrupting is good on any top laner.

I think that people overlook the fact that Corrupting potion is refillable and gives you sustain. They just look at the passive and assume that the entire item is bad because the damage isn't super high. IT'S REFILLABLE. 150 HP. 50 MANA. PER CHARGE. 450 HP 150 MANA AFTER 3 CHARGES. BUY IT.

Kaeblen12/13/2015, 8:46:52 AM1 votes

if you want it for mana only, item 2032 provides more than item 2033 . I've never been desperate enough to prove its value in a match though. as far as the value of corrupting potion itself, I find that it provides a very nice damage boost. AD casters certainly need to be careful, but you should remember that you are getting a great deal for your sacrifices. I play Ezreal a fair amount, and just buying mana (item 3057 item 3070 ) seems to work out ok.

Very Hard Engage12/13/2015, 12:01:41 PM1 votes

i play wukong a ton, he can use his full combo at least 3 times in lane, and then a little more pending how long you're in lane, thats way more than enough. also hes not a true ad caster, hes also a bruiser, you need to get autos off while you're doing your combo, not just your abilities.

if you feel the need to spam abilities to get the job done then you just aren't playing wukong right. hes not meant to 100-0 you with his abilities alone.

lane wukong -> item 3074 item 3071 core items, rest is totally versatile, he can build full AD or hybrid tank.

jungle wukong -> item 1408 item 3071 again his core, then he can go ad or tanky.

mid wukong -> item 2033 item 3155 item 3111 and i crush any ap mid laner. with 9 ad, and 20 MR runes.

there is no reason to build any mana on wukong, he doesn't need mana sustain, he doesn't need to to constantly be spamming abilities to be effective. he just needs to get in with W -> E, Q, and then knockup in any team setting. and if the fight hasn't ended already hes a great chaser and moderate escape.