Wukong

the Monkey King

FighterTankGeneral kit and base stats · version 16.19.1

Stone Skin

Wukong gains stacking armor and max health regeneration while fighting champions and monsters.

Passive · no active cost or cooldown

Base statistics

Mana

Health: 610
Resource: 330
Armor: 31
Move speed: 340
Attack damage: 66
Attack speed: 0.69

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Game plan · Jungle

Clear with purpose, disguise with discipline, convert with Cyclone

Plan overview

Play Wukong as a tempo diver: clear toward the lane that can become gankable, spend Warrior Trickster only when it creates a real entry or exit, and use Crushing Blow after contact so allies can finish the target. Early, prioritize a conditioned full clear unless a lane is visibly trapped. Around each objective, push lanes, recall, sweep, and arrive with Cyclone and Smite. When ahead, chain a successful engage into camps, towers, or an objective and invade only with position and priority. When behind, protect your farm and winning lane, trade contested objectives, and shift Cyclone from backline dive to peel. As the game transitions past 20:00, stop wandering for isolated kills: every route should prepare the next Baron/Elder setup or a safe side-wave conversion.

Plan by phase

Farm toward a punishable lane

0:00–8:00; first clear, Scuttler, and the first dragon/Grubs setup window

Start with a conditioned full clear when your lanes lack reliable setup or the enemy wins early river combat; path to finish near the lane whose wave should become vulnerable after your clear. Take Scuttler only with usable HP and lane priority. Transition after the first clear by choosing one visible gank window, then immediately return to respawning camps if the enemy is not overextended, has escape available, or your allies cannot follow. A three-camp gank is reserved for a clear target with a real E-Q threat.

Game situations

Choose a situation

Path

Choose the clear for the first real window

If your lanes lack setup or you do not win the level-3 river fight, choose a conditioned full clear toward the lane with the clearest priority, then take Scuttler only if your HP and nearby lanes support it. If a lane is overextended and your level-3 E plus Q threatens a real punish, a three-camp gank can replace the clear; return to camps when the window is absent.

With Wukong

If Wukong vanishes from vision before an objective fight, hold your key peel and avoid chasing his clone; the likely play is a delayed entry onto your carry or a Cyclone from a side angle. Stay close enough to follow his first target, but do not walk into fog ahead of him.
If Wukong marks a target with Crushing Blow and has reached the enemy backline, focus that target during the knock-up window rather than splitting damage. If he is behind or the enemy has strong peel, play around his Cyclone as disruption and protect the carry he cannot safely reach.
If Wukong is preparing dragon, Grubs, Herald, or Baron, push the nearby wave before moving and arrive during the 60–90-second setup window. His engage is much more reliable when your team has numbers and vision; do not demand a fight while he is clearing the opposite side or lacks mana.
If Wukong gets a kill or forces a retreat, help him bank the advantage into a tower, camp, wave, or objective. A successful Cyclone without a conversion only spends cooldowns and gives the enemy time to reset.

Identity, strengths and limits

Create the second wave, then let Cyclone convert it

Jungle diver · disguise, armor shred, and knock-up timing

Wukong is a mana-based diver who wins by entering through Nimbus Strike or Warrior Trickster, building Stone Skin value while fighting, and using Crushing Blow to make the target easier for the follow-up to damage. Cyclone is the conversion tool: a well-timed knock-up turns a numbers advantage or a trapped carry into an objective. He is not a blind early-gank champion, a sustained frontliner who can ignore enemy cooldowns, or an assassin who should dive alone. His entry is powerful but costly when W and R are spent without allied range or a retreat path.

Strengths

Strong multi-target engage when Cyclone reaches a grouped enemy.
Warrior Trickster creates a flexible entry, escape, and fog threat.
Crushing Blow gives the first target’s armor reduction value to allied follow-up.
Stone Skin rewards controlled extended combat against champions and monsters.
Can convert a pick into an objective when his cooldowns and team timing align.

Limits and risks

Spending Warrior Trickster on damage before the enemy's escape route is closed.
Starting an objective while the enemy jungler is alive, unseen, and able to contest the Smite threshold.
Using Nimbus Strike into a fight without allied follow-up or a retreat route.
Forcing a backline dive when Cyclone is down or enemy peel is still available.
Invading from instinct instead of verified enemy position, nearby priority, and an exit.

One idea for your next game

For the next game, make every Wukong play pass one question: what does Warrior Trickster buy me here? Use W only when it creates a real gank angle, safe escape, or second-wave teamfight entry. If the enemy is not trapped and your allies cannot follow, keep the cooldown, clear the next camp, and arrive at the next objective with Cyclone available. Your goal is not to appear everywhere; it is to spend invisibility where the map can pay you back.

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Champion lore

Wukong is a vastayan trickster who uses his strength, agility, and intelligence to confuse his opponents and gain the upper hand. After finding a lifelong friend in the warrior known as Master Yi, Wukong became the last student of the ancient martial art known as Wuju. Armed with an enchanted staff, Wukong seeks to prevent Ionia from falling to ruin.

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