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ARAM

Wukong ARAM Build 26.22

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Wukong loves the Abyss because the enemy team fights as one clump with no room to spread, so Cyclone spins up all five at once when he leaps into the brawl. Slip a Warrior Trickster clone to bait their poke, dash the stacked line with Nimbus Strike, and build bruiser so you can dive the choke and knock the whole group airborne.

#32 of 122 champions this patch · 74 games
Win rate54.1%+4.3Games74Pick rate5.6%Last 8 patches+5.3 since 26.15Damage profilei
AP
AD
AP 17%AD 76%True 7%
DifficultyiLowForgiving
ClassicModernARAMCounter
ARAM Balance2 ability changes ↓

Wukong Item Build

Wukong earns free armor just by never leaving the scrum, since Stone Skin keeps stacking resistances and health regen as long as champions are in reach. That turns the durability he buys into a multiplier, so light attack damage over heavy bruiser stats lets him dive the choke, soak the focus, and still land Cyclone through a pile of stacked bodies for a chain of knockups.

Standard loadout · Wukong The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1400g Tunneler×1Glowing Mote×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Mercury's Treads77% · 56.0%Plated Steelcaps23% · 53.3%
Situational items
vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.MMaw of Malmortius1435.7%
vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.DDeath's Dance3647.2%
vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.BBlack Cleaver3354.5%

Best Wukong Runes

Conqueror answers the way Wukong plays the Abyss, waiting on the edge of the endless teamfight for the moment to blink his clone in and Cyclone the grouped enemies. His kit is all about that one committed dive into the choke, so the whole page supports surviving the trip and landing the knockup. Build to be the one who starts the fight, not the one who pokes it.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Precision Primary ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. Triumph95% · 54.3%Legend: Haste76% · 58.9%Coup de Grace61% · 40.0% Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Domination Secondary Sudden Impact66% · 46.9%Treasure Hunter45% · 51.5%
Stat shards OffenseAttack Speed+10% Attack SpeedFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Rush Sundered Sky into Trinity Force and dive the clump the moment it lands. On a bridge with no recall to reset a bad fight, Wukong drops his Warrior Trickster clone into the pile, then spins Cyclone through the whole stack for a chain of knockups. Stack the damage so his gap-close burst deletes a squishy before their team can peel.

Wukong Skill Order

Nimbus Strike takes the whole midgame block from 8 to 13, converting the dash into meaningful damage after Crushing Blow caps at 9. Warrior Trickster holds one rank until 14, though a twenty second cooldown at that rank on the Abyss keeps the clone available anyway.

Skill order · Wukong R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W214151718max 18
E38101213max 13
R61116max 16
Max Q first so Crushing Blow keeps chunking the frontline every time it is up in the nonstop 5v5, then E, then W. Nimbus Strike is his way into the clump and the clone sells the fake, but Cyclone is the real payoff, so save it for the biggest cluster on the bridge.

Wukong ARAM Abilities

Two details get glossed over: Crushing Blow adds attack range to that hit, so he can poke from just outside melee before committing, and Cyclone hands him Move Speed while it spins, making it an engage or a getaway and not only a knockup.

Abilities on the Abyss · Wukongpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
Stone SkinPassivePCrushing BlowMax 1stQWarrior TricksterMax lastWNimbus StrikeMax 2ndECycloneUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
Crushing BlowPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+25 per rank+50% bonus ADlv 120lv 445lv 570lv 795lv 9120Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 18slv 47.5slv 57slv 76.5slv 96sConstant at every rankCost20same at all ranks
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Wukong: entries touching the selected ability light upWarrior TricksterCooldown changed to 20 to 16 seconds.CycloneCooldown changed to 140 to 100 seconds.

Wukong Base Stats

Base stats · WukongPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD66+3.5AS0.69+3%MS340Range175HP610+99HP55.5+0.65Armor31+4.7MR28+2.05MP330+65MP58+0.8
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