Talk:Wukong/@comment-4296199-20130627165402/@comment-3546228-20130629025517

Wukong was never a particularly strong top because of his negative snowballing nature. If you get a lead as you can very easily lose it, if you fall behind you fall behind really hard and WILL have a rough time making a comeback. He's also pretty darn item dependant because he needs both a big damage item to be a real threat and survivability to not die as collateral damage during mid and late game teamfights.

Wukong is also a weak pick against many bruisers and unfortunately most common top picks at the moment such as,   and  all kick his ass in lane. Wukong does have a strong edge in teamfights, but he needs to not lose his lane hard to have a chance at it, and this isn't always possible. He's also destroyed by ganking junglers and being a common pick doesn't really help.

Mid, on the other hand is where can shine. Apart from,  and  who can all kick his ass, Wukong can beat most common mid picks.

The answer to why he can do that is which counters all champions that need to hit a combo to burst. With proper intuition you will easily Decoy 's s and juke 's spells while hitting them back with the power of a god. And doesn't hurt Wukong that hard because  combined with .