Talk:Wukong/@comment-213.5.202.156-20111122112943/@comment-3532889-20111122203423

I rarely lost a single game in his initial released state, much less with his buff. Thing is, unlike many champions (see most AD carries, most AP carries, most fighters), your performance with Wukong is more directly related to your skill/experience with him. You can play a champ like caitlyn for the very first time and do well, but Wukong on the other hand has many techniques unique to him that you have to become accustomed to first. He gets alot of bad rap, but he's a solid champion, and once people get past the difficulty (he could have been harder ;, I can see public opinion shifting to calling him OP... or they might not. Either way, Wukong is an amazing- but undervalued champion, and if you want to play him, he's certainly viable.

P.S. mini-rant here, LOL is remarkably balanced for what it is, every champion still has a unique purpose. If there is a champion you want to play, balance really isn't the issue you should be worrying about. There are only a few champions one can say are REALLY not effective, despite what public opinion says, and even those few have niche functions that may bring victory if used correctly (i.e. eve, twitch, etc). If you are experienced enough, you can gauge how well you'll do with a champion by what champions your team is choosing, and what champions your opponents are choosing. I can say without a doubt there are teams where every champion in this game can thrive in. You just have to watch for them :).