Talk:Wukong/@comment-4832742-20130830001020/@comment-4296199-20130910005804

he still has to undergo a very difficult top lane, and getting that bad early game can mean that it gimps his mid game.

For a while I tried playing him as more cost efficient (tanky with cheaper items) and using his WER to gank, but I had little damage. Nowadays I go mid with him and risk fighting mid laners for the gold and experience I need. W does give him some edge against some mid laners, and getting Tiamat to Hydra can let him farm well.

I'm sad that they're nerfing his passive though. Riot is saying "We don't like it when Wukong buys only offensive items and remains somewhat tanky. Buy tankier items plz", but that passive was already designed for high risk because Wukong needs to be near whole enemy teams and only that situation to get the full effect. Alot of other guys get free defense from passives, Graves hitting things (or being hit), and other activated skills to get tankier (ex. Rammus) but Wukong only gets the 40 armor/mr when he's in teamfights against like 5 ppl. Getting less at the end means that unless Wukong faces a whole team, he doesn't even get 30 defenses...