Wukong · Jungle

Wukong Items: What to Buy and When

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Overview

This guide explains every item in Wukong's builds and when to buy it. Your spikes are level 6, when Cyclone comes online, and each completed item: Black Cleaver first, then Trinity Force.

Strengths

High physical damage: Riot rates it 8/10 in attack.
Crowd control: Cyclone applies a knock-up to set up kills.
Mobility: Warrior Trickster lets you reposition, engage or escape.

Weaknesses

Falls behind if the early ganks fail: every wasted trip is lost farm.
Predictable if you always play it the same way: adapt your build to the enemy team.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Standard buildBalancedRecommendedThe default path: Black Cleaver, Trinity Force and Spear of Shojin give the health, attack damage and on-hit effects this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.
Lethality buildOffensiveAdvancedAll-in on damage: Terminus, Lord Dominik's Regards and Blade of The Ruined King stack attack damage, attack speed and on-hit effects. Choose it when you're ahead or the enemy team is fragile — it gives up safety for kill pressure.
Defensive buildDefensiveSituationalKeeps enough damage while adding health, magic resist and armor through Jak'Sho, The Protean, Bandlepipes and Zeke's Convergence. Choose it against dive, assassins or a lane you can't win.

Builds

Standard build

BalancedRecommended

Open build

When to use it

The default path: Black Cleaver, Trinity Force and Spear of Shojin give the health, attack damage and on-hit effects this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right

JungleMain100% of matches
TopPriority 2

Jungle priorities

StartRed buff

1Voidgrubs
2Gank top
3Rift Herald
4Scuttle Crab
5Dragons
6Baron Nashor
7Atakhan

Guideline, not a measurement: an early skirmisher starting red side. Take the void grubs and look for ganks while your early damage is ahead, then Herald and dragons.

Starting items

Gustwalker HatchlingHealth PotionHealth regeneration.

Core items

1Black CleaverHealth, attack damage and on-hit effects.
2Trinity ForceHealth, attack damage and attack speed.
3Spear of ShojinHealth, attack damage and ability haste.

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Situational

Death's DanceAgainst heavy physical damage.Mercurial ScimitarAgainst heavy magic damage.Guardian AngelAgainst burst and assassins.Chempunk ChainswordCuts the enemy's healing.Lord Dominik's RegardsAgainst tanky teams.

Runes

Primary· Precision

Secondary· Resolve

Shards

Summoner spells

Flash
Smite

Abilities

Stone SkinPassiveWukong gains stacking armor and max health regeneration while fighting champions and monsters.
QCrushing Blow8/7.5/7/6.5/6s20 mpWukong's next attack gains attack range, deals bonus damage, and reduces the target's armor for a few seconds.
Cooldown
8·7.5·7·6.5·6
Cost
20
Range
250·275·300·325·350
WWarrior Trickster22/21/20/19/18s60/55/50/45/40 mpWukong becomes Invisible and dashes in a direction, leaving behind a clone that will attack nearby enemies.
Cooldown
22·21·20·19·18
Cost
60·55·50·45·40
Range
275
ENimbus Strike10/9.25/8.5/7.75/7s30/35/40/45/50 mpWukong dashes to a targeted enemy and sends out images to attack enemies near his target, dealing damage to each enemy struck.
Cooldown
10·9.25·8.5·7.75·7
Cost
30·35·40·45·50
Range
650
RCycloneUltimate130/110/90s100 mpWukong's extends his staff and spins it around repeatedly, gaining Move Speed. Enemies struck take damage and are knocked up.
Cooldown
130·110·90
Cost
100
Range
315

Strategy

1Starting items

What to buy before leaving the base, and what each item gives:

Gustwalker Hatchling
Health Potion — Health regeneration.

2Core items

Your spikes are level 6, when Cyclone comes online, and each completed item: Black Cleaver first, then Trinity Force. Buy them in this order; each one is a power spike:

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Black Cleaver — Health, attack damage and on-hit effects.
Trinity Force — Health, attack damage and attack speed.
Spear of Shojin — Health, attack damage and ability haste.

3Situational items

Swap these in depending on the enemy team:

Death's Dance — Against heavy physical damage.
Mercurial Scimitar — Against heavy magic damage.
Guardian Angel — Against burst and assassins.
Chempunk Chainsword — Cuts the enemy's healing.
Lord Dominik's Regards — Against tanky teams.

4Adapting to the game

The damage build moves the offensive items forward when you're ahead; the defensive one adds survival when the enemy focuses you. The situational builds in the matchups guide answer specific threats.

Tips

Buy Black Cleaver as early as you can: it's your first real spike.
Complete one item before starting the next: half-built items give less than one finished one.
Look at the enemy team at every back and adjust the situational items.
Don't sit on gold: spend it when you go back.

Changelog

Sep 26, 2026Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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