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A few months ago, our beloved Monkey King went on a journey, not unlike his old journey to the west. In his stead, he left in charge a comrade to take his place as an assassin. Hun Batz. An odd little fellow. Well, now our monkey king has returned. And he's brought with him a set of skills unmatched by his previous days. For our Monkey King has learned the arts of trickery. He has grown stronger and wiser.
He went from this:
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To this:
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He had learned the following skills:
Undefeated Body: When Sun Wukong is below 50% health, he gains +10% critical chance and +20 protections, plus another 1% critical chance and 1 protection for his current level.
That is his passive.
The Magic Cudgel: Sun Wukong's Magic Cudgel grows in length, and he slams it down, dealing 90/140/190/240/290 (+50% of your physical power) damage to all enemies 55 ft infront of him.
Cost: 50 mana.
Cooldown: 10 seconds.
Master's Will: Sun Wukong strikes around him, dealing 70/110/150/190/230 (+50% of your physical power) damage and knocking up all enemies.
Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 mana.
Cooldown: 12 seconds.
72 Transformations: Sun Wukong transforms into an Eagle, Tiger, or Ox, and charges forward.
Eagle: Is the fastest of the three forms. Immune to Slow, Root, and Knockup effects.
Tiger: Mauls the first enemy he hits, stunning it for 0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4s and causing 100/170/240/310/380 damage.
Ox: Knocks aside all enemies in his path and causes 50/90/130/170/210 damage. Immune to Slow, Root, and Knockup effects.
Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 mana.
Cooldown: 15 seconds.
But our Monkey King learned one special move that was his crowning glory. The Ultimate Trickery that even Loki himself could not master:
Somersault Cloud: Sun Wukong leaps up onto his cloud, leaving a decoy of himself behind to fight. While on the cloud Sun Wukong regenerates 5% of his health per second. He may leap off before the duration expires, dealing 140/190/240/290/340 (120% of your physical power) damage to all enemies in a 20 ft radius. The decoy inherates 50% of Sun Wukong's current strength and defense.
Cost: 100 mana.
Cooldown: 90 seconds.
In battle he was to use his most damaging skill first, magic cudgel, so he may smite forth the impudent minions that dare attack him, followed by his 72 glorious transformations, and then his own will, for he was, indeed a master.
His ultimate ability took priority over everything. Then his first ability, then his third and at last, his second.
The Monkey King had risen once again.
His Battle Kit gave him certain advantages:
Sun Wukong was a versatile master of disguise and trickery. He was able to confuse his opponents extremely well, as well as deal out extreme amounts of knowledge, in the form of pain. Our Monkey King has the propensity of being able to deal out more damage when he realizes he's at low health and is thus a force to be reckoned with. Furthermore, he not only gains protections during such a time, he is a slippery one, able to extricate himself from tight situations.
However, our Monkey King does have the problem of loosing his ability fuel, or mana rather easily in the early moments of battle, for he is most definitely reliant on his abilities to win. But the king has no time for meditating, and must instead get a blue buff from the jungle to sustain him through the early moments of battle.
As our Monkey King Journeyed the lands, he found a few items that helped him gain power and wisdom.
These included a Mystical mail, which not only granted him armor and protection, but harmed anyone around him as well, setting him with an advantage during the early stages of battle.
After acquiring his mail, our master steeled his resolve and worked hard at his goal until he attained Transcendence, which allowed him to expend his energy with greater efficiency.
However, our master needed to aid his feet, for some terrain were difficult to traverse unaided. Hence, he bought the Warrior's Tabi. Not only did it aid the master in his movement, but it gave him the added bonus of a little more power to his furious kicks.
The Mail granted him protections against demons who used physical weapons, but those of a magical nature were still able to harm our dear Master. He found an Ancile, a sacred roman shield from the journey to the west, which he used to protect himself from the powers of magic. This Ancile not only increased his health, but also gave him the ability to repeat his abilities with greater frequency.
It seemed, however, that the frequency was not enough. He wanted to be able to use his abilities to their fullest potential. And furthermore, his foes, now stronger, had armor that he had to penetrate. Travelling North, our Master found the Wrath of the Jotunns which he used to his side.
One mail, however, wasn't enough. Our master repeatedly found himself in situations which forced himself to extricate and escape against his own will to carry on battling. He wished to counter this. And so he found himself the mail of renewal. A mail that granted him the ability to heal his energy and health upon vanquishing a foe.
With these items, he entered the battlegrounds of the gods. He started battling in one lane, without any help, save one god that kept returning from the jungle to aid him occasionally. This is why, he decided to gain a few eyes in the jungle so that his enemies would not ambush him.
Now he was ready to Battle.
Skill Order
Level up your, the magic cudgel, first. Why? The wave clear on this thing is not bad early game, and phenomenal mid game, during the laning phase. Sun Wukong's bread and butter is this skillshot when it comes to farming. All you have to do is make sure you're in line. It also doubles as a beautiful poke mechanism.
After levelling up your 1, you can level up your 3, 72 transformations, because of its phenomenal uses. Coupled with your 1, you'll be able to clear your wave easily in Ox form. If the enemy jungler arrives for a gank, go for eagle form and get out of there to the safety of your tower. Do note that if you are using your tiger ability, it's easiest to be within striking distance of your foe so that you can immediately stun them.
As for your two, Master's Will? You level that fourth so that you can start slowing about your enemies when you see fit. It's also a good escape mechanism when you're being chased and your 2 is on cooldown. It makes for a great de-positioner and allows you to set yourself up for landing shots.
Remember to level up your 1 once more during level 3, Somersault Cloud.
From their, your priority should be 4, 1, 3, 2, in the order of damage and utility.
Items
Start off with Mystical Mail. Rank 2. Simply because Mystical Mail rank two keeps you tanky enough for early game and with enough poking and prodding (especially if you manage an early kill), you'll be ahead to have a full mystical mail by the five minute mark. Couple that with the fact that gods are extremely squishy early game and Mystical mail gives you a free damage passive, and you'll have an excellent early boxing potential against enemy gods.
Build into transcendence and rush it as soon as possible. Wukong, to many, is an auto-attack based god. Not to me. Wukong's abilities are extremely strong and he should be used as such. I cannot stress enough how much his mana pool is important throughout the game, so rushing transcendence next is vital.
Warrior Tabi must be the third item for Wukong, mainly due to the fact that that added mobility and power will work well with Transcendence to give your abilities and Autos more punch.
By this time, the midlaners will be in constant rotation and will be quite strong (Especially someone like Agni) so it's best to stack up your Ancile. This item not only gives you some flat CDR to start off that CDR cap, but also builds your health.
Couple that with Jotunn's Wrath and you not only get enough CDR to use your abilities constantly, but you get penetration to get the added damage from Transcendence and Tabi to do some work to tankier gods.
The last item is situational.
I like mail of renewal. It allows me to survive fights. Plain and simple.
The Monkey King has chosen you work with him in battle. He places great trust in you, Mortal One.
Use this trust wisely, for the Monkey King's Honor is at stake. The false immortals arise, and it is up to you and the Monkey King to protect this world from Evil.
Be careful, fellow warrior.
Be careful.
Long Live The Great Sage
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Tiermonster is down so I'm updating my guides here again. This guide is now updated for Season 2
Gameplay section could be a bit more thorough, but I admit that I enjoyed the story aspect a bit too much.
Also, don't forget that a large part of solo lane is figuring out your opponent's playstyle. Some Neiths play aggressively, poking your with spirit arrows, while others try to farm carefully without taking risks. You might buy an early Runic Shield if Ra get's poke-happy, or you might buy Brawler's Beast Stick early if he conserves his mana for the heals.
As for Ankh of the Golem? I take it mainly for the extra HP To begin with.
First of all, if you're up against magical gods in your sololane (such as Chang'e or Ra), this build, or at least the purchase order, becomes obsolete.
Secondly, grabbing an Ankh to convert your health into physical power while you only have one other health item is, in my opinion, a poor choice. With this build, you'll be better off grabbing the alternative Ankh which converts your physical protections into physical power, also consdering that your passive gives you additional protections when you reach below 50% health.
Thanks for your patience and time to look over the guide. You're awesome.
Ignis.
You wrote a nice little story here, but you cut out some HUGE details, specifically the ones that make a good guide.
You give stats on items but you do not explain why you build them, why you built them in the order you picked, etc.
You give the stats of the abilities too, but the "story" aspects do not help at all. What is good about these abilities? What can they be used for? Any tips for using them well?
No gameplay section, no match-ups, nothing. It was a nice idea, but it's not a helpful one. You can keep the story aspect, but add much more detail. This is currently the equivalent of a 3rd grade chapter book.