The Survivor (Updating for Season 3)

- Gotta love it when they buff one of your favorite items. Shifter's Shield ftw.
- I'm finding it annoying to find a replacement for the old Runeforged Hammer; it was such a good item.
- Void Shield is looking like a solid choice.
- Changed up the skill sequence. I have started leveling up the ultimate last since the healing doesn't increase with level and most of my kills don't come from my ult so the damage increase isn't too useful early game for me. This is more of a preference thing but I think it makes Sun Wukong a bit more effective if his main killing moves are leveled up first.
- on vacation will probably sit down and fullyupdate this guidr when i get back in a few days.

The Bluestone Pendant - The starter item for Sun Wukong. As I mentioned, mana is a problem for Wukong early game. The Pendant's extra mana lets him stay in lane and clear minions for longer. It's passive also helps set up early kills. You can stun them with your tiger and then hit them with a combination of your abilities and basic attacks to drop their health fast and scare them off. This item should be kept until you have filled up your build and are ready to sell this for your last item.

Boots - Standard starting item for most physical characters. The boots give you a little movement buff and are what you will be leveling up first to work towards the Reinforced Greaves.

Hand Of The Gods - When playing Joust, you'll want one of the three buffs to start the game off with and in Conquest, you'll want to start with either a mana or damage buff, depending on what lane you are playing. This active will help you clear camps a little faster and will leave you to lane with more health than if you didn't have it. This is also nice if you need your mana buff but your jungler is helping out somewhere else, as you can drop the camp quickly and return to your lane before your adversary gets to far.

Mana Potions/Wards - If you're playing Conquest, you'll want two mana potions and if you're playing Joust, you'll want two wards. In Conquest, your jungler should buy wards for you if you're in solo lane and should be helping you watch for any ganks coming in if you're in mid lane, so you don't need to buy wards at the beginning of the game (However, every time you recall, I suggest buying two wards to maintain your knowledge of enemy movement). You do, however need to stay in lane for as long as possible. The mana potions should help out a lot, especially if you can stay long enough to get your ultimate, which you can use to heal any health you've lost while laning. In Joust, you should buy your items quickly when the game first starts, immediately transform into your eagle and fly to the left jungle. Walk to the rock near the damage camp and place a ward on the other side of it, then turn around and meet up with your team in the right jungle and get ready to take down the camps. You will then place your second ward in the same position next to the left damage camp. This ward placement allows for you to be aware of any ganks coming from the enemy team, giving you the upper hand.

Reinforced Greaves - An item I often see passed over for Warrior Tabi, because people want the increased physical power. And while I understand the desire to do as much damage as possible, the extra Crowd Control Reduction and Health that come with the Reinforced Greaves really help you stay in lane longer and get out of sticky situations faster.

Hide of the Urchin - Probably my favorite defensive item to pick up. It comes with good protections, both magical and physical, extra health and mana, and the ability to stack more protections with each god kill or assist. It is, unfortunately, a little on the costly side. But the stats it gives contributes heavily to Sun Wukong's tankiness when fully built.

Shifter's Shield - This item was practically made for Sun Wukong, yet I never see anyone pick it up when playing him. It gives a decent amount of physical power and some small protections. The kicker is that it works very similarly to Sun Wukong's passive. The increased power while above 50% health make it easier to run in and kill someone, while the extra protections while under 50% health will allow you to get out alive after doing so. This, in addition to the extra protections Wukong gets from his passive under 35%, make him really hard to finish off since he just gets tankier and tankier the lower in health he gets.

Runeforged Hammer - This item is the turning point from highlighting Wukong's inner tank to highlighting how much damage he can dish out. It gives increased health and physical protections to toughen him up and then converts part of it into his power. This is another great item the makes Wukong stronger and tougher at the same time and I never leave home without it.

Jotunn's Wrath - And what good is any warrior if they can't do some nice damage? To really get the ball rolling with Wukong's damage, Jotun's Wrath is important. The mana it gives tends to get rid of Sun Wukong's mana problem for the rest of the game, as well as letting him use his abilities more often and with increased penetration and power. This is where Sun starts to really frustrate the other team.

Titan's Bane - Really just the icing on the cake. The increased power and penetration is going to let Wukong tear through most of his enemies and seal the deal as far as this build goes.

The Executioner - Can replace Titan's Bane if you're in the mood for a bit more attack speed at the cost of the physical penetration.

Brawler's Beat Stick - A good replacement for Titan's Bane if you want to sacrifice the higher penetration of Bane for the reduced enemy regeneration of the Beat Stick. You should really only pick this up when facing off against a warrior/hunter/assassin n solo lane or an entirely physical tem in joust.

Mail of Renewal - A good replacement for the Hide of the Urchin if you're having problems with physical-based gods. The health boost and cool down reduction help your sustain a lot. The regeneration boost after a kill will also allow you to push the lane harder after your opponent's death, instead of recalling if he fight hurt.

Breastplate of Valor - The sister item to Mail of Renewal, this item offers much more physical protections and cool down reduction at the cost of having no passive. A nice item to pick up if you're having mana problems, as well.

Hide of the Nemean Lion - A good replacement for the Hide of the Urchin if you're REALLY having problems with physical-based gods. The extra health and reflective passive of this chestplate help out in a similar but different way from the Mystical Mail. If, for some reason, your opponent is soloing with a hunter, pick this up to conteract their reliance on basic attacks.

Stone of Gaia - A good replacement for the Hide of the Urchin if you're having problems with magical-based gods, the Stone of Gaia also increases your sustain thanks to the increased health, MP5, and HP5, along with its regenerative passive. A very good item to pick up for solo lane, especialy when against a guardian or mage.

Greater Purification - This is probably my most used active. I like being able to get out of situations that can kill me, which is one of the reasons I like Sun Wukong in general. A lot of gods have powerful Crowd Control abilities that you definitely don't want to be in. Ymir, Artemis, and Hades are some of the first that come to mind due to how destructive they can be after they CC you.

Wrath of the Gods - Normally the first active I pick up due to its ability to help you clear camps quickly and painlessly, allowing you to get to your lane faster and maintain a longer presence one you're there.

Greater Sprint - As I said, I like being able to get out of sticky situations and this active is definitely capable of that. Although I do prefer Greater Purification, this active can be handy in escaping from gods that are trying to hunt you down when you're at low health.

Teleport to Gods - A very useful item for getting back into the fight or saving a dying teammate. This active will let you teleport to any allied god and let you jump right back into the fray, quite possibly causing the other team to panick when they realize they are no longer up against a lonely, dying god.