After his rework, the champion Wukong in League of Legends (LoL) is now particularly strong. He is also not allowed to be played in tournaments for now.
Why is the monkey so strong? The champion Wukong has been part of Riot’s MOBA League of Legends for several years. He was released in July 2011. After all these years, it was time to properly overhaul the champion.
In patch 10.6, Wukong received some strong changes on March 17. As a solo player on the top lane, the monkey now has a strong win rate of 57.01%. This is currently the highest win rate in the game (via Op.GG). Generally, the change seems to be well received. Wukong is now seen more often in ranked games.
These strong stats come after he already received the first nerfs through a hotfix just 48 hours after his rework.
Why is Riot Games locking him?
This is what Riot says: Due to the rework, Wukong is being locked for the next phases of the LEC Spring Split 2020. Presumably, this will also affect the LCS of North America, the LCK of South Korea, and the LPL of China. The LEC was just canceled, now the European league LEC is being held online.
Wukong is being locked “so that teams have enough time” to practice with the champion. Additionally, this aims to mitigate risks for the most important matches of a split.
At Riot Games, this is the rule when champions get a rework.
The fact that teams should have more time to practice raises questions. In the comments, a user asks, “I could understand if you said that there is a higher chance of bugs with reworks. But this practice makes no sense to me. I mean, all teams have the same amount of time. So why shouldn’t the one that adapts quickly be able to show that and benefit from it?”
In response, RiotMAXtheX states that this is also an important point that plays a role. This has been discussed with the teams in the past.
While Wukong is now strong, he is not as ridiculously huge as this champion, after a seemingly small buff.
What happens next with Wukong? As DotEsports reports, Wukong is also the target of nerfs in the next patch of LoL. The armor he receives from his passive ability and the damage of his W ability will be reduced.
The LEC will start its matches again today, March 27, at 6 PM. The Schalke 04 team will also be there, set to face G2 Esports at around 8 PM. An ex-star is being blamed for the messed-up season of S04.
