Wukong ARAM Mayhem Build

The Monkey King. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #31 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21FighterTankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.8%
Pick rate: 6.4%
Rank: #31 of 173
Games: 1,480,687
Patch: 26.21

How to play Wukong in ARAM Mayhem

Wukong is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #31 of 173 champions, with a 51.8% win rate over 1,480,687 games. Riot rates it 3/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

73% of Wukong's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 49,995 damage per game and mitigates another 58,323, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The Bruiser build, bruiser items that mix damage and health, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger, with a 51.7% win rate over 339,247 games. On this build 45% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Wukong are Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and Ultra Hydra. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip It's Killing Time and Snowblast when you can: they do worst on Wukong. A pair to look for: Armored Impact with The Boom and the Bass.

Take Flash and Mark (96% of players). Max Q (Crushing Blow) first, then E, then W.

Wukong ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Wukong game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Bruiser build · top ranked

51.7% win rate · 28% of Wukong games · 339,247 games

Start

Long Sword
Guardian's Blade

Core items, in buying order

Hubris
Death's Dance
Endless Hunger

Boots on the Bruiser build for Wukong, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	23%
Plated Steelcaps	6%
No boots	45%

Situational, after the core

Lord Dominik's Regards13% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean4% buy it
The Collector2% buy it
Axiom Arc3% buy it
Infinity Edge4% buy it
Mortal Reminder13% buy it

Other build paths

Other Wukong build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, Axiom Arc, Death's Dance	8.9%	51.4%
APLich Bane, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap	0.5%	43.9%
TankHeartsteel, Unending Despair, Warmog's Armor	15.4%	51.4%
CritHubris, The Collector, Infinity Edge	8.2%	49.9%

Games: the share of all Wukong games that went this way.

Most bought items

Death's Dance49% of games
Heartsteel29% of games
Hubris29% of games
Sundered Sky29% of games
Mercury's Treads27% of games
The Collector23% of games
Trinity Force22% of games
Endless Hunger15% of games
Warmog's Armor14% of games
Black Cleaver14% of games

Best augments for Wukong

Every card with enough Wukong games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Wukong's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Wukong

11 S tier and 32 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Wukong in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier S	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier S	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
BONK!	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities empowered by selected ability deal an additional 30% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Upgrade Ravenous Hydra	Gold	Tier A	Your spell hits trigger Cleave against enemies. Increase Ravenous Hydra's Life Steal to 20% Gain 500 Gold.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Stats!	Silver	Tier A	Gain 2 Stat Anvils!
Blade Waltz	Prismatic	Tier A	Makes you untargetable while you dash at and deal (30–150 (by level) +10% Bonus Attack Damage+6% Ability Power) damage to enemies 8 times…

Average on Wukong
57 cards, best first

Below average on Wukong
33 cards, best first

Weakest on Wukong
11 cards, best first

Best first augment for Wukong

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Wukong's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra and The Boom and the Bass come out on top.

The best augments for Wukong in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Ultra HydraTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
3	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Shadow RunnerTier S
4	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Back To BasicsTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Wukong, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark96% of players · 51.9% win rate
Flash + Ghost3% of players · 50.1% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 49.9% win rate

Skill order

QCrushing Blow
ENimbus Strike
WWarrior Trickster

Max Q first. 80% of players use this order (53.0% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Wukong in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 13.1 / 12.3 / 22.3
KDA: 3.14
Damage to champions: 37,790
Damage taken: 49,995
Self-mitigated: 58,323
Healing on allies: 2
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 13 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 16:37

Damage type

Physical 73%Magic 20%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Wukong build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Bruiser build first for Wukong: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Wukong in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Wukong, best first: Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass, Ultra Hydra, Mad Scientist and Weapon of Destiny. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Wukong good in ARAM Mayhem?

Wukong is tier A on patch 26.21, #31 of 173 champions, with a 51.8% win rate over 1.5 million games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Wukong in ARAM Mayhem?

For Wukong's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra, The Boom and the Bass, Upgrade Immolate and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Fighters in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Wukong counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.