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Wukong Ascension

Wukong Expert

Ascension

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Recently streams high GS Wukong/Sage (~930-938 GS) grinding/mining content

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Wukong

Wukong Ascension

Tankiness 5/10
Comfort Medium/High
AoE Large

PvE Combo Guide

Standard Loopable Combo

Always stay in Fighting Buddha State in PvE.

PvE Rotation

  1. W + C
    Upheaval
  2. S + C
    Tormenting Spike
  3. Shift + C
    Heaven's Pivot
  4. C
    Unleashed: Tusita's Gourd
  5. Space
    It Ain't Over Yet!
  6. LMB
    Once Again!
  7. LMB
    Right Through You!
  8. S + RMB
    Pierce Through!
  9. S + LMB
    Extend Longer!
  10. W + RMB
    Hold It Right There!
  11. Shift + LMB
    Crush to Bits!
  12. LMB
    Ignite!
  13. Space
    It Ain't Over Yet!
  14. S + F
    Stretch Further!
  15. Shift + F
    Scorch It All!
  16. LMB
    Once Again!
  17. LMB
    Right Through You!

Repeat

Single Target

Whenever you fight a single target, use Once Again! into Right Through You! whenever possible (every 3 seconds). It deals incredibly high single-target damage, but its AoE is non-existent.

  1. LMB
    Once Again!
  2. Shift + X
    Right Through You!Every 3 seconds

Movement

Class Mobility

Movement Between Packs

  1. Shift + WASD
    Missed Me!
  2. W + C
    Upheaval
  3. W + F
    Smash 'em Flat!
  4. Shift + Space
    Flying Nimbus
  5. Shift + Q
    Impale Through!
  6. LMB
    Buddha's FingerRight after Impale Through!
  7. Space
    It Ain't Over Yet!

Repositioning in Packs

Cancel Missed Me! with It Ain't Over Yet!:

  1. Shift + WASD
    Missed Me!
  2. Space
    It Ain't Over Yet!Cancels Missed Me!

Or go from Impale Through! into Hold It Right There! or Smash 'em Flat!:

  1. Shift + Q
    Impale Through!
  2. W + RMB / W + F
    Hold It Right There!/Smash 'em Flat!

I-Frames

  1. Shift + WASD
    Missed Me!
  2. Shift + E
    Monkey See, Monkey Do
  3. Space
    It Ain't Over Yet!
  4. Shift + Z
    Soaring Nimbus

Build Notes

Class Specifics

Fighting Buddha State

To enter it, absorb 4 hits with Drain: Tusita's Gourd (2 casts if you are not fighting a 1 HP enemy), then use Fighting Buddha.

  1. C
    Drain: Tusita's GourdAbsorb 4 hits
  2. Q
    Fighting BuddhaOnce the gourd is full

Skills to Lock

  1. RMB
    To Shreds You Say?!Not strictly required. Anywhere you would use it, LMB (Once Again!) gives similar or better results.
  2. F
    Move Outta My Way!In large-scale fights, lock it to reduce the chance of being hit-stunned out of W + F (Smash 'em Flat!).
  3. LMB
    Ignite!Lock it in PvP. It is extremely good in PvE, so keep it unlocked there.

Skill Enhancements

  1. Right Through You!
    Lv. 56
  2. Soaring Nimbus
    Lv. 57
  3. Drain: Tusita's Gourd
    Lv. 58

Skill Add-ons

Class Addons

Hold It I

Leap towards your foe and bring your pole crashing down upon their crown.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction +20 for 15 sec
  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec

Crush I

Envelop your pole in Do energy and bring it down with unrelenting force.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target
  • Instantly recover 35 HP per target

Scorch I

Spin with fiery momentum and sweep your pole wide, burning through enemy ranks.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
  • Instantly recover 35 HP per target

It Ain't Over I

Instantly narrow the distance with your foe to sweep low.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Back Attack damage +5% for 5 sec
  • Critical Hit Damage +5% for 5 sec

Tormenting Spike I

Thicken your pole with karmic burden and smash the ground in a strike that pierces the soul, suffering made manifest.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • Critical Hit Rate +30% for 12 sec
  • All Damage Reduction -20 for 10 sec to target

Upheaval I

Ascend in righteous fury and plunge your weighted pole down.

Skill Add-on Effect

  • All Damage Reduction +20 for 15 sec
  • Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 12 sec

Change Log

October 8, 2026

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Unified the level-based base stats (Max HP, HP Recovery, All AP, All Damage Reduction and All Evasion) for every class. Class-specific stat differences now come from a new passive skill learned automatically at Lv. 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70.All classes

  • All

    Added the common skill Godslayer: Force Palm (Lv. 60+). Its Secret Book is obtained at A Freesword's Hearth in Voidekaia after finishing the Inner Edania main quests.All classes

September 23, 2026

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Extend Longer!: Can now combo from the Magnus skill Strike 'Em!.

August 27, 2026

 3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Strike 'Em!: New Abyssal skill: a brief Invincible parry that deals damage together with a shadow. Unlock via the Magnus questline, Abyssal Veins - Balenos knowledge and [The Magnus] Abyssal Revelation (or the Heidel Skill Instructor).

  • All

    Fighting Buddha, Move Outta My Way!, To Shreds You Say?!, Once Again!: All AP buff: Fighting Buddha +30 → +22; Move Outta My Way! / To Shreds You Say?! / Once Again! +24 → +22. PvP ratios of most skills raised about 3% to offset.

  • All

    Taste This!: Can now combo into Again!.

August 13, 2026

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Black Spirit: Tormenting Spike: Fixed some attack 2 damage not applying (III).

May 14, 2026

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fighting Buddha: Fixed repeating the entry motion instead of leaving the state in some cases.

April 30, 2026

 5 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Scorch It All!: Normal and Fighting Buddha: Stun on the first and last attacks; cooldown 8 → 10 sec.

  • All

    Heaven's Pivot: Fighting Buddha version: cooldown 13 → 8 sec (Add-on tier 3 → 2), smoother combos.

  • All

    To Shreds You Say?!, Move Outta My Way!, Once Again!: All AP buff outside Fighting Buddha +16 → +24.

  • PvP

    Extend Longer!, Tormenting Spike: Extend Longer! (both states): Knockback now PvE only, faster. Tormenting Spike (both states): Bound now also applies in PvP.

  • All

    Golden Gaze: Incomplete, Monkey See, Monkey Do: Golden Gaze: Incomplete All Evasion +16 → +28. Monkey See, Monkey Do: Stamina 300 → 500, cooldown 60 → 30 sec.

February 26, 2026

 3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Celestial Nectar: Wukong's Hair now triggers from Tusita's Gourd and Impale in Fighting Buddha and summons a shadow on Stretch or Hold It (Stiffness, extra damage). The power-pole dash works without Hair and can chain on hits (off if Celestial Nectar is locked).

  • All

    Tormenting Spike, Upheaval, Heaven's Pivot: Always summon a shadow, with or without Wukong's Hair.

  • PvP

    Pierce!, Extend!: Knockback now also in PvP in normal state, matching Fighting Buddha.

February 12, 2026

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Removed "Extra Damage to Guard Gauge" (including Extra Fixed Damage to Guard Gauge) from all skills.All classes

December 4, 2025

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Extend!, Pierce!: Extend!: Super Armor → Forward Guard for the whole skill (both states) and about 6% faster turning in normal state. Pierce!: Forward Guard now lasts the whole skill in Fighting Buddha.

  • PvP

    Normal-state PvP damage raised: Move Outta My Way! 31.98% → 37.13%, To Shreds You Say?! 31.73% → 41.9%, Stretch Further! 33.18% → 37.53%, Smash 'em Flat! 31.82% → 38.2%, Hold It Right There! 37.53% → 45.2%, Pierce Through! 26.45% → 27.6%, Explode 'em All! 28.02% → 34.34%, Extend Longer! 27.87% → 30.87%, Scorch It All! 25.41% → 27.99%, Impale Through! 28.15% → 32.52%, It Ain't Over Yet! 27.98% → 35.67%, Once Again! 23.91% → 25.1%.

October 30, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Fixed some Black Spirit's Rage skills (Scorch It All!, Upheaval III) being usable after locking them.

October 23, 2025

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Gotcha!: Targets are thrown about 25% less far, Knockdown hit range about 25% larger; fixed targets sometimes standing up too fast.

  • All

    Stretch!, Impale!: Fixed Down Attack not applying in Fighting Buddha.

October 16, 2025

 1 change
Official patch notes
  • All

    Tormenting Spike: Fixed a "Miss" indicator in Fighting Buddha.

September 18, 2025

 2 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Celestial Nectar, Heaven's Pivot, It Ain't Over!: Locking Celestial Nectar now stops the Hair dash on hit (shadows still appear). Heaven's Pivot Super Armor lasts until just before the finish. It Ain't Over! in Fighting Buddha moves a fixed distance and turns with the camera like normal state.

  • All

    Black Spirit: Upheaval: Fixed Dismount/Injury not applying from Black Spirit's Rage skills and Upheaval's Evasion buff applying to others; smoother airborne fall.

September 4, 2025

 3 changes
Official patch notes
  • All

    Rabam skills added: Lv. 56 Right Through You! / Taste This!; Lv. 57 Behind You! / Soaring Nimbus; Lv. 58 Drain: Tusita's Gourd / Fighting Buddha: Incomplete. New Black Spirit's Rage skills: Black Spirit: Buddha's Finger, Black Spirit: Upheaval, Black Spirit: Scorch It All!.

  • All

    Hold It!, Scorch!, Buddha's Finger: Hold It!: PvP Stiffness removed, moves farther (normal +35.5%, Fighting Buddha +15.8%, also on Flying Nimbus). Scorch!: first-hit Stun now PvP only; last-hit Stun removed in Fighting Buddha. Buddha's Finger works with LMB in the air even while holding W.

  • All

    Again!: Fixed Power Pole Mastery coming out instead after some Ignite! combos in Fighting Buddha.

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Wukong

  • Awakening Weapon TalentJade Pillar
  • Combat StyleMelee

Through Tripitaka's trials, Wukong reawakens his true power, breaking limits and reaching new realms of mastery.
In dire moments, he drinks the Celestials' nectar from his gourd, unleashing explosive inner force.
His shape-shifting pole strikes with unpredictable fury, each blow wreathed in karmic flame.
Riding the Flying Nimbus, Wukong descends: war incarnate, fear in his wake.

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