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Best builds in Black Myth WukongFrom early game to endgame, these loadouts make even the toughest Yaoguai cry
From early game to endgame, these loadouts make even the toughest Yaoguai cry
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Looking for the best builds in Black Myth Wukong?With so many weapons, armour pieces, Curios, Gourds, and Spirits to choose from, finding the best combinations isn’t easy. In thisBlack Myth Wukongbuild guide, we’ll show you some of the best options from early game to endgame.
Keep in mind that the possibilities are endless, so feel free to experiment with your build!
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Wind Bear Build
This early game build will make your Cloud Step overpowered. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
What good are the best Black Myth Wukong builds if you can’t obtain them yet? While the other builds on this list are far stronger, thisearly-game buildhas the great advantage of becoming available in Chapter 1. You just need to defeat theWind Bear Guaiin Black Wind Cave to craft the Ebongold Armour, as well as theBlack Wind Kingto obtain Cloud Step.
Spellbinder Build
All you need is high mobility, critical rate, and Mana - lots and lots of Mana. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Since this build works best with the Smash Stance’s charged heavy attacks (more on that below), use the Pilgrim Armour set to increase your damage while sprinting, as well as the Jingubang Staff, which offers a fourth Focus Point. If you haven’t reached endgame yet, you can use any good weapon as a substitute for the Jingubang, but especially the ones offering critical rate. Be sure to upgrade the Pilgrim Armour in the Zodiac Village as you progress - once it’s fully upgraded, you gain the ability to build Focus while sprinting.
As the Spellbinder buildconverts Mana into a damage boost, this is the most important stat. Get additional Mana from the Gore-Eye Daoist Spirit (also offers a useful attack bonus), Thunderflame Seal Curios, and Essence Decoction (medicine). Next, improve your critical rate and critical damage with the Weaver’s Needle Vessel, Keen Insight Relic, Tiger Relic Soak, and the Cat Eye Beads and Beast Buddha Curios. All remaining equipment slots can be used for damage bonuses or Focus gain.
Since you don’t need any Sparks for Spell upgrades, you can spend them on the Spell Binder tree and survival tree, where you should get the maximum attack boost, critical rate, critical damage, and Mana. As mentioned earlier, the Smash Stance works best with this build as it allows you to sprint while charging your heavy attack, thus activating the Pilgrim Armour’s damage bonus. The only downside is that you’ll need to hit the enemy immediately after the sprint ends or the bonus will disappear. You will need the “Force Unbound” Smash Stance passive at the very least, but get more upgrades as you gain more Sparks - “Smashing Force” is also very handy.
Monkey King Build
With this Monkey King build, you never have to worry about critical hit chance ever again. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
As for the remaining equipment slots, prioritizeanything that increases critical rate, such as the Cat Eye Beads Curio and Tiger Relic Soak. Since critical rate is nothing without critical damage, the next priority is to find equipment like the Tiger’s Acolyte Spirit, Weaver’s Needle Vessel, and “Keen Insight” Relic to improve it. If you’ve got any slots left, try to get more Mana and Focus - remember: using Spells and consuming Focus also improves your critical rate. Finally, be sure to max out the critical rate and critical damage “survival” skill trees.
Bull King Build
The strongest build of them all - but it’s New Game+ only. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
This Bull King build capitalizes on the Dark Iron Staff’s passive effect, whichincreases attack power based on your defense. Since it offers more defense than any other set in the game, the obvious choice of armour set is the Bull King’s armour. Besides boosting your damage, the Bull King set will make you incredibly difficult to kill and interrupt (an effect called “Tenacity”). Equipping the full set disables Perfect Dodges but grants Focus and extra defense upon taking damage.
Most of the remaining equipment pieces, including Wandering Wight, Gold Spikeplate, Agate Jar, and Tender Jade Lotus, are used for defense improvements. Any remaining equipment slots can be reserved for better Focus generation (the Amber Prayer Beads Curio and Steel Ginseng Soak) or unlock extra damage bonuses (Gold Button and Breath of Fire). With that much defense to keep you alive, it’s quite safe to pick the Immortal Blessing Gourd for an additional attack bonus at the cost of HP recovery.
While you don’t need to adopt a specificStaff Stancefor this build, be careful not to waste any Sparks on Perfect Dodge-related Stance passives since you won’t be able to use them. I strongly recommend using the Rock Solid Spell to recover Focus and Mana upon successful Deflection. With enough Mana left, you can cast Immobilize together with Pluck of Many and deal massive damage alongside your minions.
Offering amazing damage alongside high survivability, this Black Myth Wukong build is as overpowered as they get. Unfortunately, it suffers from one major issue; you can’t get the materials needed to complete the full weapon and armour set until you’ve slain theBishui Golden-Eyed Beastin Chapter 5 of aNew Game Plusplaythrough, so there’s no viable first-playthrough version of this build.
That concludes this guide to the best builds in Black Myth: Wukong. If you’d like to further improve your build, take a look at thebest weaponsas well as thebest armourin the game. Be sure to pair them with thebest Spiritsand thebest Gourdstoo!
