This is a list of the best builds to use in Black Myth: Wukong. Check out all the best builds you should use, as well as the weapons, armour, items, and spells that you'll need!

Best Black Myth: Wukong Builds

Note!	These builds are only a general outline of what you'll want to use. You should always tailor your builds to your play style and to deal with the enemies and bosses you'll be facing.

Defense Build

Defense Build Equipment
Weapon	Dark Iron Staff Adept Spine-Shooting Fuban Staff Jingubang
Headgear	Bull King's Mask Golden Feng-Tail Crown (Common)
Body	Bull King's Shan Wen Armor Gold Suozi Armor (Common)
Arms	Bull King's Bracers Dian-Cui Loong-Soaring Bracers (Common)
Legs	Bull King's Greaves Lotus Silk Cloudtreaders (Common)
Spirit	Wandering Wight Flint Chief
Curios	Gold Spikeplate Agate Jar Boshan Censer
Gourd	Supreme Gourd
Drinks	Monkey Brew
Soaks	Purple-Veined Peach Pit Bee Mountain Stone Flower Primes Laurel Buds Iron Pellet
Spells	Ring of Fire / Spell Binder Rock Solid Azure Dust A Pluck of Many

Build Explanation

This is a defensive build that uses items and equipment that heavily boosts your Defense stat. Even though this is a more defensive build, it can still do massive amounts of damage once you have the Dark Iron Staff, since it increases your Attack based on your Defense stat.

The Bull King's set is obtained after beating the Chapter 5 Secret Area. However, you won't have enough materials needed to complete the set, so you'll have to replay the game on New Game+ for the full set, including the staff.

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Weapon Explanation

The best weapon for this build by far is the Dark Iron Staff since it increases your Attack based on how much Defense you have. However, this is a New Game+ exclusive weapon, so you can use the Jingubang staff in the meantime.

Also, you can use the Adept Spine-Shooting Fuban Staff for heals whenever you hit with a Heavy Attack. It synergizes incredibly well with the Bull King's Mask since it grants you Focus whenever you're hit or staggered.

List of Weapons and Staff Upgrades

Armor Explanation

By far the best Armor set for this build is the Bull King's Armor Set. This is because it has incredibly high base Defense, and it also gives you even more Defense anytime you get hit.

Although, once you get to New Game+++ and can activate every single Relic Perk, the Fortune's Favor Set becomes significantly better due to it giving the highest Defense in the game!

List of Armor Sets and Effects

Spirit Explanation

One of the best Spirits to use for this build is the Wandering Wight since it gives you a passive Defense boost, and it has a powerful active if you can hit it. Optionally, you can use any other Spirit that you prefer, like the Flint Chief for a pseudo-Rock Solid active.

List of All Spirits

Curios Explanation

The Curios listed above offer a great amount of safety thanks to the Defense and Damage Reduction they give. Just remember that you can also swap some of them out with Bane Resistance Curios depending on the enemies or boss you're fighting.

List of All Curios

Gourd, Drinks, and Soaks Explanation

The best Gourd and Drink combo is the usual Supreme Gourd and Monkey Brew combination. However, the Drink can be improved into the Jade Dew once you get the extra Awakened Wine Worms needed in New Game+.

As for the Soaks, the most important ones are the Flower Primes and Purple-Veined Peach Pit for status removal and increased healing at low HP respectively. Besides that, you can use whatever Soaks you prefer, like the Bee Mountain Stone for potentially free drinks.

List of All Drinks and Soaks

Spells Explanation

The recommended spells for this build are Ring of Fire, Rock Solid, and Azure Dust since they provide a lot of safety to help whittle down the boss. However, you can also use the more offensive option of Spell Binder if you wish.

It should be mentioned that you can also use Life-Saving Strand over A Pluck of Many if you prefer, but this build is already very defense-heavy, so you won't likely need the free revive.

List of All Spells

Balanced Build

Balanced Build Equipment
Weapon	Jingubang
Headgear	Golden Feng-Tail Crown
Body	Gold Suozi Armor
Arms	Dian-Cui Loong-Soaring Bracers
Legs	Lotus Silk Cloudtreaders
Spirit	Apramana Bat Non-Void Mother of Flamlings
Curios	Celestial Birthstone Fragment Agate Jar Boshan Censer
Gourd	Supreme Gourd
Drinks	Monkey Brew
Soaks	Flower Primes Bee Mountain Stone Slumbering Beetle Husk
Spells	Immobilize Cloud Step Azure Dome A Pluck of Many

Build Explanation

This build caters to a more balanced playstyle with an increase in most of the major stats thanks to the Heaven's Equal set. It also speeds up your Spell Cooldowns whenever you crit, making it great for constantly using your Transformation Spells.

However, this build is only achievable in Chapter 6 since the Armor set and Weapon are obtained during the main story. Before then, you can use your strongest equipment in the meantime.

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Weapon Explanation

The weapon used for this build is the Jingubang. This is because it's a generally well-balanced weapon, and is required to activate the 5-piece set for the Heaven's Equal set. This is important because it reduces your spell cooldowns, allowing for more Transformations.

Do note that there are other Mythical Tier weapons in New Game+, so you can use them instead if you don't need to cooldown bonus.

List of Weapons and Staff Upgrades

Armor Explanation

This build makes use of the Heaven's Equal set to give passive stat bonuses, along with a Crit Chance boost and spell Cooldown Reduction. This is to make use of

Alternatively, you could use an Immortal Blessing Gourd for an attack increase, but you'll have lower Health recovery. Also, you can freely replace any of the Spirits, Curios, Soaks, and Spells with any other options that you prefer.

List of Armor Sets and Effects

Spirit Explanation

The Spirits recommended for this build are the Apramana Bat, Non-Void, and Mother of Flamlings. Mother of Flamlings is the best option since it further enhances to Cooldown Reduction of this build, but you can also use Apramana Bat for freezing and Non-Void for evasion on a relatively low cooldown.

List of All Spirits

Curios Explanation

The Curios used on this build are the Agate Jar and Boshan Censer for Defense and Damage Reduction, as well as the Celestial Birthstone Fragment so that you can use whichever Transformation you wish without having to worry about enemy resistances.

List of All Curios

Gourd, Drinks, and Soaks Explanation

The generally best Gourd and Drink combination is the Supreme Gourd and Monkey Brew. However, there is an upgraded version of the Monkey Brew, but it requires Awaken Wine Worms from New Game+ since you won't have enough on your first playthrough.

As for the Soaks, it's recommended to use the Flower Primes to remove status effects, the Bee Mountain Stone for occasional free Gourd uses, and the Slumbering Beelte Husk for even more spell cooldown reduction.

List of All Drinks and Soaks

Spells Explanation

The spells used for this build are the basic combination of Immobilize and Cloud Step since they can be used both offensively and defensively. As for the Transformation, the best one is Azure Dome, however, this can only be obtained after beating the game and clearing Chapter 3's Secret Area.

As for the final spell, you'll only have access to A Pluck of Many until you get to New Game+, where you get Life-Saving Strand. Once you get to NG+, you can choose between the two depending if you prefer increased damage and distractions or an auto-revive respectively.

List of All Spells

Offensive (Self-Poisoning) Build

Offensive Build Equipment
Weapon	Jingubang Tri-Point Double-Edged Spear
Headgear	Centipede Hat of Transcendence
Body	Centipede Qiang-Jin Armor
Arms	Centipede Spiked Armguard
Legs	Centipede Gaiters of Transcendence
Spirit	Elder Amourworm
Curios	Tiger Tally Tiger Tendon Belt White Seashell Waist Chain
Gourd	Supreme Gourd
Drinks	Monkey Brew Loong Balm
Soaks	Deathstinger Bee Mountain Stone
Spells	Spell Binder

Build Explanation

This is an offence focused build that utilizes the self-poisoning property of the Deathstinger to activate the Centipede armour set's 4-piece bonus. This build is ideal for players who are good at dodging attacks and want to focus purely on offensive pressure.

However, this build is extremely reliant on the Deathstinger Soak since it's the main way to poison yourself. It's obtained from defeating the Scorpion Prince Spirit in the Verdure Bridge area during Chapter 4.

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Weapon Explanation

The best weapons for this build are the Jingubang or the Tri-Point Double-Edged Spear. However, there are other Mythical Tier Staves when you get to New Game+, so you can also use those if you wish.

List of Weapons and Staff Upgrades

Armor Explanation

This build requires you to use the Centipede Armor Set since the 4-piece set bonus is what gives you the increased damage while poisoned. Make sure that you upgrade this Armor set to increase each piece's defense bonus.

List of Armor Sets and Effects

Spirit Explanation

The best Spirit for this build is the Elder Amourworm since it increases your Crit Chance while poisoned, providing further synergy for this build. However, if there's a Spirit that has a stronger active effect that you prefer using, you can always use that instead.

List of All Spirits

Curios Explanation

The Curios listed above are used to give more Attack for this build. However, if there are other Curios that you prefer using, like more defensive or utility-based ones, then you can use those instead.

List of All Curios

Gourd, Drinks, and Soaks Explanation

As usual, Supreme Gourd is recommended because it gives the most amount of drink uses. As for the Drinks, Monkey Brew and its last upgrade gives the highest amount of healing, while Loong Balm gives even more Attack for this build.

As mentioned earlier, the only required Soak for this build is the Deathstinger Soak so that you can poison yourself and activate this build's buffs. Besides that, you can use any other Curio you wish, like the Bee Mountain Stone for potentially free drinks.

List of All Drinks and Soaks

Spell Explanation

The only recommended spell to use is Spell Binder due to it heavily increasing your offensive pressure. However, this prevents you from using your other Spells, Spirit, and Vessel.

If you want to still use spells with this build, you can opt for the more offensive spell combination of Immobilize, Cloud Step, A Pluck of Many, and Azure Dome if you wish.

List of All Spells

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