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Wukong Matchups and Counters

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Overview

This guide covers Wukong's matchups and how to adapt to them. Riot publishes no matchup statistics, so the matchups below come from the champions' own stats and kits: attack range, starting durability, crowd control and mobility. They describe an advantage on paper, not a measured result.

Strengths

Crowd control: Cyclone applies a knock-up to set up kills.
Sustain from Stone Skin.
High physical damage: Riot rates it 8/10 in attack.

Weaknesses

Falls behind if the early ganks fail: every wasted trip is lost farm.
Predictable if you always play it the same way: adapt your build to the enemy team.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Against physical damageDefensiveRecommendedFor a lane or a team that hits with attacks: armor boots and an armor item in the core.
Against magic damageDefensiveSituationalFor a team that kills with abilities: magic resist boots and a magic resist item in the core.
Against healingDefensiveSituationalFor games against healers, life steal or regeneration: the anti-heal item goes into the core instead of waiting.

Builds

Against physical damage

DefensiveRecommended

Open build

When to use it

For a lane or a team that hits with attacks: armor boots and an armor item in the core.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right

JungleMain100% of matches
TopPriority 2

Jungle priorities

StartRed buff

1Voidgrubs
2Gank top
3Rift Herald
4Scuttle Crab
5Dragons
6Baron Nashor
7Atakhan

Guideline, not a measurement: an early skirmisher starting red side. Take the void grubs and look for ganks while your early damage is ahead, then Herald and dragons.

Starting items

Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Core items

1Black Cleaver
2Trinity Force
3Death's Dance

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Situational

Guardian AngelAgainst heavy physical damage.Mercurial ScimitarAgainst heavy magic damage.Chempunk ChainswordCuts the enemy's healing.

Runes

Primary· Resolve

Secondary· Precision

Shards

Summoner spells

Flash
Smite

Abilities

Stone SkinPassiveWukong gains stacking armor and max health regeneration while fighting champions and monsters.
QCrushing Blow8/7.5/7/6.5/6s20 mpWukong's next attack gains attack range, deals bonus damage, and reduces the target's armor for a few seconds.
Cooldown
8·7.5·7·6.5·6
Cost
20
Range
250·275·300·325·350
WWarrior Trickster22/21/20/19/18s60/55/50/45/40 mpWukong becomes Invisible and dashes in a direction, leaving behind a clone that will attack nearby enemies.
Cooldown
22·21·20·19·18
Cost
60·55·50·45·40
Range
275
ENimbus Strike10/9.25/8.5/7.75/7s30/35/40/45/50 mpWukong dashes to a targeted enemy and sends out images to attack enemies near his target, dealing damage to each enemy struck.
Cooldown
10·9.25·8.5·7.75·7
Cost
30·35·40·45·50
Range
650
RCycloneUltimate130/110/90s100 mpWukong's extends his staff and spins it around repeatedly, gaining Move Speed. Enemies struck take damage and are knocked up.
Cooldown
130·110·90
Cost
100
Range
315

Strategy

1Good matchups

Wukong does well against these:

Master Yi: Master Yi looks for fragile targets to jump on; Wukong is built to take hits and makes that dive costly.
Kayn: Kayn looks for fragile targets to jump on; Wukong is built to take hits and makes that dive costly.
Gwen: Gwen looks for fragile targets to jump on; Wukong is built to take hits and makes that dive costly.

2Tough matchups

Wukong struggles against these:

Fiddlesticks: Wukong has to walk up to start a fight, and Terrify (fear) stops that engage before it lands.
Evelynn: Wukong has to walk up to start a fight, and Allure (charm) stops that engage before it lands.
Amumu: Wukong has to walk up to start a fight, and Bandage Toss (stun) stops that engage before it lands.

3Synergies

Wukong works well alongside these, because their kits fit together:

Xayah: Wukong holds the front line while Xayah deals damage from behind.
Zeri: Wukong holds the front line while Zeri deals damage from behind.
Tristana: Wukong holds the front line while Tristana deals damage from behind.

4Adapting the build

The situational builds in this guide answer specific threats: Against physical damage, Against magic damage and Against healing.

5Playing against Wukong

If you're on the other side, this is what to exploit:

Wukong will often use Decoy after Nimbus Strike. Try delaying your abilities by a short amount of time to ensure that you're hitting the real Wukong.
Wukong becomes tougher to kill when surrounded by his enemies. Try to isolate him to gain an advantage.

Tips

Look at the enemy team before choosing your build: the situational builds below answer the most common threats.
Good matchup: Master Yi. Play forward when you face them.
Tough matchup: Fiddlesticks. Play safer and wait for your team.
Against teams with a lot of dive, save Warrior Trickster for the first jump.
Against slippery heroes, hold Cyclone until their escape is used.

Matchups

Strong against

Master Yi
Master Yi looks for fragile targets to jump on; Wukong is built to take hits and makes that dive costly.
Kayn
Kayn looks for fragile targets to jump on; Wukong is built to take hits and makes that dive costly.
Gwen
Gwen looks for fragile targets to jump on; Wukong is built to take hits and makes that dive costly.

Weak against

Fiddlesticks
Wukong has to walk up to start a fight, and Terrify (fear) stops that engage before it lands.
Evelynn
Wukong has to walk up to start a fight, and Allure (charm) stops that engage before it lands.
Amumu
Wukong has to walk up to start a fight, and Bandage Toss (stun) stops that engage before it lands.