Akali vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Akali
based on 2,517 Akali vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Wukong
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Wukong
Wukong becomes tougher to kill when surrounded by his enemies. Try to isolate him to gain an advantage.
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.
Akali vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Akali vs. Wukong matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Wukong..
Akali usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Wukong. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Wukong
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Who is Better, Akali or Wukong?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when facing off against Wukong, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a bad counter for Wukong.
While Akali does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Wukongas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Wukong. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually accumulates more CS compared to Wukong. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Akali versus Wukong build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Wukong than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Wukong with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Wukong as Akali, Akali players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Akali vs Wukong counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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