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How to Win Illaoi vs Wukong Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Illaoi

based on 799 Illaoi vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
1.49
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. Within our database, Illaoi engaged Wukong 799 times. Having so many matchups for Illaoi vs Wukong gives us faith in our capability to produce useful data and a pro build to shatter Wukong. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Illaoi fights Wukong in only 1.1% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Illaoi does a decent job of beating Wukong. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.1% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Illaoi against Wukong matches, Illaoi’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Wukong.

Best Illaoi vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverSundered Sky

Optional Items

HullbreakerSpirit VisageIceborn GauntletTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upe
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upq
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Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Wukong

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi vs Wukong Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Wukong Image
5.7
< Kills >
6.5
6.9
< Deaths >
6.2
4.6
< Assists >
7
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
196
< Minions Killed >
86
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.87
0.71
< Inhibitors >
0.45
25,971
< Physical Damage >
15,494
874
< Magic Damage >
2,481
450
< True Damage >
1,053
27,296
< Damage Dealt >
19,029
37,753
< Damage Taken >
32,710
12,570
< Gold Earned >
11,858
3.08
< Towers >
1.77
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
9,782
< Total Healing >
10,542
15,887
< Experience >
14,275
17
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
8
506
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Counter Wukong with Illaoi in LoL

The stats provided here feature several valuable Illaoi versus Wukong counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Wukong..

Illaoi usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Wukong. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Illaoi and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Wukong

Who is Better, Illaoi or Wukong?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually wins when trying to fight Wukong, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes a good counter to Wukong.

While Illaoi does have a higher winrate compared to Wukong, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Wukong.

Moreover, Illaoi has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Wukong matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Illaoi is a decent counter for Wukong. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Wukong.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Illaoi, we analyzed 799 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Wukong as Illaoi comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to counter Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi typically picks up more CS relative to Wukong. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Illaoi versus Wukong build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Wukong than with most other common item sets. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when playing against Wukong with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Wukong as Illaoi, Illaoi players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Illaoi vs Wukong counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Illaoi versus Wukong tips and counter builds for a a particular division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions shown are computed using every game run with these champs.