Kalista vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Kalista
based on 381 Kalista vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Wukong
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Kalista versus Wukong matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Wukong..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Wukong. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Wukong
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Who is Better, Kalista or Wukong?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Wukong, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter to Wukong.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when facing one another, Kalista also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Wukongas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista 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 team members during teamfights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Wukong. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Wukong during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically gets more CS as Wukong. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kalista versus Wukong build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Wukong than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when playing against Wukong with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Wukong as Kalista, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kalista vs Wukong counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.
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