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How to Win Karma vs Wukong Counter MatchupKarma is in the b tier of champions

Karma vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Karma in LoLKarma is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Karma

based on 1,083 Karma vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each week. Within our data, Karma faced off against Wukong in 1083 games. With so many games with Karma vs Wukong provides us confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a solid build to smash Wukong. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Karma fights Wukong in only 1.1% of her rounds.

Karma vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Karma has done a average job of countering Wukong. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.7% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Karma versus Wukong games, Karma’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood versus Wukong.

Best Karma vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveLuden's CompanionRedemptionArdent Censer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Karma's passive ability p
Karma's q ability q
Karma's w ability w
Karma's e ability e
Karma's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Wukong

Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.

Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.

When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.

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.

Karma vs Wukong Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Wukong Image
3
< Kills >
6.2
5.5
< Deaths >
5.9
11.9
< Assists >
6.6
0.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
68
< Minions Killed >
92
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.83
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.48
943
< Physical Damage >
14,929
14,143
< Magic Damage >
2,289
767
< True Damage >
886
15,853
< Damage Dealt >
18,104
18,960
< Damage Taken >
30,975
9,322
< Gold Earned >
11,702
1.99
< Towers >
1.93
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
2,820
< Total Healing >
10,194
11,564
< Experience >
13,889
50
< Vision Score >
20
22
< Wards Placed >
7
244
< Time Dealing CC >
131

How to Counter Wukong with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Karma vs. Wukong counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Wukong. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Karma usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Wukong. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Karma and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Wukong

Who is Better, Karma or Wukong?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually fairs equally well when taking on Wukong, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Karma makes an ok counter for Wukong.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when facing one another, Karma also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karma into Wukong.

Additionally, Karma also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Karma vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Karma is a somewhat poor counter to Wukong. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Karma against Wukong.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Karma, we analyzed 1,083 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 Karma 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Karma in order to counter Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Wukong. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Karma versus Wukong build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Wukong than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Karma had an average win rate of 49.7% battling Wukong with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Wukong as Karma, Karma players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Karma vs Wukong matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Wukong as Karma are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.