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How to Win Karthus vs Wukong Counter MatchupKarthus is in the b tier of champions

Karthus vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Karthus in LoLKarthus is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Karthus

based on 500 Karthus vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League matches each week. Within our data, Karthus battled Wukong 500 times. With so many matchups for Karthus vs Wukong provides us faith in our ability to prepare enlightening data and a solid build to defeat Wukong. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Karthus encounters Wukong in only 1.0% of his matches.

Karthus vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karthus has done a below average job of countering Wukong. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Karthus vs Wukong games, Karthus’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Wukong.

Best Karthus vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Karthus Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Karthus's passive ability p
Karthus's q ability q
Karthus's w ability w
Karthus's e ability e
Karthus's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Karthus

Tips for Playing as Karthus against Wukong

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

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.

Karthus vs Wukong Counter Stats

Karthus Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Wukong Image
7
< Kills >
7.3
7.4
< Deaths >
6.3
9.7
< Assists >
6.7
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
90
< Minions Killed >
94
0.93
< Dragons Killed >
0.92
0.3
< Inhibitors >
0.47
231
< Physical Damage >
15,942
29,664
< Magic Damage >
2,420
2,005
< True Damage >
935
31,901
< Damage Dealt >
19,297
28,970
< Damage Taken >
33,901
12,714
< Gold Earned >
12,411
1.08
< Towers >
1.9
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
8,965
< Total Healing >
11,293
14,949
< Experience >
14,721
20
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
7
214
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Wukong with Karthus in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several valuable Karthus versus Wukong counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Wukong..

Karthus normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Wukong. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Karthus and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Karthus
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karthus
Wukong

Who is Better, Karthus or Wukong?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when trying to fight Wukong, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a poor counter to Wukong.

While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Wukong, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Karthus into Wukongas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Karthus has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Karthus is a bad counter to Wukong. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Wukong.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus

Karthus Loses Against

TaricTaric41.5% winrateMilioMilio42% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench42.1% winrateJannaJanna42.2% winrate

Karthus Wins Against

ZeriZeri52.8% winrateLissandraLissandra52.2% winrateZoeZoe51.9% winrateLuluLulu51.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Karthus Players

How We Calculated Our Karthus vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Karthus, we analyzed 500 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 Karthus 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.

Other Useful Resources

Karthus Build Wukong Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karthus on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Wukong. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Wukong build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Karthus included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Wukong than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 48.0% battling Wukong with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Wukong as Karthus, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Karthus vs Wukong LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.

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