Kayn vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Kayn
based on 1,864 Kayn vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Wukong
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some influential Kayn vs. Wukong matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Wukong..
Kayn usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Wukong. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Wukong
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Who is Better, Kayn or Wukong?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when playing against Wukong, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes a poor counter for Wukong.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Wukong, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Kayn into Wukongas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn 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 teamfights.
Kayn is a garbage counter to Wukong. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often accumulates less CS as Wukong. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Kayn versus Wukong build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Wukong than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing against Wukong with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Wukong as Kayn, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kayn vs Wukong clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.
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