Malphite vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Malphite
based on 1,659 Malphite vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Wukong
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Malphite vs. Wukong matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Wukong..
Malphite normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Wukong. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Wukong
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Who is Better, Malphite or Wukong?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when taking on Wukong, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a great counter for Wukong.
While Malphite does have a much higher winrate than Wukong, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Wukong.
Moreover, Malphite also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Wukong matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malphite is a great counter to Wukong. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Wukong during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often picks up more CS as Wukong. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Malphite versus Wukong build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Wukong than with many other common builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against Wukong with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Wukong as Malphite, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Malphite vs Wukong counters, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.
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