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How to Win Maokai vs Wukong Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Maokai

based on 1,661 Maokai vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.72
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Wukong as Maokai resulted from an analysis of 1661 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Maokai is forced to battle against Wukong in only 1.1% of his games.

Maokai vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Maokai does a good job of beating Wukong. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.3% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Maokai against Wukong rounds, Maokai’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Wukong.

Best Maokai vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateFrozen HeartTrailblazerSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
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W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Wukong as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Wukong

Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.

Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.

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.

Maokai vs Wukong Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Wukong Image
2.8
< Kills >
6.4
5.7
< Deaths >
5.9
12.7
< Assists >
7
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
47
< Minions Killed >
91
0.26
< Dragons Killed >
0.81
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,663
< Physical Damage >
15,799
11,405
< Magic Damage >
2,447
979
< True Damage >
1,006
14,048
< Damage Dealt >
19,253
28,713
< Damage Taken >
30,965
9,322
< Gold Earned >
11,737
1.51
< Towers >
1.92
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.18
9,255
< Total Healing >
10,165
11,314
< Experience >
13,763
47
< Vision Score >
21
19
< Wards Placed >
7
417
< Time Dealing CC >
133

How to Counter Wukong with Maokai in LoL

The stats shown here show some significant Maokai versus Wukong matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Wukong. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Maokai often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Wukong. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Wukong

Who is Better, Maokai or Wukong?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Wukong, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Wukong.

While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Wukong, when facing one another, Maokai also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Wukong.

Additionally, Maokai also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Maokai is a good counter for Wukong. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Wukong.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

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Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Maokai, we analyzed 1,661 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 Maokai 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

Maokai Build Wukong Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai on average picks up less CS compared to Wukong. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Maokai versus Wukong build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Wukong than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 52.3% when countering Wukong with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Wukong as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Maokai vs Wukong matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.

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