Wukong vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Wukong
based on 1,136 Wukong vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Wukong vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Wukong vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Wukong
Tips for Playing as Wukong against Bard
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Advice to Win Against Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Wukong vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Wukong in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Wukong versus Bard matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Bard. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Wukong often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Wukong and Bard
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Who is Better, Wukong or Bard?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Wukong usually fairs equally well when taking on Bard, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Wukong makes an ok counter for Bard.
While Wukong does have a lower winrate compared to Bard, when on opposite teams, Wukong also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Wukong into Bard.
Moreover, Wukong has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Wukong is a somewhat poor counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Wukong against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Wukong to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Wukong typically racks up much more CS as Bard. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Wukong versus Bard build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Bard than with most other common item sets. In fact, Wukong boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Bard with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Bard as Wukong, Wukong players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Wukong vs Bard counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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