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How to Win Wukong vs Graves Counter MatchupWukong is in the b tier of champions

Wukong vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Wukong in LoLWukong is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Wukong

based on 1,886 Wukong vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. In our dataset, Wukong battled Graves 1886 times. With so many matchups for Wukong vs Graves gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare informative data and a supported build to shatter Graves. This particular counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Wukong is forced to battle against Graves in only 4.5% of his matches.

Wukong vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Wukong does a poor job of countering Graves. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.4% of games the champions fight one another in. In Wukong vs Graves games, Wukong’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Graves.

Best Wukong vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSheen

Core Wukong Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageEclipseSpear of ShojinBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Wukong's passive ability p
Wukong's q ability q
Wukong's w ability w
Wukong's e ability e
Wukong's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Graves as Wukong

Tips for Playing as Wukong against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Wukong vs Graves Counter Stats

Wukong Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Graves Image
6.5
< Kills >
7
5.8
< Deaths >
5.9
6.4
< Assists >
7
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
92
< Minions Killed >
53
0.85
< Dragons Killed >
1.57
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.48
15,079
< Physical Damage >
17,202
2,349
< Magic Damage >
826
917
< True Damage >
1,603
18,345
< Damage Dealt >
19,632
30,575
< Damage Taken >
29,997
11,749
< Gold Earned >
12,723
1.93
< Towers >
1.68
0.2
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
9,973
< Total Healing >
13,957
13,863
< Experience >
14,422
21
< Vision Score >
24
7
< Wards Placed >
6
128
< Time Dealing CC >
501

How to Counter Graves with Wukong in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several strategic Wukong against Graves counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Graves..

Wukong usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Wukong and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Wukong
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Wukong
Graves

Who is Better, Wukong or Graves?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Wukong usually loses when taking on Graves, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Wukong makes a poor counter to Graves.

While Wukong does have a lower winrate compared to Graves, when on opposite teams, Wukong also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Wukong into Graves.

Furthermore, Wukong also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Wukong is a somewhat poor counter for Graves. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Wukong against Graves.

Other Champion Matchups Against Wukong

Wukong Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.3% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44.5% winrateRyzeRyze44.6% winrateAzirAzir44.9% winrate

Wukong Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57% winrateRenektonRenekton56.8% winrateQuinnQuinn55.5% winrateLuluLulu55% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Wukong Players

How We Calculated Our Wukong vs Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Wukong, we analyzed 1,886 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 Graves as Wukong 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Wukong in order to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather 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 closer to League of Legends pro players.

Wukong on average racks up more CS compared to Graves. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Wukong versus Graves build include Trinity Force, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Graves than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Wukong boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Graves with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Graves as Wukong, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Wukong vs Graves LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.

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