Wukong vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Wukong
based on 1,661 Wukong vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Wukong vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Wukong vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Wukong
Tips for Playing as Wukong against Maokai
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 Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Wukong vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Wukong in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Wukong vs. Maokai counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Maokai. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Wukong often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Maokai. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Wukong and Maokai
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Who is Better, Wukong or Maokai?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Wukong usually loses when taking on Maokai, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Wukong makes a poor counter for Maokai.
While Wukong does have a lower win rate compared to Maokai, when facing one another, Wukong also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Wukong into Maokai.
Furthermore, Wukong has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Wukong is a terribly counter for Maokai. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Wukong against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Wukong to counter Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Wukong typically accumulates more CS as Maokai. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Wukong versus Maokai build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Wukong used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Maokai than with many other common builds. In fact, Wukong boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when countering Maokai with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Maokai as Wukong, Wukong players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Wukong vs Maokai counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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