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

Wukong vs Rakan

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

based on 1,232 Wukong vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our database, Wukong did battle with Rakan 1232 times. Using so many matchups for Wukong versus Rakan gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative stats and a supported build to suppress Rakan. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Wukong encounters Rakan in only 3.0% of his games.

Wukong vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Wukong has done a poor job of countering Rakan. On average, he wins a lowly 48.2% of games the champs fight one another in. In Wukong versus Rakan rounds, Wukong’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Wukong vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Wukong Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinMaw of MalmortiusEclipseBlack 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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Rakan as Wukong

Tips for Playing as Wukong against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Wukong vs Rakan Counter Stats

Wukong Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Rakan Image
6.3
< Kills >
1.6
5.8
< Deaths >
5.1
6.8
< Assists >
14.5
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
93
< Minions Killed >
31
0.82
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.5
15,077
< Physical Damage >
1,206
2,329
< Magic Damage >
5,014
969
< True Damage >
736
18,376
< Damage Dealt >
6,956
29,947
< Damage Taken >
19,854
11,617
< Gold Earned >
8,290
1.94
< Towers >
1.83
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,665
< Total Healing >
5,925
13,629
< Experience >
10,354
21
< Vision Score >
65
7
< Wards Placed >
31
140
< Time Dealing CC >
169

How to Counter Rakan with Wukong in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Wukong against Rakan counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rakan. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Wukong usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Rakan. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Wukong and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Wukong
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Wukong
Rakan

Who is Better, Wukong or Rakan?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Wukong usually loses when taking on Rakan, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Wukong makes a poor counter to Rakan.

While Wukong does have a lower winrate than Rakan, when on opposite teams, Wukong also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Wukong into Rakan.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Wukong is a somewhat poor counter to Rakan. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Wukong against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Wukong

Wukong Loses Against

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Wukong Wins Against

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

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Additional Information for Wukong Players

How We Calculated Our Wukong vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Wukong, we analyzed 1,232 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 Rakan 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

Wukong Build Rakan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Wukong in order to counter Rakan during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Wukong often picks up more CS relative to Rakan. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Wukong versus Rakan build consist of Ravenous Hydra, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Rakan than with many other common builds. In fact, Wukong had an average winrate of 48.2% battling Rakan with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Rakan as Wukong, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Wukong vs Rakan LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.

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