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

Wukong vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Wukong in LoLWukong is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Wukong

based on 432 Wukong vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Taliyah as Wukong resulted from an evaluation of 432 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This matchup is relatively rare. Wukong is forced to battle against Taliyah in only 1.0% of his games.

Wukong vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Wukong has done a awful job of countering Taliyah. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.3% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Wukong versus Taliyah rounds, Wukong’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Wukong vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Wukong Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Experimental HexplateBlack CleaverRavenous Hydra

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
8
E
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Q
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Wukong

Tips for Playing as Wukong against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Wukong vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Wukong Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Taliyah Image
6.7
< Kills >
6.6
6.5
< Deaths >
6.6
6.6
< Assists >
9.3
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
94
< Minions Killed >
133
0.89
< Dragons Killed >
0.48
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.52
15,357
< Physical Damage >
799
2,447
< Magic Damage >
22,816
978
< True Damage >
1,206
18,783
< Damage Dealt >
24,822
32,665
< Damage Taken >
21,926
12,040
< Gold Earned >
12,702
1.68
< Towers >
1.86
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
10,322
< Total Healing >
4,273
14,270
< Experience >
14,943
22
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
10
128
< Time Dealing CC >
577

How to Counter Taliyah with Wukong in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several valuable Wukong against Taliyah counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..

Wukong usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Wukong and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Wukong
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Wukong
Taliyah

Who is Better, Wukong or Taliyah?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Wukong usually loses when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Wukong makes a poor counter to Taliyah.

While Wukong does have a lower win rate than Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Wukong also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Wukong into Taliyah.

Moreover, Wukong also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a much lower 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 trash counter to Taliyah. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Wukong against Taliyah.

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 Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Wukong, we analyzed 432 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 Taliyah 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 Taliyah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Wukong to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Wukong often racks up a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Wukong versus Taliyah build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Taliyah than with most other common item sets. In fact, Wukong had an average win rate of 46.3% when playing against Taliyah with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Taliyah 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Wukong vs Taliyah LoL games, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.3% winrate overall.

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