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How to Win Zed vs Wukong Counter MatchupZed is in the b tier of champions

Zed vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Zed in LoLZed is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Zed

based on 1,456 Zed vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League matches that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Wukong as Zed resulted from an examination of 1456 ranked rounds where both champs opposed each other. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Zed encounters Wukong in only 1.1% of his games.

Zed vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zed has done a terrible job of countering Wukong. On average, he wins a lowly 46.6% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Zed versus Wukong games, Zed’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Wukong.

Best Zed vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardThe Brutalizer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightAxiom ArcVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

HubrisProfane HydraYoumuu's GhostbladeSerylda's Grudge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Zed's passive ability p
Zed's q ability q
Zed's w ability w
Zed's e ability e
Zed's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Zed

Tips for Playing as Zed against Wukong

Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.

Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.

Advice to Win Against Wukong

Wukong becomes tougher to kill when surrounded by his enemies. Try to isolate him to gain an advantage.

Wukong will often use Decoy after Nimbus Strike. Try delaying your abilities by a short amount of time to ensure that you're hitting the real Wukong.

Zed vs Wukong Counter Stats

Zed Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Wukong Image
8.3
< Kills >
6.8
6.7
< Deaths >
6
5.4
< Assists >
6.9
1.95
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
156
< Minions Killed >
94
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.88
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.5
21,412
< Physical Damage >
15,913
1,210
< Magic Damage >
2,493
1,202
< True Damage >
1,014
23,825
< Damage Dealt >
19,421
23,463
< Damage Taken >
31,606
12,387
< Gold Earned >
12,103
1.5
< Towers >
2.05
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
3,877
< Total Healing >
10,184
14,645
< Experience >
14,344
18
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
150
< Time Dealing CC >
144

How to Counter Wukong with Zed in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Zed against Wukong counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Wukong..

Zed typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Wukong. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zed and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Zed
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zed
Wukong

Who is Better, Zed or Wukong?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zed usually loses when taking on Wukong, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes a poor counter for Wukong.

While Zed does have a lower winrate compared to Wukong, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Zed into Wukongas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zed has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Zed is a trash counter to Wukong. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Wukong.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zed

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Zed Wins Against

SejuaniSejuani55.1% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateTaliyahTaliyah53.7% winrateSyndraSyndra53.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Zed Players

How We Calculated Our Zed vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Zed, we analyzed 1,456 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 Wukong as Zed 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

To truly master Zed to counter Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zed on average gets more CS as Wukong. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Zed versus Wukong build include Edge of Night, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Wukong than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Wukong with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Wukong as Zed, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Zed vs Wukong face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.

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