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How to Synergize Wukong with Illaoi on the Same TeamWukong is in the b tier of champions

Wukong with Illaoi

How to Win With Wukong and Illaoi Paired TogetherWukong is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Wukong and Illaoi

based on 550 Wukong with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each week. Wukong has been on the same team as Illaoi in 550 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data directly from the makers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Wukong play with Illaoi. It is very rare for Wukong to play alongside Illaoi on the same side. This has only happened in approximately 1.3% of matches with Wukong.

Wukong Illaoi Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Wukong does a below average job of playing alongside Illaoi. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.1% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Wukong when fighting on the same team as Illaoi by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Wukong vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Wukong Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Ravenous HydraExperimental HexplateBlack CleaverMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
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
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Q
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Wukong and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Wukong with Illaoi

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 Understand How Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Wukong Illaoi Synergy Stats

Wukong Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Illaoi Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.5
5.9
< Deaths >
5.9
6.7
< Assists >
6.7
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
50
< Minions Killed >
90
1.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.86
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.47
13,586
< Physical Damage >
15,232
2,265
< Magic Damage >
2,380
933
< True Damage >
961
16,784
< Damage Dealt >
18,574
31,284
< Damage Taken >
30,849
11,542
< Gold Earned >
11,794
1.55
< Towers >
1.92
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
11,569
< Total Healing >
10,036
13,343
< Experience >
13,933
23
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
7
159
< Time Dealing CC >
133

How to Play with Illaoi as Wukong in LoL

The Wukong Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Wukong sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Illaoi helps Wukong perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Wukong is paired with Illaoi, he sees a moderate decrease in his full damage output. This could indicate that Illaoi doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Wukong is played alongside Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Illaoi.

Additionally, when Wukong plays with Illaoi on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Illaoi does a poor job of protecting Wukong during team fights.

Synergies between Wukong and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Wukong
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Wukong
Illaoi

Is Wukong better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no perfect synergy for Wukong that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Illaoi is a very typical ally for Wukong. By playing on the same side as Wukong, she drops their win rate by -0.3% to 49.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong synergy between Wukong and Illaoi that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Illaoi has a greater difficulty than Wukong. That means you must be cautious when finding Illaoi teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Wukong players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by aligning Wukong and Illaoi together, you will not be giving your side much magic damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Illaoi ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Wukong Players

How We Calculated Our Wukong Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Wukong and Illaoi, we analyzed 550 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Wukong with Illaoi comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Wukong in order to synergize with Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Wukong and Illaoi synergy build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Illaoi than with many other common builds. In fact, Wukong boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing alongside Illaoi with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Wukong players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Wukong and Illaoi pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.

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