Wukong with Taric
How to Synergize Wukong and Taric
based on 372 Wukong with Taric pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Wukong Taric Synergy Summary
Best Wukong vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Wukong and Taric
Tips for Playing as Wukong with Taric
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 Taric Will Play
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Wukong Taric Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taric as Wukong in LoL
The Wukong Taric synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taric, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Taric. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Taric helps Wukong perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Wukong tries to synergize with Taric, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Taric supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Wukong is played alongside Taric on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Taric.
Moreover, when Wukong plays with Taric on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Taric does a poor job of protecting Wukong during teamfights.
Synergies between Wukong and Taric
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Is Wukong better when played alongside Taric?
There is no perfect companion for Wukong that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, Taric is a superb ally for Wukong. By being on the same team as Wukong, he increases their win rate by 3.6% to 53.0%. This demonstrates that there is a very real bond between Wukong and Taric that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Taric has a lower difficulty than Wukong. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Taric teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Wukong players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Wukong and Taric together, you probably will not be giving your team very much AP. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Taric ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Wukong to pair well with Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Wukong and Taric synergy build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Taric than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Wukong boasted an average winrate of 53.0% helping carry Taric with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing 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 that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.
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