Brand vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Brand
based on 2,465 Brand vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Wukong
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some strategic Brand against Wukong matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between this set of champs. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Wukong..
Brand typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Wukong. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Wukong
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Who is Better, Brand or Wukong?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Wukong, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a great counter to Wukong.
While Brand does have a higher win rate compared to Wukong, when facing one another, Brand also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Wukong.
Additionally, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Wukong matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Brand is a great counter for Wukong. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand to counter Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Wukong. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Brand versus Wukong build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Wukong than with many other typical builds. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Wukong with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Wukong as Brand, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Brand vs Wukong counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Wukong as Brand are given for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.