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How to Win Jarvan IV vs Wukong Counter MatchupJarvan IV is in the b tier of champions

Jarvan IV vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Jarvan IV in LoLJarvan IV is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Jarvan IV

based on 574 Jarvan IV vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.92
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Wukong as Jarvan IV came out of an examination of 574 ranked matches where both champs engaged one another. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Jarvan IV is forced to battle against Wukong in only 1.0% of his rounds.

Jarvan IV vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Jarvan IV has done a below average job of beating Wukong. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champions face one another in. In Jarvan IV vs Wukong matches, Jarvan IV’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Wukong.

Best Jarvan IV vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Jarvan IV Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Black CleaverSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Jarvan IV's passive ability p
Jarvan IV's q ability q
Jarvan IV's w ability w
Jarvan IV's e ability e
Jarvan IV's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Jarvan IV

Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Wukong

Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.

You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.

Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.

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.

Jarvan IV vs Wukong Counter Stats

Jarvan IV Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Wukong Image
5.5
< Kills >
6.6
6.1
< Deaths >
5.9
12.3
< Assists >
7.1
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
38
< Minions Killed >
90
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
0.9
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.46
13,049
< Physical Damage >
15,814
1,337
< Magic Damage >
2,351
860
< True Damage >
959
15,246
< Damage Dealt >
19,125
32,443
< Damage Taken >
30,997
11,530
< Gold Earned >
11,958
1.87
< Towers >
2.02
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
12,909
< Total Healing >
10,214
13,309
< Experience >
13,956
25
< Vision Score >
20
7
< Wards Placed >
7
505
< Time Dealing CC >
152

How to Counter Wukong with Jarvan IV in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some influential Jarvan IV versus Wukong matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Wukong. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Jarvan IV usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Wukong. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Jarvan IV and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Jarvan IV
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jarvan IV
Wukong

Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Wukong?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when trying to fight Wukong, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter to Wukong.

While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Jarvan IV into Wukong.

Furthermore, Jarvan IV also 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 Jarvan IV vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Jarvan IV is a garbage counter to Wukong. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Wukong.

Additional Information for Jarvan IV Players

How We Calculated Our Jarvan IV vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Jarvan IV, we analyzed 574 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 Jarvan IV 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jarvan IV on average gets less CS as Wukong. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Wukong build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Wukong than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Wukong with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Wukong as Jarvan IV, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Wukong matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Wukong as Jarvan IV are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.