Malzahar vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Malzahar
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Malzahar vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Wukong
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
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.
Malzahar vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Malzahar vs. Wukong matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Wukong..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Wukong. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Wukong
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Wukong?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Wukong, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Wukong.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Wukong, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Wukong.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Wukong matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Wukong. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar usually racks up more CS compared to Wukong. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Wukong build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Wukong than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Wukong with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Wukong as Malzahar, Malzahar players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Malzahar vs Wukong clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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