Wukong vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Wukong
based on 1,327 Wukong vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Wukong vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Wukong vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Wukong
Tips for Playing as Wukong against Malzahar
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 Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Wukong vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Wukong in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Wukong against Malzahar counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Wukong’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Wukong may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Wukong normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Wukong and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Wukong or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Wukong usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Wukong makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Wukong does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Wukong also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Wukong into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Wukong has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Wukong vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Wukong is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Wukong against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Wukong in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Wukong typically picks up less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Wukong versus Malzahar build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Wukong had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Malzahar as Wukong, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Wukong vs Malzahar fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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