Pyke vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Pyke
based on 1,391 Pyke vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Wukong
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some valuable Pyke vs. Wukong counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between this pair of champions. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Wukong..
Pyke usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Wukong. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Wukong
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Who is Better, Pyke or Wukong?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Wukong, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a poor counter for Wukong.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Wukongas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Wukong. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically picks up less CS relative to Wukong. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot 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 values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Pyke versus Wukong build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Umbral Glaive, and Bloodsong. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Wukong than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 48.2% when countering Wukong with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Wukong as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Pyke vs Wukong battles, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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