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How to Win Rakan vs Wukong Counter MatchupRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Rakan

based on 1,232 Rakan vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
3.16
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Wukong as Rakan came out of an analysis of 1232 ranked games where both champs engaged each other. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Rakan is forced to battle against Wukong in only 1.1% of his matches.

Rakan vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a decent job of beating Wukong. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champs face each other in. In Rakan against Wukong rounds, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Wukong.

Best Rakan vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariSolstice SleighCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
>
Second ability for Rakan to level upe
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Wukong

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

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.

Rakan vs Wukong Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Wukong Image
1.6
< Kills >
6.3
5.1
< Deaths >
5.8
14.5
< Assists >
6.8
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
31
< Minions Killed >
93
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.82
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,206
< Physical Damage >
15,077
5,014
< Magic Damage >
2,329
736
< True Damage >
969
6,956
< Damage Dealt >
18,376
19,854
< Damage Taken >
29,947
8,290
< Gold Earned >
11,617
1.83
< Towers >
1.94
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.18
5,925
< Total Healing >
9,665
10,354
< Experience >
13,629
65
< Vision Score >
21
31
< Wards Placed >
7
169
< Time Dealing CC >
140

How to Counter Wukong with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here feature some significant Rakan versus Wukong matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Wukong. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Wukong. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Wukong

Who is Better, Rakan or Wukong?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when playing against Wukong, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter to Wukong.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Wukong, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Wukong.

Additionally, Rakan also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Wukong matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Wukong. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Wukong.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.9% winrateSingedSinged44.6% winrateSwainSwain45.1% winrateTaricTaric45.9% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani56.4% winrateKennenKennen55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 54.7% 3868 GamesSwainSwain+ 54.7% 1847 GamesVel'KozVel'Koz+ 55.2% 817 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.6% 6914 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Rakan, we analyzed 1,232 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 Rakan 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to counter Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Wukong. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Rakan versus Wukong build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Wukong than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Wukong with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Wukong as Rakan, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Rakan vs Wukong matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.

If you want to view Rakan versus Wukong tips and builds for a a specific player tier, please select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and guides displayed are calculated using all rounds finished with both champions.