Shen vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Shen
based on 711 Shen vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shen vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Shen vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Shen
Tips for Playing as Shen against Wukong
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
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.
Shen vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Shen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Shen vs. Wukong counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Shen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Shen may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Wukong..
Shen typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Wukong. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shen and Wukong
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Who is Better, Shen or Wukong?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shen usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Wukong, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Shen makes an ok counter to Wukong.
While Shen does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when on opposite teams, Shen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Shen into Wukong.
Moreover, Shen also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shen vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Shen is a somewhat poor counter for Wukong. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Shen against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Shen to counter Wukong during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shen most often picks up more CS compared to Wukong. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Shen versus Wukong build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Heartsteel. When Shen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Wukong than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Shen had an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Wukong with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Wukong as Shen, Shen players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Shen vs Wukong battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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