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How to Win Zyra vs Wukong Counter MatchupZyra is in the s tier of champions

Zyra vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Zyra in LoLZyra is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Zyra

based on 1,671 Zyra vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
53.5 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League rounds every week. In our dataset, Zyra fought Wukong 1671 times. With so many games with Zyra versus Wukong provides us faith in our capability to produce actionable data and a recommended build to defeat your opposition. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Zyra fights Wukong in only 1.0% of her games.

Zyra vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Zyra does a good job of beating Wukong. On average, she wins a fantastic 53.5% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Zyra against Wukong rounds, Zyra’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Wukong.

Best Zyra vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Zyra Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeRylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zyra to level upe
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Second ability for Zyra to level upq
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Last skill for Zyra to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Zyra's passive ability p
Zyra's q ability q
Zyra's w ability w
Zyra's e ability e
Zyra's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
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Q
4
E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Zyra

Tips for Playing as Zyra against Wukong

Seeds grant vision to your team.

Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.

Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.

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.

Zyra vs Wukong Counter Stats

Zyra Image
Win Rate
53.5 %
VS
Win Rate
46.5 %
Wukong Image
3.8
< Kills >
6.9
6.1
< Deaths >
6
10.9
< Assists >
6.4
0.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
57
< Minions Killed >
95
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.8
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
994
< Physical Damage >
15,844
19,886
< Magic Damage >
2,434
1,092
< True Damage >
964
21,972
< Damage Dealt >
19,243
18,436
< Damage Taken >
32,292
9,827
< Gold Earned >
12,148
1.77
< Towers >
1.87
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
2,029
< Total Healing >
10,495
11,573
< Experience >
14,470
60
< Vision Score >
21
25
< Wards Placed >
8
283
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Wukong with Zyra in LoL

The stats provided here feature several influential Zyra versus Wukong matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Wukong. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Zyra typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Wukong. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zyra and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Zyra
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zyra
Wukong

Who is Better, Zyra or Wukong?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Wukong, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a great counter for Wukong.

While Zyra does have a higher win rate than Wukong, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Wukongas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Zyra also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Wukong matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Zyra is a great counter to Wukong. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zyra against Wukong.

Additional Information for Zyra Players

How We Calculated Our Zyra vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Zyra, we analyzed 1,671 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 Zyra 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Zyra to counter Wukong during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zyra most often racks up less CS relative to Wukong. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Wukong build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Wukong than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 53.5% when playing against Wukong with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Wukong as Zyra, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Zyra vs Wukong LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Wukong as Zyra are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.