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How to Synergize Illaoi with Wukong on the Same TeamIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi with Wukong

How to Win With Illaoi and Wukong Paired TogetherIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Illaoi and Wukong

based on 550 Illaoi with Wukong pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
1.4
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Illaoi has fought alongside Wukong in 550 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data from the publishers of LoL, we are confident that we can present to you high quality, usable builds to help Illaoi synergize with Wukong. It is very rare for Illaoi to play alongside Wukong as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 0.8% of rounds with Illaoi.

Illaoi Wukong Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi does a below average job of synergizing with Wukong. Normally, she wins an acceptable 49.1% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Illaoi when playing alongside Wukong by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSundered SkyIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Spirit VisageSterak's GageHullbreakerTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
E
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Wukong

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Wukong

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Understand How Wukong Will Play

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.

Illaoi Wukong Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Wukong Image
5.2
< Kills >
5.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
4.2
< Assists >
4.4
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
193
< Minions Killed >
190
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.57
25,229
< Physical Damage >
24,827
837
< Magic Damage >
835
399
< True Damage >
407
26,466
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
36,052
< Damage Taken >
35,928
12,072
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.82
< Towers >
2.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,968
< Total Healing >
8,841
15,397
< Experience >
15,333
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
395
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Wukong as Illaoi in LoL

The Illaoi Wukong synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Wukong, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Illaoi sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Wukong. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Wukong helps Illaoi perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Illaoi is paired with Wukong, she observes a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This could signal that Wukong supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played with Wukong on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Wukong.

Moreover, when Illaoi plays with Wukong on the same team, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Wukong does a poor job of protecting Illaoi in team fights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Wukong

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Wukong?

There is no top companion for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her #1 ally. Yet, overall, Wukong is a very typical teammate for Illaoi. By locking into the same team as Illaoi, he lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 49.1%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Illaoi and Wukong that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Wukong has a lower difficulty than Illaoi. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Wukong teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by bringing Illaoi and Wukong together, you probably will not be granting your team much magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Wukong teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Wukong Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Wukong, we analyzed 550 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Illaoi with Wukong comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Illaoi in order to synergize with Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to build first in your Illaoi and Wukong synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi used at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Wukong than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing alongside Wukong with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Wukong with Illaoi are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.