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Wukong Jungle Wild Rift Guide
Who counters Wukong in Wild Rift? The toughest Wukong jungle counters are Nunu & Willump and Rammus. Full Wukong Jungle counters and matchups, plus the best build, runes, and game plan for Patch 7.2c.
Overview
Wukong is a mobile diver whose clone creates constant doubt. He clears at a decent pace, ganks with a spin that knocks up a whole group, and carries a decoy that walks one way while the real Wukong dashes in from another. His whole game is built on the moment of confusion the clone creates, and on punishing it before the enemy figures out which Wukong is real. He wins by snowballing the early map. His ganks hit hard because Cyclone is a guaranteed knockup once it gets going, his clone makes invades and counter-ganks hard to read, and his dash plus stealth let him commit and then back out if things go wrong. Get an early lead and he turns it into picks, dives, and stolen objectives, and later his ultimate becomes an area knockup that can decide a teamfight on its own. The catch is that he is a melee diver with no range and no backup plan once his dash and clone are used. Hard crowd control beats every trick he has, and a champion who locks him down mid-dash kills him before the clone matters. He also depends on his early window: if a faster jungler beats him to tempo, the snowball never starts.
Strengths
- Excellent gank and skirmish setup: the clone fakes engages and the Cyclone knockup turns close duels into kills.
- Sticky, mobile diver who can commit onto a backline and then dash or stealth out if the fight goes wrong.
- Strong early and mid game duelist and counter-ganker who turns leads into picks and stolen objectives.
Weaknesses
- No range and no escape once his dash and clone are spent, so clean lockdown kills him mid-dive.
- Front-loaded power: if a faster jungler wins the early game, his snowball never starts and pure farmers pass him.
- His tricks need the enemy to guess wrong, so patient opponents who hold their crowd control see through the clone.
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Wukong Jungle Counters
Who counters Wukong Jungle in Wild Rift (WR)? These champions beat Wukong in the jungle matchup, with how each one wins. Learn to play around them or ban them in ranked.
- Nunu & Willump: Nunu shrugs off your combo with his stacked health, and his knockup stops your dive before Cyclone lands, so the clone trick does nothing against a body you cannot kill.
- Rammus: Attacking Rammus hurts you more than him: his taunt drags your committed dive onto Defensive Ball Curl, and every hit you land gets reflected back into your own health bar.
Champions Wukong Is Strong Against
Wukong's best matchups in Wild Rift. Wukong holds an edge against these picks in the jungle role, so look to press the advantage and contest objectives.
- Nidalee: Nidalee only threatens you if the long spear lands, and a fragile cat with her cougar cooldowns spent is exactly what your Cyclone punishes. The clone also baits out her pounce.
- Lee Sin: Lee Sin commits his whole combo up front, and your clone turns that into a wasted cooldown: he kicks or dashes onto the decoy, then has nothing left when the real Wukong arrives.
- Zed: Zed has to land a clean combo to win, and your clone makes him spend his shadow and burst on a decoy while your Cyclone knocks him out of the swap he needs to escape.
Early Game
Your first clear is decent but not fast, so take the full rotation rather than racing around the map. Route it so you come out near a gankable lane, then take scuttle for level five, because Cyclone is what turns a gank into a kill instead of a burned flash. With the clone ready you have everything you need, so spend the camp respawn timer on a lane and be back on the camps when they return. Contest scuttle when you can win the duel, and use the clone to make the enemy jungler unsure about committing at the crab. If a slow farmer is pathing predictably, invade behind their start, because counter-jungling is where Wukong's early lead really comes from.
Mid Game
Six minutes is your window. Reach Herald first and use it to break a tower, which is the right trade in an even game since farmers are scaling while you spend. Treat dragon as a fight you start rather than one you react to, and contest both when your team is ahead. Only play for soul when your team genuinely wants the late fights. Between objectives, gank the lanes that are already pushing and turn every won skirmish into an objective. Keep your income up by mixing ganks with quick camps, and remember the clone works as a vision and bait tool from fog, not just a burst button.
Late Game
Late game your job changes from snowballing to starting fights, and that is fine if you stay disciplined. You are not a side laner who beats scaled carries in a long 1v1, so group, hold position around Baron, and look for the flank that lands your ultimate on two or three people. Save the dash and clone for the commit that matters, because once they are gone you are a melee target with no way out. Around Baron and Elder, threaten the dive so hard the enemy cannot stand in the pit. One clone feint at the right moment can win your team the objective without a fight ever happening.
Teamfights
Your ultimate is your whole job in a teamfight: a spinning area knockup that can end the fight if it lands on a grouped backline. Wait for the enemy to cluster, then come in from a flank with the clone leading so they waste their lockdown on the decoy, and land Cyclone where it catches the carry and whoever peels for them. Once you are in, commit fully: dash through, knock up, and trust your team to follow. If their front line blocks the path, do not force it. Reposition, let the clone draw a cooldown, and dive the angle they left open. A Wukong who picks the right second to go in usually decides the fight; one who dives first and thinks later just hands the enemy carry a kill.