Thresh vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Thresh
based on 1,612 Thresh vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Wukong
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Thresh versus Wukong matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between these two champs. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Wukong. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Wukong. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Wukong
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Who is Better, Thresh or Wukong?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually wins when trying to fight Wukong, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a good counter to Wukong.
While Thresh does have a higher winrate than Wukong, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Wukongas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Thresh has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Wukong matchups, Thresh is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Thresh is a decent counter to Wukong. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh in order to counter Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh typically gets less CS compared to Wukong. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Thresh versus Wukong build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Wukong than with many other common builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Wukong with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Wukong as Thresh, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Thresh vs Wukong clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
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