Darius vs Wukong Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Darius is a fighter/tank hybrid, Wukong a fighter/tank hybrid, and they meet in the Top lane. Over 815 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Darius closes out 44.5% of them. That is 5.5 points under even, which is why Wukong is listed among the champions Darius struggles into.
Darius and Wukong overlap on physical damage, so itemisation converges rather than splits. Starting health splits 652 to 610 in Darius’s favour, with armour at 37 against 31. The 6-armour edge belongs to Darius. Darius scales to 2590 health by 18 while Wukong reaches 2293.
With both sitting in melee range (175 against 175), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Darius looks for Apprehend (E); Wukong answers with Crushing Blow (Q). Then it becomes Noxian Guillotine against Cyclone, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
Pair 44.5% with its 815 games and patch 16.13.1 before calling the matchup settled.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Wukong has the statistical edge. Darius wins 44.5% of the recorded games.
44.5% from Darius's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
815 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Darius build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Darius build page.