Wukong vs Ivern Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the jungle: Wukong the fighter/tank hybrid, Ivern the support/mage hybrid. 334 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Wukong at a 42.2% win rate into Ivern. Sitting 7.8 points below the 50% line marks Ivern as a genuine problem pick for Wukong.
Wukong threatens Cyclone; Ivern counters through Brushmaker. Then it becomes Cyclone against Daisy!, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
The 475-versus-175 attack range gap means Ivern can contest the wave from outside Wukong’s reach. That forces Wukong to play around cooldowns and pathing rather than raw stats.
Wukong deals mostly physical damage while Ivern leans magic, so the first defensive buy rarely overlaps. Before items it is 610 HP, 31 armour, 28 MR for Wukong; 630, 27, 30 for Ivern. By level 18 that becomes 2293 health and 111 armour for Wukong against 2313 and 107 for Ivern. Wukong also hits harder before items — 66 AD to 50. Movement speed: Wukong 340, Ivern 330.
Riot scores Ivern at 7/10 for difficulty against 3/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. The Wukong versus Ivern numbers rebuild from current Emerald and above games.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Ivern has the statistical edge. Wukong wins 42.2% of the recorded games.
42.2% from Wukong's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
334 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Wukong build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Wukong build page.