How to win lane as Garen against Wukong · 51.69% win rate over 4,846 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Garen | At level 1 Garen out-trades a comboless Wukong with the Q-silence hit. |
| Level 2 | Garen | At level 2 your poke still wins before his clone and Nimbus come online. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | At level 3 it is skill-even as he gains his combo pieces. |
| Levels 4-5 | Wukong | At 4 his Trickster clone and Nimbus burst flip the trades to him. |
| Level 6 | Wukong | Through 5 his armor shred and clone jukes keep him ahead. |
| First item | Even / skill | At 6 Cyclone's knockup all-in evens to a skill fight against your R. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With a first item the duel settles roughly even on clean execution. |
You take the first two levels; before Wukong has his clone and Nimbus Strike your Q-silence trade out-damages his single-hit pokes, so be aggressive while his combo is offline.
The full Garen vs Wukong report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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