How to win lane as Wukong against Karma · 50.21% win rate over 705 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Level 1 is Karma's — her Q poke out-ranges everything you have. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Level 2 stays Karma's as empowered RQ snare zones and chunks you. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is skill as your E gives you the tools to answer her poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Wukong | Levels 4-5 are yours once you can reliably close and all-in through her shield. |
| Level 6 | Wukong | Level 6 is yours: R hard-counters her lack of escape. |
| First item | Wukong | First item is yours as burst blows past her Mantra shield. |
| Two+ items | Wukong | 2+ items is yours since Wukong massively out-scales the squishy enchanter build. |
Levels 1-2 are Karma's: her Q poke and empowered RQ snare out-range and out-trade you before you have gap-close pressure, so farm safe and avoid the shield-poke pattern.
The full Wukong vs Karma 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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