Wukong vs Malphite Counter Pick

Armor is the entire conversation here, and Wukong wins it: 59.8% over 251 jungle games logged on patch 16.13.1. Malphite opens at 40 armor and finishes at 124.2, the sturdier profile of the two, and Granite Shield tops that with a layer of rock absorbing up to 10% of his maximum health whenever he has gone a few seconds without being hit.

Crushing Blow is the direct answer, reducing the target’s armor for a few seconds while adding attack range to the swing that applies it. That matters twice over, because Ground Slam deals magic damage scaled off Malphite’s own armor and slows attack speed, so every point shredded cuts his output as well as his durability. Both champions sit on 28 base magic resist, which makes that trade sharper than the armor numbers alone suggest.

The rest is tempo. Wukong walks at 340 to Malphite’s 335, carries 66 base attack damage to 62, and can exit through Warrior Trickster‘s invisibility and clone rather than eating Unstoppable Force on the way out. Both ultimates knock up, so whoever spends first surrenders the follow-up, and Stone Skin keeps growing armor and maximum health regeneration for as long as the fight continues. Neither is demanding to pilot, difficulty 3 against 2. Kit: Malphite.