Akali vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Akali
based on 1,744 Akali vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Kog'Maw
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw
The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.
Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!
Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.
Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.
Akali vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Akali in LoL
The stats provided here feature several significant Akali vs. Kog'Maw matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..
Akali typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Akali or Kog'Maw?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Akali makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.
While Akali does have a higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Kog'Mawas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Kog'Maw matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Akali is a decent counter to Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Akali versus Kog'Maw build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Kog'Maw than with many other typical builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 50.7% battling Kog'Maw with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Kog'Maw as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Akali vs Kog'Maw counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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