How to Win Bard vs Kog'Maw Counter Matchup Bard is in the s tier of champions

Bard vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Bard in LoL Kog'Maw is in the s tier of champions
Support Mage
Marksman Mage

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Bard

based on 1,078 Bard vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
3.15
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Bard resulted from an examination of 1078 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Bard has to counter Kog'Maw in only 3.5% of his games.

Bard vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Bard has done a below average job of beating Kog'Maw. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Bard versus Kog'Maw games, Bard’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Bard vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsKindlegem

Core Bard Items

~22 Mins
Locket of the Iron SolariFrozen HeartShard of True Ice

Optional Items

RedemptionDead Man's PlateBulwark of the MountainChemtech Putrifier

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Bard to level up q
>
Second ability for Bard to level up w
>
Last skill for Bard to max out e

Runes

Resolve Guardian Font of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
Domination Zombie WardRelentless Hunter
AttackSpeed Adaptive Armor
Bard's passive ability p
Bard q ability q
Bard w ability w
Bard e ability e
Bard's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
11
R
12
W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Bard

Tips for Playing as Bard against Kog'Maw

Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.

Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!

It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.

Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

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.

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bard vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Bard Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Kog'Maw Image
2.6
< Kills >
7.2
5.2
< Deaths >
6.2
13.8
< Assists >
7
0.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
27
< Minions Killed >
180
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.24
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.54
2,235
< Physical Damage >
11,358
8,115
< Magic Damage >
12,444
1,017
< True Damage >
2,689
11,367
< Damage Dealt >
26,492
19,640
< Damage Taken >
21,746
8,454
< Gold Earned >
12,553
1.7
< Towers >
2.32
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
5,694
< Total Healing >
2,029
11,373
< Experience >
13,242
62
< Vision Score >
19
30
< Wards Placed >
8
266
< Time Dealing CC >
233

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Bard in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Bard vs. Kog'Maw matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Bard normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Bard and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Bard
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Bard
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Bard or Kog'Maw?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually loses when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a bad counter to Kog'Maw.

While Bard does have a lower win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Bard into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Bard is a trash counter for Kog'Maw. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Bard

Bard Loses Against

Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol 41.7% winrate Brand Brand 44.7% winrate Quinn Quinn 45.2% winrate Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo 45.5% winrate

Bard Wins Against

Rell Rell 60.5% winrate Jarvan IV Jarvan IV 57.2% winrate Gwen Gwen 56.7% winrate Evelynn Evelynn 56.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Camille Camille + 54.8% 784 Games Singed Singed + 54.9% 772 Games Vel'Koz Vel'Koz + 55.6% 356 Games Ziggs Ziggs + 55.7% 467 Games

Additional Information for Bard Players

How We Calculated Our Bard vs Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Bard, we analyzed 1,078 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kog'Maw as Bard comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Bard Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Bard on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Bard versus Kog'Maw build consist of Locket of the Iron Solari, Frozen Heart, and Shard of True Ice. When Bard included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Kog'Maw than with most other common item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 47.4% when playing against Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Kog'Maw as Bard, Bard players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Bard vs Kog'Maw battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.

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