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Ezreal vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Ezreal in LoLEzreal is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Ezreal

based on 1,659 Ezreal vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Ezreal resulted from an examination of 1659 ranked rounds where both champs fought one another. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Ezreal has to counter Kog'Maw in only 0.7% of his rounds.

Ezreal vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal does a dismal job of beating Kog'Maw. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.6% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Ezreal vs Kog'Maw matches, Ezreal’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Ezreal vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
SheenTear of the Goddess

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaTrinity ForceSpear of Shojin

Optional Items

HubrisSerylda's GrudgeNavori QuickbladesEssence Reaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
>
Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
>
Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Kog'Maw

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

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.

Ezreal vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Kog'Maw Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.3
5.9
< Deaths >
6.8
7.1
< Assists >
7
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
174
< Minions Killed >
169
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.45
16,599
< Physical Damage >
9,829
7,492
< Magic Damage >
13,627
641
< True Damage >
2,787
24,733
< Damage Dealt >
26,245
21,678
< Damage Taken >
22,797
12,243
< Gold Earned >
12,382
2.31
< Towers >
2.15
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,986
< Total Healing >
5,648
13,176
< Experience >
13,369
17
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
82
< Time Dealing CC >
299

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Ezreal in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Ezreal vs. Kog'Maw matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..

Ezreal typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ezreal and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ezreal
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Ezreal or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Ezreal makes a poor counter to Kog'Maw.

While Ezreal does have a lower win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Ezreal also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ezreal into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Ezreal has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal 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 teammates during late stage team fights.

Ezreal is a somewhat poor counter for Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ezreal against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ezreal

Ezreal Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.3% winrateTrundleTrundle42.7% winrateSingedSinged43.2% winrateNilahNilah43.5% winrate

Ezreal Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee51.5% winrateHweiHwei51.4% winrateZoeZoe51% winrateJarvan IVJarvan IV51% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZacZac+ 50.1% 5424 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.3% 2248 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.4% 9592 GamesLilliaLillia+ 51.6% 13555 Games

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Ezreal, we analyzed 1,659 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 Ezreal 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

Ezreal Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ezreal typically gets a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Ezreal versus Kog'Maw build consist of Muramana, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Ezreal combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average winrate of 48.6% when countering Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Ezreal, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Ezreal vs Kog'Maw LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.

If you want to see Ezreal versus Kog'Maw tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are calculated using all matches run with these champs.