Heimerdinger vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Heimerdinger
based on 498 Heimerdinger vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Kog'Maw
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some strategic Heimerdinger against Kog'Maw matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between these two champs. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Kog'Maw?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when taking on Kog'Maw, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average gets a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Kog'Maw build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Kog'Maw than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Kog'Maw with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Kog'Maw face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Heimerdinger are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.