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How to Win Illaoi vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Illaoi

based on 606 Illaoi vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
1.46
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. In our database, Illaoi faced off against Kog'Maw in 606 matches. Including so many matchups for Illaoi vs Kog'Maw provides us confidence in our capacity to provide enlightening statistics and a supported build to defeat your rival. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Illaoi has to counter Kog'Maw in only 0.9% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Illaoi does a decent job of beating Kog'Maw. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.2% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Illaoi versus Kog'Maw games, Illaoi’s side is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Illaoi vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSundered SkyIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Black CleaverTrinity ForceHullbreakerSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Kog'Maw

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Kog'Maw Image
5.2
< Kills >
7.5
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
4.6
< Assists >
7.1
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.8
191
< Minions Killed >
165
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.45
24,277
< Physical Damage >
10,395
796
< Magic Damage >
13,710
361
< True Damage >
2,773
25,435
< Damage Dealt >
26,879
35,980
< Damage Taken >
21,778
12,135
< Gold Earned >
12,320
2.94
< Towers >
2.04
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,765
< Total Healing >
5,488
15,438
< Experience >
13,382
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
399
< Time Dealing CC >
311

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Illaoi against Kog'Maw matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw..

Illaoi usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Illaoi and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Illaoi or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually wins when facing off against Kog'Maw, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Illaoi makes a good counter for Kog'Maw.

While Illaoi does have a higher win rate than Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Illaoi 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 fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Kog'Maw matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Illaoi is a decent counter for Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Illaoi Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Illaoi, we analyzed 606 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 Illaoi 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning 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 stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Illaoi versus Kog'Maw build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 51.2% battling Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Kog'Maw as Illaoi, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Illaoi vs Kog'Maw battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.

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