Kayn vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Kayn
based on 1,361 Kayn vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Kog'Maw
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Kayn in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Kayn versus Kog'Maw matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..
Kayn often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Kayn or Kog'Maw?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when taking on Kog'Maw, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Kayn also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn 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.
Moreover, Kayn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kayn versus Kog'Maw build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kayn used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Kog'Maw than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when playing against Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Kog'Maw as Kayn, Kayn players should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Kayn vs Kog'Maw LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
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