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How to Win Kindred vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupKindred is in the b tier of champions

Kindred vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Kindred in LoLKindred is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Kindred

based on 589 Kindred vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
54.7 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games every week. In our database, Kindred faced off against Kog'Maw 589 times. With so many matchups for Kindred versus Kog'Maw provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to produce informative statistics and a pro build to counter your foe. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Kindred has to counter Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of their rounds.

Kindred vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Kindred does a great job of countering Kog'Maw. Normally, they wins a fantastic 54.7% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Kindred versus Kog'Maw games, Kindred’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that they most likely will get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Kindred vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Kindred Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Wit's EndRunaan's HurricaneBlade of The Ruined King

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kindred to level upq
>
Second ability for Kindred to level upw
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Last skill for Kindred to max oute

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kindred's passive ability p
Kindred's q ability q
Kindred's w ability w
Kindred's e ability e
Kindred's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Kindred

Tips for Playing as Kindred against Kog'Maw

Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.

Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.

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.

Kindred vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Kindred Image
Win Rate
54.7 %
VS
Win Rate
45.3 %
Kog'Maw Image
6.8
< Kills >
7
6.9
< Deaths >
7
7.6
< Assists >
6.7
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
41
< Minions Killed >
161
1.55
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.45
14,684
< Physical Damage >
9,429
3,855
< Magic Damage >
12,449
1,276
< True Damage >
2,774
19,816
< Damage Dealt >
24,653
31,521
< Damage Taken >
21,612
12,211
< Gold Earned >
11,899
1.56
< Towers >
2.02
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
17,355
< Total Healing >
5,010
13,778
< Experience >
12,944
23
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
224
< Time Dealing CC >
287

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Kindred in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Kindred versus Kog'Maw counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..

Kindred often has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. Typically, they receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kindred and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Kindred
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kindred
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Kindred or Kog'Maw?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kindred usually wins when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 54.7% win rate. Thus, Kindred makes a great counter for Kog'Maw.

While Kindred does have a much higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Kindred also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kindred into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Kindred also has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kindred is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Kindred is a great counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kindred against Kog'Maw.

Additional Information for Kindred Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Kindred, we analyzed 589 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 Kindred 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kindred to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kindred most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Kindred versus Kog'Maw build include Trinity Force, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred included at least these three items in their build, they did much better versus Kog'Maw than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kindred had an average win rate of 54.7% when countering Kog'Maw with these items in their kit.

To have the highest chance of defeating Kog'Maw as Kindred, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kindred vs Kog'Maw counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.7% win rate overall.

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