Kog'Maw vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Kog'Maw
based on 1,744 Kog'Maw vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Akali
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Kog'Maw vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Kog'Maw against Akali matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Kog'Maw usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Akali
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when playing against Akali, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Akali.
Furthermore, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw often gets a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Akali build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Akali than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 49.3% battling Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Akali as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kog'Maw vs Akali matchups, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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