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How to Win Kog'Maw vs Cassiopeia Counter MatchupKog'Maw is in the b tier of champions

Kog'Maw vs Cassiopeia

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Cassiopeia as Kog'Maw

based on 276 Kog'Maw vs Cassiopeia matchups
Win Rate
53.6 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Cassiopeia as Kog'Maw resulted from an analysis of 276 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Kog'Maw fights Cassiopeia in only 0.9% of his matches.

Kog'Maw vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary

Kog'Maw has done a good job of beating Cassiopeia. Normally, he wins a whopping 53.6% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Kog'Maw against Cassiopeia rounds, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Cassiopeia.

Best Kog'Maw vs Cassiopeia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kog'Maw to level upw
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Second ability for Kog'Maw to level upq
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Last skill for Kog'Maw to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kog'Maw's passive ability p
Kog'Maw's q ability q
Kog'Maw's w ability w
Kog'Maw's e ability e
Kog'Maw's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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E
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W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Cassiopeia

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 Cassiopeia

Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.

Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.

Kog'Maw vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
53.6 %
VS
Win Rate
46.4 %
Cassiopeia Image
7.8
< Kills >
6.8
7.1
< Deaths >
6.6
7.5
< Assists >
6.4
1.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
169
< Minions Killed >
181
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.43
10,278
< Physical Damage >
638
15,019
< Magic Damage >
21,912
2,878
< True Damage >
342
28,176
< Damage Dealt >
22,892
22,304
< Damage Taken >
28,958
12,670
< Gold Earned >
11,975
2.2
< Towers >
1.92
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,345
< Total Healing >
7,512
13,652
< Experience >
15,804
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
293
< Time Dealing CC >
459

How to Counter Cassiopeia with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Kog'Maw versus Cassiopeia counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Cassiopeia..

Kog'Maw normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Cassiopeia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Cassiopeia

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Cassiopeia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Cassiopeia

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Cassiopeia?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually wins when facing off against Cassiopeia, with a 53.6% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a great counter for Cassiopeia.

While Kog'Maw does have a higher winrate than Cassiopeia, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kog'Maw into Cassiopeia.

Furthermore, Kog'Maw has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Kog'Maw is a great counter to Cassiopeia. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Cassiopeia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw Loses Against

Bel'VethBel'Veth41.3% winrateMilioMilio42.6% winrateSkarnerSkarner42.9% winrateAniviaAnivia44.5% winrate

Kog'Maw Wins Against

ZeriZeri55.5% winrateRumbleRumble55.2% winrateYuumiYuumi54.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Cassiopeia as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 276 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 Cassiopeia as Kog'Maw 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

Kog'Maw Build Cassiopeia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Cassiopeia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Cassiopeia. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Cassiopeia build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Cassiopeia than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 53.6% when playing against Cassiopeia with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Cassiopeia as Kog'Maw, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kog'Maw vs Cassiopeia LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.6% winrate overall.

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