Kog'Maw vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Kog'Maw
based on 1,345 Kog'Maw vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Ekko
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 Ekko
The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
Kog'Maw vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Kog'Maw versus Ekko matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Kog'Maw normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Ekko
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter for Ekko.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Ekko.
Additionally, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is a garbage counter to Ekko. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw to counter Ekko during both the lane 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 displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw often picks up more CS as Ekko. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Ekko build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Wit's End, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Ekko than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when playing against Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Ekko 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Ekko counter picks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.
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