Kog'Maw vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Kog'Maw
based on 465 Kog'Maw vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Core Kog'Maw Items
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Fiddlesticks
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.
Kog'Maw vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Kog'Maw versus Fiddlesticks counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Fiddlesticks..
Kog'Maw normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Fiddlesticks?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when playing against Fiddlesticks, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter to Fiddlesticks.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Fiddlesticks, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Fiddlesticks.
Furthermore, Kog'Maw has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ 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 Fiddlesticks. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Fiddlesticks.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kog'Maw
Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Fiddlesticks during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw on average accumulates much more CS relative to Fiddlesticks. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Fiddlesticks build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Fiddlesticks than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Fiddlesticks with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Fiddlesticks as Kog'Maw, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Fiddlesticks fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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