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

Kog'Maw vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Kog'Maw

based on 1,305 Kog'Maw vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
4.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Graves as Kog'Maw resulted from an analysis of 1305 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against each other. This particular pairing is somewhat uncommon. Kog'Maw has to counter Graves in only 4.4% of his games.

Kog'Maw vs Graves Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a dismal job of countering Graves. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.8% of games the champs battle each other in. In Kog'Maw versus Graves games, Kog'Maw’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Graves.

Best Kog'Maw vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceWit's EndMalignanceLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Graves as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Kog'Maw vs Graves Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Graves Image
7
< Kills >
7.3
6.7
< Deaths >
5.7
6.5
< Assists >
7.1
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
171
< Minions Killed >
54
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
1.6
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.49
9,063
< Physical Damage >
17,484
13,372
< Magic Damage >
848
2,629
< True Damage >
1,597
25,064
< Damage Dealt >
19,930
21,340
< Damage Taken >
30,059
12,153
< Gold Earned >
12,777
2.14
< Towers >
1.67
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.39
5,005
< Total Healing >
14,012
13,056
< Experience >
14,579
18
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
6
293
< Time Dealing CC >
497

How to Counter Graves with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stats provided here feature several critical Kog'Maw versus Graves matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Graves..

Kog'Maw normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Graves. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Graves

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Graves?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when trying to fight Graves, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Graves.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Graves, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Graves.

Additionally, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Kog'Maw is a trash counter to Graves. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Graves.

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

Top Synergies by Role

JayceJayce+ 54.5% 343 GamesJinxJinx+ 55% 280 GamesApheliosAphelios+ 55.4% 112 GamesWukongWukong+ 55.8% 319 Games

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Graves as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 1,305 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 Graves 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 Graves Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw usually accumulates much more CS compared to Graves. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Graves build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Graves than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 47.8% when countering Graves with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of beating Graves 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Graves counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.

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