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

Kog'Maw vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Kog'Maw

based on 784 Kog'Maw vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. In our dataset, Kog'Maw engaged Irelia 784 times. Including so many matchups for Kog'Maw vs Irelia provides us confidence in our capability to produce useful stats and a solid build to wreck Irelia. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Kog'Maw fights Irelia in only 2.6% of his matches.

Kog'Maw vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a dismal job of countering Irelia. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.2% of games the champions face each other in. In Kog'Maw versus Irelia matches, Kog'Maw’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Irelia.

Best Kog'Maw vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerRecurve Bow

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

TerminusKraken SlayerWit's End

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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Guide to Countering Irelia as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Kog'Maw vs Irelia Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Irelia Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.6
7.1
< Deaths >
7.1
7.2
< Assists >
5.1
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
164
< Minions Killed >
208
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
9,523
< Physical Damage >
16,388
12,786
< Magic Damage >
6,237
3,081
< True Damage >
748
25,391
< Damage Dealt >
23,374
21,618
< Damage Taken >
32,143
12,249
< Gold Earned >
13,149
2.06
< Towers >
2.44
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,025
< Total Healing >
11,072
13,117
< Experience >
15,362
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
291
< Time Dealing CC >
119

How to Counter Irelia with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Kog'Maw against Irelia matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia..

Kog'Maw typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Irelia

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Irelia?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when taking on Irelia, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter for Irelia.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Irelia, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Irelia.

Furthermore, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Irelia. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Irelia.

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

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Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Irelia as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 784 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 Irelia 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 Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Irelia 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Irelia. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Irelia build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Irelia than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Irelia with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Irelia as Kog'Maw, you should use 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 Irelia fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.

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