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

Kog'Maw vs Ivern

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

based on 329 Kog'Maw vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL games every week. In our database, Kog'Maw battled Ivern in 329 games. Having so many games with Kog'Maw vs Ivern provides us confidence in our ability to prepare useful data and a pro build to defeat your rival. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Kog'Maw encounters Ivern in only 1.1% of his matches.

Kog'Maw vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a poor job of beating Ivern. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.2% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Kog'Maw against Ivern rounds, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Ivern.

Best Kog'Maw vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

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
2
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 Ivern as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Kog'Maw vs Ivern Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Ivern Image
6.6
< Kills >
2.5
6.4
< Deaths >
4.6
6.6
< Assists >
13.4
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
0.53
162
< Minions Killed >
17
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.25
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.55
8,708
< Physical Damage >
2,744
12,907
< Magic Damage >
5,938
2,568
< True Damage >
1,066
24,184
< Damage Dealt >
9,749
20,395
< Damage Taken >
17,061
11,682
< Gold Earned >
9,736
2.05
< Towers >
1.8
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
4,805
< Total Healing >
6,490
12,300
< Experience >
12,470
17
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
6
293
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Counter Ivern with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several vital Kog'Maw versus Ivern matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ivern. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Kog'Maw typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ivern. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Ivern

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Ivern?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ivern, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter for Ivern.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Ivern, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Ivern.

Furthermore, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Ivern. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Ivern.

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 Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 329 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 Ivern 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 Ivern Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw most often picks up much more CS as Ivern. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Ivern build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Ivern than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Ivern with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Ivern as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players 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 combinations we have analyed for Kog'Maw vs Ivern face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ivern as Kog'Maw are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.