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

Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV

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

based on 417 Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our data, Kog'Maw faced Jarvan IV 417 times. With so many games with Kog'Maw versus Jarvan IV gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a supported build to obliterate Jarvan IV. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Kog'Maw has to counter Jarvan IV in only 1.4% of his rounds.

Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary

Kog'Maw has done a decent job of beating Jarvan IV. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.6% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Kog'Maw against Jarvan IV matches, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood versus Jarvan IV.

Best Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Kog'Maw Items

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

Optional Items

Terminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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 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
3
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 Jarvan IV as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Jarvan IV

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 Jarvan IV

Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.

Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.

Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Jarvan IV Image
7.4
< Kills >
5.2
6.9
< Deaths >
6.2
7.1
< Assists >
12.3
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.17
169
< Minions Killed >
39
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
1.31
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.5
10,120
< Physical Damage >
12,834
13,385
< Magic Damage >
1,324
2,906
< True Damage >
892
26,411
< Damage Dealt >
15,051
21,715
< Damage Taken >
32,860
12,416
< Gold Earned >
11,515
2.16
< Towers >
1.88
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
5,307
< Total Healing >
12,715
13,260
< Experience >
13,398
18
< Vision Score >
25
9
< Wards Placed >
7
297
< Time Dealing CC >
465

How to Counter Jarvan IV with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Kog'Maw against Jarvan IV matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jarvan IV..

Kog'Maw usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Jarvan IV. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Jarvan IV

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Jarvan IV
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Jarvan IV

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Jarvan IV?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually wins when taking on Jarvan IV, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes a good counter for Jarvan IV.

While Kog'Maw does have a higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Jarvan IV.

Furthermore, Kog'Maw has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Kog'Maw is a decent counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Jarvan IV.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

How We Calculated Our Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jarvan IV as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 417 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 Jarvan IV 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw usually racks up much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Jarvan IV build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Jarvan IV than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 51.6% battling Jarvan IV with this counter build.

To have the best chance of beating Jarvan IV as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV counters, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.

If you want to get Kog'Maw vs Jarvan IV tips and builds for a a distinct division, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are computed using all matches played with both champs.