Kog'Maw vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Kog'Maw
based on 274 Kog'Maw vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Kog'Maw vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Kog'Maw against Kalista matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Kog'Maw usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Kalista
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Kog'Maw does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kog'Maw into Kalista.
Additionally, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Kalista matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is an above average counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kalista. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Kalista build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Kalista than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 52.9% battling Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Kalista as Kog'Maw, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kog'Maw vs Kalista LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.9% winrate overall.
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