Kog'Maw vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Kog'Maw
based on 844 Kog'Maw vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Kog'Maw vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several influential Kog'Maw against Kayle matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle..
Kog'Maw often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Kayle
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when playing against Kayle, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kog'Maw into Kayle.
Additionally, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kog'Maw is a bad counter to Kayle. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kog'Maw to counter Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kayle. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Kayle build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Kayle than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 47.5% when playing against Kayle with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Kayle as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players 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 rune combinations players picked for Kog'Maw vs Kayle face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% win rate overall.
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