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

Kog'Maw vs Kennen

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

based on 312 Kog'Maw vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our database, Kog'Maw fought Kennen in 312 games. With so many matchups for Kog'Maw versus Kennen gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce useful stats and a recommended build to wreck your enemy. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Kog'Maw fights Kennen in only 1.0% of his games.

Kog'Maw vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw has done a terrible job of beating Kennen. On average, he wins a lowly 46.5% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Kog'Maw against Kennen matches, Kog'Maw’s side is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Kennen.

Best Kog'Maw vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneTerminus

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
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 Kennen as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Kog'Maw vs Kennen Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Kennen Image
7.8
< Kills >
6.4
7.4
< Deaths >
6.2
7.3
< Assists >
6.6
1.86
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
172
< Minions Killed >
164
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.51
9,746
< Physical Damage >
1,982
13,345
< Magic Damage >
20,972
3,072
< True Damage >
602
26,164
< Damage Dealt >
23,557
22,462
< Damage Taken >
23,050
12,681
< Gold Earned >
11,709
2.14
< Towers >
2.18
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,168
< Total Healing >
3,057
13,704
< Experience >
15,013
18
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
10
308
< Time Dealing CC >
75

How to Counter Kennen with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Kog'Maw versus Kennen matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kennen..

Kog'Maw normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kennen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Kennen

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Kennen?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when playing against Kennen, with a 46.5% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Kennen.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kog'Maw into Kennen.

Additionally, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often 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 Kennen matchups, Kennen is the better champ with a much 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 terribly counter to Kennen. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Kennen.

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 Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 312 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 Kennen 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 Kennen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Kennen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kennen. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Kennen build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Kennen than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when countering Kennen with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Kennen 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 rune sets players chose for Kog'Maw vs Kennen counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.

If you need to see Kog'Maw versus Kennen tips and builds for a a distinct rank, please select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides given are computed using every game played with these champions.