Kog'Maw vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Kog'Maw
based on 938 Kog'Maw vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Kog'Maw vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some valuable Kog'Maw against Malzahar counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Kog'Maw typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malzahar, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Malzahar.
Moreover, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This 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 in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kog'Maw to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Malzahar build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Malzahar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Malzahar as Kog'Maw, you should take 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 we have analyed for Kog'Maw vs Malzahar counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
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