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

Kog'Maw vs Morgana

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

based on 1,558 Kog'Maw vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
5.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Morgana as Kog'Maw came out of an examination of 1558 ranked rounds where both champs engaged each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly uncommon. Kog'Maw fights Morgana in only 5.2% of his rounds.

Kog'Maw vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw has done a poor job of beating Morgana. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.2% of the time the champions face one another in. In Kog'Maw vs Morgana matches, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood versus Morgana.

Best Kog'Maw vs Morgana 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 HurricaneWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Kraken SlayerGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminusMalignance

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
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Q
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E
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W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Morgana

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 Morgana

Tormented Shadow deals tons of damage to units missing large amounts of Health. When low on Health, be wary of Morgana's attempts to trap you within its reach.

Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.

Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.

Kog'Maw vs Morgana Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Morgana Image
7.4
< Kills >
4
6.9
< Deaths >
5.8
6.8
< Assists >
12.3
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
0.88
162
< Minions Killed >
55
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.45
10,004
< Physical Damage >
860
13,429
< Magic Damage >
16,061
2,878
< True Damage >
1,021
26,312
< Damage Dealt >
17,943
22,319
< Damage Taken >
22,022
12,316
< Gold Earned >
9,893
2.03
< Towers >
1.64
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,414
< Total Healing >
4,920
13,445
< Experience >
11,909
18
< Vision Score >
52
9
< Wards Placed >
22
303
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Morgana with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some valuable Kog'Maw versus Morgana counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Morgana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Morgana. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Kog'Maw often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Morgana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Morgana

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Morgana?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Morgana, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter to Morgana.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Morgana, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Morgana.

Additionally, Kog'Maw has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Morgana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Morgana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Morgana.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

How We Calculated Our Kog'Maw vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 1,558 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 Morgana 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 truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Morgana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw usually accumulates more CS relative to Morgana. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Morgana build include Runaan's Hurricane, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Morgana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Morgana with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Morgana 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. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Morgana LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Kog'Maw vs Morgana tips and counter builds for a a distinct player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all games completed with both champions.