Kog'Maw vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Kog'Maw
based on 927 Kog'Maw vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Kog'Maw vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Kog'Maw against Nasus counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus..
Kog'Maw often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Nasus
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Nasus, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter to Nasus.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Nasus.
Additionally, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a much lower 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 trash counter to Nasus. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Nasus. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Nasus build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Nasus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 46.6% battling Nasus with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Nasus as Kog'Maw, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Kog'Maw vs Nasus clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
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