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

Kog'Maw vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the a tier of champions
MarksmanMage
Support

How to Beat Rakan as Kog'Maw

based on 827 Kog'Maw vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Rakan as Kog'Maw came out of an analysis of 827 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Kog'Maw fights Rakan in only 2.8% of his rounds.

Kog'Maw vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a below average job of countering Rakan. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.0% of games the champs face each other in. In Kog'Maw against Rakan games, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Kog'Maw vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Wit's EndRunaan's HurricaneKraken Slayer

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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Guide to Countering Rakan as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Kog'Maw vs Rakan Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Rakan Image
6.9
< Kills >
1.6
6.8
< Deaths >
5.2
7.2
< Assists >
15.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
0.25
168
< Minions Killed >
32
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.53
9,651
< Physical Damage >
1,272
13,197
< Magic Damage >
5,146
3,070
< True Damage >
778
25,918
< Damage Dealt >
7,197
21,105
< Damage Taken >
20,796
12,155
< Gold Earned >
8,554
2.19
< Towers >
1.86
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,798
< Total Healing >
6,302
12,982
< Experience >
10,873
19
< Vision Score >
65
9
< Wards Placed >
31
302
< Time Dealing CC >
196

How to Counter Rakan with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Kog'Maw vs. Rakan matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Kog'Maw typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Rakan

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Rakan.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Rakan, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Rakan.

Moreover, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Kog'Maw is a trash counter to Rakan. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Rakan.

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 Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 827 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 Rakan 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 Rakan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw most often racks up much more CS compared to Rakan. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Rakan build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Rakan than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 48.0% battling Rakan with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Rakan 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Rakan counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.

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