Kog'Maw vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Kog'Maw
based on 418 Kog'Maw vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Kog'Maw vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Kog'Maw vs. Sivir counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sivir..
Kog'Maw usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Sivir
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually wins when trying to fight Sivir, with a 53.1% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a great counter to Sivir.
While Kog'Maw does have a higher winrate than Sivir, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kog'Maw into Sivir.
Furthermore, Kog'Maw also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This often 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 Sivir matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kog'Maw is a great counter for Sivir. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sivir. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Sivir build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Sivir than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 53.1% battling Sivir with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Sivir as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Kog'Maw vs Sivir LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.1% win rate overall.
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