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

Kog'Maw vs Skarner

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

based on 98 Kog'Maw vs Skarner matchups
Win Rate
42.9 %
K/D/A
1.87
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds every week. In our data, Kog'Maw fought Skarner in 98 matches. Including so many matchups for Kog'Maw vs Skarner provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative statistics and a pro build to annihilate Skarner. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Kog'Maw fights Skarner in only 0.3% of his rounds.

Kog'Maw vs Skarner Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a pathetic job of beating Skarner. On average, he wins a lowly 42.9% of games the champs battle one another in. In Kog'Maw against Skarner games, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Skarner.

Best Kog'Maw vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Vampiric ScepterBerserker's Greaves

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelRunaan's HurricaneWit's End

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingGuinsoo's Rageblade

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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Guide to Countering Skarner as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Skarner

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 Skarner

Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!

Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.

Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.

Kog'Maw vs Skarner Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
42.9 %
VS
Win Rate
57.1 %
Skarner Image
6.9
< Kills >
4.4
7
< Deaths >
5.2
6.2
< Assists >
8.9
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.01
164
< Minions Killed >
46
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.45
9,584
< Physical Damage >
8,992
12,447
< Magic Damage >
3,640
2,971
< True Damage >
767
25,003
< Damage Dealt >
13,400
21,621
< Damage Taken >
29,363
11,890
< Gold Earned >
11,236
1.9
< Towers >
1.88
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.39
4,901
< Total Healing >
10,727
12,646
< Experience >
13,944
18
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
7
291
< Time Dealing CC >
730

How to Counter Skarner with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Kog'Maw vs. Skarner matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner..

Kog'Maw usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Skarner

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Skarner?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when taking on Skarner, with a 42.9% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter for Skarner.

While Kog'Maw does have a much lower winrate than Skarner, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Skarner.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Kog'Maw is a bad counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Skarner.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Skarner as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 98 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 Skarner 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 learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Skarner 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw often gets much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Skarner build include Guardian Angel, Runaan's Hurricane, and Wit's End. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Skarner than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 42.9% when playing against Skarner with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Skarner as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Kog'Maw vs Skarner face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 42.9% winrate overall.

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