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

Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the s tier of champions
MarksmanMage
SupportTank

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Kog'Maw

based on 758 Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. In our database, Kog'Maw fought Tahm Kench in 758 games. Having so many games with Kog'Maw versus Tahm Kench gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare useful statistics and a pro build to shatter your opponent. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Kog'Maw encounters Tahm Kench in only 2.5% of his games.

Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Kog'Maw has done a average job of beating Tahm Kench. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.5% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench games, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Tahm Kench.

Best Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerRecurve Bow

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneWit's End

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 Tahm Kench as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Tahm Kench

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 Tahm Kench

When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!

Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Tahm Kench Image
7.7
< Kills >
5.3
7.3
< Deaths >
5.3
7.1
< Assists >
8.6
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
162
< Minions Killed >
117
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.44
11,477
< Physical Damage >
3,968
15,224
< Magic Damage >
15,142
3,155
< True Damage >
711
29,858
< Damage Dealt >
19,822
22,119
< Damage Taken >
41,498
12,258
< Gold Earned >
10,649
2.13
< Towers >
1.98
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,157
< Total Healing >
12,379
12,951
< Experience >
13,545
17
< Vision Score >
26
8
< Wards Placed >
12
292
< Time Dealing CC >
284

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several strategic Kog'Maw against Tahm Kench matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Tahm Kench. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in deaths.

Kog'Maw normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Tahm Kench?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter for Tahm Kench.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Tahm Kench.

Additionally, Kog'Maw also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

How We Calculated Our Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 758 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 Tahm Kench 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Tahm Kench. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Tahm Kench build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Tahm Kench than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Tahm Kench with this counter build.

To have the best chance of beating Tahm Kench 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 builds players chose for Kog'Maw vs Tahm Kench fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.

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