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

Kog'Maw vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Kog'Maw

based on 311 Kog'Maw vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Taliyah as Kog'Maw resulted from an analysis of 311 ranked games where both champions clashed against each other. This matchup is relatively rare. Kog'Maw has to counter Taliyah in only 1.0% of his matches.

Kog'Maw vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Kog'Maw has done a decent job of countering Taliyah. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Kog'Maw against Taliyah games, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Kog'Maw vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Terminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kog'Maw to level upw
>
Second ability for Kog'Maw to level upq
>
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 Taliyah as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Kog'Maw vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Taliyah Image
7.4
< Kills >
6.5
6.9
< Deaths >
6.6
6.6
< Assists >
8.7
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
168
< Minions Killed >
115
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.73
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.47
9,492
< Physical Damage >
747
13,105
< Magic Damage >
21,281
2,712
< True Damage >
1,171
25,310
< Damage Dealt >
23,200
21,409
< Damage Taken >
21,871
12,185
< Gold Earned >
12,168
2.17
< Towers >
1.71
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.19
4,967
< Total Healing >
4,623
13,055
< Experience >
14,378
16
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
9
292
< Time Dealing CC >
546

How to Counter Taliyah with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some strategic Kog'Maw against Taliyah matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taliyah..

Kog'Maw normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Taliyah

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Taliyah?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a good counter to Taliyah.

While Kog'Maw does have a higher winrate than Taliyah, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Taliyah.

Furthermore, Kog'Maw also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Taliyah matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Kog'Maw is a decent counter for Taliyah. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 311 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 Taliyah 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 Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind 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 on average gets a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Taliyah build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Taliyah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Taliyah with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Taliyah 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 that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Taliyah battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.

If you need to get Kog'Maw x Taliyah tips and builds for a a specific player tier, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using every match played with these champions.