Kog'Maw vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Kog'Maw
based on 1,161 Kog'Maw vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Kog'Maw vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some influential Kog'Maw vs. Thresh counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kog'Maw typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Thresh
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Thresh?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when taking on Thresh, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter to Thresh.
While Kog'Maw does have a higher win rate compared to Thresh, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Thresh.
Additionally, Kog'Maw also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Thresh matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is a decent counter to Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw usually gets much more CS relative to Thresh. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Thresh build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Thresh than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Thresh 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 we have analyed for Kog'Maw vs Thresh battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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