Kog'Maw vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kog'Maw
based on 1,197 Kog'Maw vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Kog'Maw vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Kog'Maw against Varus matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Kog'Maw usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Varus
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Varus.
Moreover, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar 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 somewhat poor counter to Varus. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Varus.
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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 Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Varus build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Varus 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Kog'Maw vs Varus counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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