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

Kog'Maw vs Viego

How to Beat Viego as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Viego as Kog'Maw

based on 1,097 Kog'Maw vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League games every week. In our data, Kog'Maw engaged Viego 1097 times. Including so many games with Kog'Maw versus Viego gives us faith in our capacity to prepare enlightening data and a solid build to annihilate Viego. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Kog'Maw has to counter Viego in only 3.7% of his matches.

Kog'Maw vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw has done a awful job of beating Viego. On average, he wins a lowly 46.8% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Kog'Maw versus Viego matches, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Viego.

Best Kog'Maw vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

Core Kog'Maw Items

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

Optional Items

TerminusWit's EndKraken SlayerSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal 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 Viego as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Viego

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.

Kog'Maw vs Viego Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Viego Image
7.3
< Kills >
8
7.1
< Deaths >
6.3
7
< Assists >
6.9
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
167
< Minions Killed >
36
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
1.79
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
9,731
< Physical Damage >
16,189
12,599
< Magic Damage >
2,288
3,002
< True Damage >
974
25,333
< Damage Dealt >
19,452
21,940
< Damage Taken >
34,286
12,289
< Gold Earned >
12,681
2.08
< Towers >
1.53
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.44
5,200
< Total Healing >
17,231
13,238
< Experience >
14,420
18
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
6
297
< Time Dealing CC >
237

How to Counter Viego with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some valuable Kog'Maw vs. Viego matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viego’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viego..

Kog'Maw normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Viego. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Viego

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Viego?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when playing against Viego, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter for Viego.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Viego, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Viego.

Moreover, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viego. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Kog'Maw is a terribly counter to Viego. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Viego.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw Loses Against

Bel'VethBel'Veth41.3% winrateMilioMilio42.6% winrateSkarnerSkarner42.9% winrateAniviaAnivia44.5% winrate

Kog'Maw Wins Against

ZeriZeri55.5% winrateRumbleRumble55.2% winrateYuumiYuumi54.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Viego as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 1,097 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 Viego 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.

Other Useful Resources

Kog'Maw Build Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Viego during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw usually gets much more CS relative to Viego. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have 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, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Viego build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Viego than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Viego with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Viego as Kog'Maw, you should use 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 Viego clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.

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