Kog'Maw vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Kog'Maw
based on 929 Kog'Maw vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Kog'Maw vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Kog'Maw vs. Xin Zhao matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Kog'Maw often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Xin Zhao?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Kog'Maw into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw on average racks up much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Xin Zhao build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 49.6% battling Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Xin Zhao 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 used for Kog'Maw vs Xin Zhao counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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