Kog'Maw vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Kog'Maw
based on 2,014 Kog'Maw vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Kog'Maw vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Kog'Maw vs. Yasuo matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Kog'Maw often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Yasuo?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Yasuo.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Yasuo.
Moreover, Kog'Maw has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter to Yasuo. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Yasuo 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 performed much better vs. Yasuo than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Yasuo as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kog'Maw vs Yasuo battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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