Kog'Maw vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Kog'Maw
based on 656 Kog'Maw vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Zac
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 Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Kog'Maw vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several strategic Kog'Maw against Zac counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zac. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in deaths.
Kog'Maw often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Zac
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Zac?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Zac, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kog'Maw into Zac.
Additionally, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kog'Maw is a bad counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kog'Maw to counter Zac during both the lane 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 tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw most often gets more CS as Zac. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Zac build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Zac than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Zac with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Zac 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. Of all the rune sets players chose for Kog'Maw vs Zac LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.8% win rate overall.
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