Malphite vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Malphite
based on 1,214 Malphite vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Kog'Maw
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw
The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.
Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!
Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.
Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.
Malphite vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here feature some vital Malphite vs. Kog'Maw counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Malphite or Kog'Maw?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when taking on Kog'Maw, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Kog'Maw.
Furthermore, Malphite has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Kog'Maw matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Kog'Maw build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Kog'Maw than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Kog'Maw as Malphite, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malphite vs Kog'Maw counters, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
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