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How to Win Naafiri vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupNaafiri is in the a tier of champions

Naafiri vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Naafiri in LoLNaafiri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Naafiri

based on 399 Naafiri vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Naafiri resulted from an analysis of 399 ranked rounds where both champs battled each other. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Naafiri has to counter Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of their matches.

Naafiri vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Naafiri has done a average job of countering Kog'Maw. Typically, they wins a acceptable 49.6% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Naafiri versus Kog'Maw rounds, Naafiri’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, implying that they most likely won't be able to get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Naafiri vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightEclipseVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Naafiri to level upq
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Second ability for Naafiri to level upe
>
Last skill for Naafiri to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Naafiri's passive ability p
Naafiri's q ability q
Naafiri's w ability w
Naafiri's e ability e
Naafiri's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Kog'Maw

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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.

Naafiri vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Kog'Maw Image
9.1
< Kills >
7.6
6.9
< Deaths >
7.4
6.1
< Assists >
6.9
2.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
151
< Minions Killed >
159
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.5
24,041
< Physical Damage >
9,813
81
< Magic Damage >
12,776
1,315
< True Damage >
3,113
25,437
< Damage Dealt >
25,702
26,561
< Damage Taken >
22,573
12,905
< Gold Earned >
12,250
1.36
< Towers >
2.11
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
6,546
< Total Healing >
5,135
14,379
< Experience >
13,051
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
63
< Time Dealing CC >
314

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Naafiri in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Naafiri vs. Kog'Maw counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..

Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Naafiri and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Naafiri
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Naafiri or Kog'Maw?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.

While Naafiri does have a lower winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Kog'Maw.

Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Naafiri

Naafiri Loses Against

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Naafiri Wins Against

JayceJayce57.6% winrateKarthusKarthus57% winrateGangplankGangplank56.9% winrateYuumiYuumi56.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Naafiri Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Naafiri, we analyzed 399 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 Kog'Maw as Naafiri 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

Naafiri Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Naafiri typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Kog'Maw build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri used at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better versus Kog'Maw than with many other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Kog'Maw with these items in their kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Kog'Maw as Naafiri, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Naafiri vs Kog'Maw counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.

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