How to Win Rammus vs Kog'Maw Counter Matchup Rammus is in the a tier of champions

Rammus vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Rammus in LoL Kog'Maw is in the s tier of champions
Tank Fighter
Marksman Mage

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Rammus

based on 938 Rammus vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.83
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League games every week. Within our database, Rammus battled Kog'Maw in 938 rounds. Using so many matchups for Rammus versus Kog'Maw gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a pro build to obliterate Kog'Maw. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Rammus encounters Kog'Maw in only 3.0% of his rounds.

Rammus vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Rammus does a average job of countering Kog'Maw. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of games the champs fight each other in. In Rammus versus Kog'Maw rounds, Rammus’s side is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Rammus vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
HailbladeRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorBami's Cinder

Core Rammus Items

~22 Mins
Turbo ChemtankThornmailForce of Nature

Optional Items

Randuin's OmenDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rammus to level up q
>
Second ability for Rammus to level up e
>
Last skill for Rammus to max out w

Runes

Resolve Aftershock Font of LifeConditioningUnflinching
Precision TriumphLegend: Alacrity
AttackSpeed Armor Armor
Rammus's passive ability p
Rammus q ability q
Rammus w ability w
Rammus e ability e
Rammus's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
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E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Rammus

Tips for Playing as Rammus against Kog'Maw

Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.

Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.

Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.

Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

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.

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Rammus vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Rammus Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Kog'Maw Image
4.9
< Kills >
7.3
5.9
< Deaths >
6.8
11.8
< Assists >
7.4
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
30
< Minions Killed >
168
1.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.48
2,495
< Physical Damage >
10,213
12,124
< Magic Damage >
12,211
1,189
< True Damage >
2,982
15,809
< Damage Dealt >
25,406
30,365
< Damage Taken >
22,606
10,807
< Gold Earned >
12,439
1.21
< Towers >
2.21
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,908
< Total Healing >
2,288
13,188
< Experience >
13,184
20
< Vision Score >
18
5
< Wards Placed >
8
606
< Time Dealing CC >
240

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Rammus in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Rammus versus Kog'Maw matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rammus normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rammus and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Rammus
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rammus
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Rammus or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rammus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Rammus makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.

While Rammus does have a lower win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Rammus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Rammus into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Rammus has a lot 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 ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rammus 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 allies during team fights.

Rammus is a somewhat poor counter to Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rammus against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rammus

Rammus Loses Against

Mordekaiser Mordekaiser 44.2% winrate Lillia Lillia 44.6% winrate Swain Swain 45.4% winrate Renata Glasc Renata Glasc 45.7% winrate

Rammus Wins Against

Nidalee Nidalee 63% winrate Elise Elise 60.9% winrate Ryze Ryze 60.5% winrate Rek'Sai Rek'Sai 59.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Mordekaiser Mordekaiser + 56.4% 1733 Games Kayn Kayn + 56.5% 124 Games Trundle Trundle + 57.2% 290 Games Lillia Lillia + 58.7% 508 Games

Additional Information for Rammus Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Rammus, we analyzed 938 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 Rammus 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

Rammus Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Rammus to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rammus often gets a lot less CS as Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Rammus versus Kog'Maw build include Turbo Chemtank, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Rammus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rammus boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Rammus, Rammus players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rammus vs Kog'Maw face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.

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