Rek'Sai vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Rek'Sai
based on 149 Rek'Sai vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Core Rek'Sai Items
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Kog'Maw
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Rek'Sai vs. Kog'Maw counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw..
Rek'Sai typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Kog'Maw?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Kog'Maw.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower win rate than Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Kog'Maw.
Additionally, Rek'Sai also has some amount 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter to Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning 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 suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Rek'Sai versus Kog'Maw build consist of Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Black Cleaver. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kog'Maw than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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