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How to Win Seraphine vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Seraphine

based on 1,327 Seraphine vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.96
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each week. Within our database, Seraphine faced off against Kog'Maw 1327 times. Including so many games with Seraphine versus Kog'Maw gives us a lot of faith in our capability to produce actionable statistics and a pro build to obliterate Kog'Maw. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Seraphine fights Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Seraphine has done a ok job of beating Kog'Maw. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.7% of matches the champions face each other in. In Seraphine versus Kog'Maw rounds, Seraphine’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Seraphine vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Staff of Flowing WaterMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

RedemptionSeraph's EmbraceArdent CenserRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
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Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Kog'Maw Image
3.6
< Kills >
7.1
5.6
< Deaths >
6.9
13
< Assists >
6.8
0.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
98
< Minions Killed >
167
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,432
< Physical Damage >
9,185
12,978
< Magic Damage >
12,859
535
< True Damage >
2,917
14,944
< Damage Dealt >
24,962
17,697
< Damage Taken >
22,247
10,246
< Gold Earned >
12,271
2.3
< Towers >
2.05
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,350
< Total Healing >
5,331
12,310
< Experience >
13,300
43
< Vision Score >
18
19
< Wards Placed >
9
261
< Time Dealing CC >
309

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several valuable Seraphine versus Kog'Maw counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Seraphine typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Seraphine and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Seraphine or Kog'Maw?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kog'Maw, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Seraphine makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.

While Seraphine does have a higher win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Seraphine also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Seraphine into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Seraphine has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Kog'Maw matchups, Seraphine is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Seraphine is a decent counter for Kog'Maw. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Seraphine against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Seraphine

Seraphine Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle46% winrateBraumBraum46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrate

Seraphine Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.5% winrateHweiHwei54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 55% 1555 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.7% 16060 GamesBardBard+ 56.6% 2216 GamesBraumBraum+ 58% 486 Games

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Seraphine, we analyzed 1,327 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 Seraphine 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

Seraphine Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Seraphine in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine typically accumulates less CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Seraphine versus Kog'Maw build include Staff of Flowing Water, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Seraphine included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Kog'Maw than with many other common builds. In fact, Seraphine had an average win rate of 50.7% battling Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Kog'Maw as Seraphine, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Seraphine vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Seraphine are presented for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.