Talon vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Talon
based on 595 Talon vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Kog'Maw
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Talon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some significant Talon against Kog'Maw counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..
Talon often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Talon or Kog'Maw?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Talon usually fairs equally well when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Talon makes an ok counter for Kog'Maw.
While Talon does have a lower winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Talon also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Talon against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Talon versus Kog'Maw build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Talon combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Kog'Maw than with most other common builds. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Kog'Maw as Talon, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Talon vs Kog'Maw clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Talon are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.