Vayne vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Vayne
based on 1,200 Vayne vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vayne vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Vayne vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Vayne
Tips for Playing as Vayne against Kog'Maw
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw
Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!
The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.
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.
Vayne vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Vayne in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some valuable Vayne against Kog'Maw matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between these two champions. As an example, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw..
Vayne usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vayne and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Vayne or Kog'Maw?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vayne usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Vayne makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.
While Vayne does have a lower win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Vayne also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vayne into Kog'Mawas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vayne also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne 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.
Vayne is a somewhat poor counter for Kog'Maw. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vayne against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vayne to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vayne versus Kog'Maw build consist of Trinity Force, Statikk Shiv, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Vayne combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Kog'Maw than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vayne boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Kog'Maw with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Kog'Maw as Vayne, Vayne players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Vayne vs Kog'Maw matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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