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How to Win Vladimir vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupVladimir is in the s tier of champions

Vladimir vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Vladimir in LoLVladimir is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Vladimir

based on 838 Vladimir vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. In our data, Vladimir fought Kog'Maw 838 times. Including so many matchups for Vladimir versus Kog'Maw provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening stats and a recommended build to suppress Kog'Maw. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Vladimir is forced to battle against Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of his games.

Vladimir vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Vladimir does a decent job of beating Kog'Maw. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Vladimir versus Kog'Maw matches, Vladimir’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Vladimir vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Vladimir Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffRiftmaker

Optional Items

ShadowflameStormsurgeLiandry's TormentCosmic Drive

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vladimir to level upq
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Second ability for Vladimir to level upe
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Last skill for Vladimir to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vladimir's passive ability p
Vladimir's q ability q
Vladimir's w ability w
Vladimir's e ability e
Vladimir's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Vladimir

Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Kog'Maw

Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.

Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.

Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.

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.

Vladimir vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Vladimir Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Kog'Maw Image
6.7
< Kills >
7.5
5.3
< Deaths >
6.9
6.3
< Assists >
7.1
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
189
< Minions Killed >
173
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.48
983
< Physical Damage >
10,773
23,905
< Magic Damage >
15,187
387
< True Damage >
2,948
25,276
< Damage Dealt >
28,909
35,574
< Damage Taken >
22,249
12,186
< Gold Earned >
12,544
2.03
< Towers >
2.2
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
30,249
< Total Healing >
5,408
15,521
< Experience >
13,425
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
125
< Time Dealing CC >
304

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Vladimir in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Vladimir versus Kog'Maw counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..

Vladimir normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vladimir and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Vladimir
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vladimir
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Vladimir or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually wins when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Vladimir makes a good counter for Kog'Maw.

While Vladimir does have a higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vladimir into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Vladimir has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Kog'Maw matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Vladimir is a decent counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Vladimir

Vladimir Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.2% winrateMalzaharMalzahar45.6% winrateTrundleTrundle45.9% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.6% winrate

Vladimir Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.8% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.3% winrateKarthusKarthus54.7% winrateOlafOlaf54.7% winrate

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Additional Information for Vladimir Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Vladimir, we analyzed 838 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 Vladimir 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

Vladimir Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vladimir on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Vladimir versus Kog'Maw build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Riftmaker. When Vladimir used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Kog'Maw than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when countering Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Kog'Maw as Vladimir, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Vladimir vs Kog'Maw LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% winrate overall.

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