Xayah vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Xayah
based on 405 Xayah vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Kog'Maw
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Xayah versus Kog'Maw matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kog'Maw..
Xayah usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Xayah or Kog'Maw?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually wins when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a good counter for Kog'Maw.
While Xayah does have a higher winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Xayah into Kog'Maw.
Additionally, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Kog'Maw matchups, Xayah is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a good counter to Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xayah 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Kog'Maw build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Kog'Maw than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 52.6% battling Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Kog'Maw as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xayah vs Kog'Maw counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Xayah are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.