Ziggs vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Ziggs
based on 434 Ziggs vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Kog'Maw
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Ziggs vs. Kog'Maw counter stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw..
Ziggs often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Kog'Maw?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Ziggs makes a poor counter for Kog'Maw.
While Ziggs does have a lower win rate than Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ziggs into Kog'Maw.
Moreover, Ziggs also has some amount 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter for Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ziggs against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ziggs to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Ziggs versus Kog'Maw build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Ziggs, Ziggs players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Ziggs vs Kog'Maw clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.
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