Hecarim with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Hecarim and Kog'Maw
based on 757 Hecarim with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Core Hecarim Items
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Kog'Maw
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Advice to Understand How Kog'Maw Will Play
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Hecarim Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Hecarim sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kog'Maw helps Hecarim perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Kog'Maw, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Kog'Maw supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kog'Maw. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Hecarim in team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Kog'Maw
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no perfect ally for Hecarim that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Kog'Maw is a decent teammate for Hecarim. By playing on the same team as Hecarim, he improves their win rate by 1.0% to 49.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a good strategic relationship between Hecarim and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Kog'Maw has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Kog'Maw teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Hecarim players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Hecarim and Kog'Maw together, you will not be giving your side very much crowd control. We recommend you have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Kog'Maw teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Hecarim to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Hecarim and Kog'Maw synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Kog'Maw than with many other common builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 49.5% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Hecarim players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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