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How to Synergize Irelia with Kog'Maw on the Same TeamIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia with Kog'Maw

How to Win With Irelia and Kog'Maw Paired TogetherIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Irelia and Kog'Maw

based on 724 Irelia with Kog'Maw pairs
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Irelia has fought alongside Kog'Maw in 724 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much relevant data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we are sure that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Irelia play with Kog'Maw. It is very rare for Irelia to play alongside Kog'Maw as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in about 0.7% of games with Irelia.

Irelia Kog'Maw Synergy Summary

Irelia does a good job of synergizing with Kog'Maw. Typically, she wins a fantastic 52.6% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Irelia when fighting on the same team as Kog'Maw by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Irelia vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndBlade of The Ruined KingSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageDeath's DanceExperimental HexplateTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Irelia to level upq
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Second ability for Irelia to level upw
>
Last skill for Irelia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Irelia with Kog'Maw

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

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.

Irelia Kog'Maw Synergy Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Kog'Maw Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.3
6.9
< Deaths >
7
5.1
< Assists >
5
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
208
< Minions Killed >
206
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,494
< Physical Damage >
16,208
6,306
< Magic Damage >
6,139
755
< True Damage >
751
23,554
< Damage Dealt >
23,099
31,733
< Damage Taken >
31,302
13,093
< Gold Earned >
12,894
2.36
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
11,003
< Total Healing >
10,768
15,205
< Experience >
15,027
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
116
< Time Dealing CC >
113

How to Play with Kog'Maw as Irelia in LoL

The Irelia Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Irelia sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kog'Maw helps Irelia perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Irelia is paired with Kog'Maw, she observes a small increase in her full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Kog'Maw provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played together with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Kog'Maw. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kog'Maw.

Moreover, when Irelia plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Irelia during team fights.

Synergies between Irelia and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Irelia
Kog'Maw

Is Irelia better when played alongside Kog'Maw?

There is no one best synergy for Irelia that will always be her best synergy. However, overall, Kog'Maw is a pretty good teammate for Irelia. By being on the same team as Irelia, he increases their win rate by 2.8% to 52.6%. This signals that there is pretty good synergy between Irelia and Kog'Maw that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Kog'Maw has a greater difficulty than Irelia. That means Irelia players need to be very careful when enlisting Kog'Maw comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Irelia players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by aligning Irelia and Kog'Maw together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of protection for burst damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Kog'Maw ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia Kog'Maw Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Irelia and Kog'Maw, we analyzed 724 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Irelia with Kog'Maw comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to have in your Irelia and Kog'Maw synergy build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Kog'Maw than with most other typical builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 52.6% when playing alongside Kog'Maw with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Irelia and Kog'Maw pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Kog'Maw with Irelia are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.