Kalista with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Kalista and Kog'Maw
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Kalista Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Kog'Maw
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista 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, Kalista sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kog'Maw helps Kalista perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista tries to synergize with Kog'Maw, she sees a marginal improvement in her complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Kog'Maw supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kog'Maw.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, she usually takes much more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Kalista in team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Kog'Maw
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kalista that will 100% of the time be her best synergy. However, Kog'Maw is a very bad ally for Kalista. By being on the same side as Kalista, he lowers their win rate by -5.1% to 42.3%. This proves that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Kalista and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Kog'Maw teammates to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting together, Kalista players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Kalista and Kog'Maw together, you will not be providing your other teammates enough protection for burst damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Kog'Maw ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kalista to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to include in your Kalista and Kog'Maw synergy build include Bloodthirster, Runaan's Hurricane, and Wit's End. When Kalista incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Kog'Maw than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 42.3% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 42.3% win rate overall.
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