Kog'Maw with Kalista
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Kalista
based on 52 Kog'Maw with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Kalista
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.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
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.
Kog'Maw Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kog'Maw sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps Kog'Maw perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw plays on the same team as Kalista, he observes a moderate decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Kalista does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played together with Kalista on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Kalista on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Kog'Maw during team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Kalista
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no one best champion pairing for Kog'Maw that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Kalista is a terrible companion for Kog'Maw. By being on the same team as Kog'Maw, she drops their win rate by -6.7% to 42.3%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Kog'Maw and Kalista that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players should be very careful when arranging Kalista comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Kog'Maw players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Kog'Maw and Kalista together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates very much protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kog'Maw to pair well with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Kog'Maw and Kalista synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Runaan's Hurricane, and Wit's End. When Kog'Maw used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Kalista than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 42.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kalista with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Kog'Maw players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 42.3% winrate overall.
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