Kog'Maw with Kassadin
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Kassadin
based on 347 Kog'Maw with Kassadin pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Kassadin Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Kassadin
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 Kassadin Will Play
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Kog'Maw Kassadin Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kassadin as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, 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 Kassadin. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kassadin helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw tries to synergize with Kassadin, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Kassadin doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Kassadin on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kassadin.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Kassadin on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Kassadin does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw in team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Kassadin
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Kassadin?
There is no one best ally for Kog'Maw that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, Kassadin is a below average teammate for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same team as Kog'Maw, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 47.3%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Kog'Maw and Kassadin that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kassadin has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you must be careful when arranging Kassadin teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Kog'Maw and Kassadin together, you will not be giving your other teammates very much protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Kassadin teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to synergize with Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Kog'Maw and Kassadin synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Kassadin than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 47.3% helping carry Kassadin with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Kog'Maw players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kog'Maw and Kassadin pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Kassadin with Kog'Maw are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.