Kog'Maw with Maokai
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Maokai
based on 990 Kog'Maw with Maokai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Maokai Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Maokai
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Maokai
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 Maokai Will Play
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Kog'Maw Maokai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Maokai as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Maokai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Maokai, 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 Maokai. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Maokai helps Kog'Maw perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw plays on the same team as Maokai, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Maokai supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played with Maokai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Maokai.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Maokai on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Maokai does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw in team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Maokai
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Maokai?
There is no ideal synergy for Kog'Maw that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Maokai is a good companion for Kog'Maw. By being on the same team as Kog'Maw, he increases their win rate by 2.4% to 51.4%. This proves that there is a good bond between Kog'Maw and Maokai that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Maokai has a much lower diffuclty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Maokai allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Kog'Maw and Maokai together, you will not be providing your other allies very much engage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Maokai teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw in order to work well with Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Kog'Maw and Maokai synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Maokai than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 51.4% helping carry Maokai with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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