Kog'Maw with Rakan
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Rakan
based on 617 Kog'Maw with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Rakan
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 Rakan Will Play
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Kog'Maw Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 Rakan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rakan helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw tries to synergize with Rakan, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Rakan does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Rakan 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 alongside Rakan.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Rakan on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Kog'Maw in team fights.
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no top ally for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, Rakan is a good companion for Kog'Maw. By locking into the same team as Kog'Maw, he increases their win rate by 1.2% to 50.2%. This signals that there is a somewhat important bond between Kog'Maw and Rakan that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Rakan teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, Kog'Maw players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Kog'Maw and Rakan together, you will not be granting your other allies very much engage potential. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Rakan ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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 Kog'Maw in order to pair well with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Kog'Maw and Rakan synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Rakan than with most other common builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rakan with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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