Kog'Maw with Soraka
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Soraka
based on 760 Kog'Maw with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Soraka
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 Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Kog'Maw Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Soraka 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 plays on the same team as Soraka, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This may indicate that Soraka helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Soraka 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 Soraka.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Soraka on the same side, he usually receives significantly more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw in teamfights.
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no ideal companion for Kog'Maw that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Soraka is a very typical ally for Kog'Maw. By locking into the same side as Kog'Maw, she drops their win rate by -0.8% to 48.2%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Kog'Maw and Soraka that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players don't need to be careful when arranging Soraka teammates to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Kog'Maw and Soraka together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough engage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Soraka ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to synergize with Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to use in your Kog'Maw and Soraka synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Soraka than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Kog'Maw players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Soraka with Kog'Maw are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu above.