Kog'Maw with Talon
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Talon
based on 630 Kog'Maw with Talon pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Talon Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Talon
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Talon
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 Talon Will Play
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Kog'Maw Talon Synergy Stats
How to Play with Talon as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Talon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Talon, 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 Talon. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Talon helps Kog'Maw perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw is paired with Talon, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Talon does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Talon on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Talon.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Talon on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Talon does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw in team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Talon
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Talon?
There is no top champion pairing for Kog'Maw that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Talon is a not very good ally for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same side as Kog'Maw, he lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 47.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Kog'Maw and Talon that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Talon has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players must be careful when enlisting Talon teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Kog'Maw and Talon together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much tankyness. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Talon ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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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 Talon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Kog'Maw and Talon synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Talon than with many other common builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when playing alongside Talon with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you 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 builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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