Kog'Maw with Vladimir
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Vladimir
based on 715 Kog'Maw with Vladimir pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Vladimir Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Vladimir
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 Vladimir Will Play
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Kog'Maw Vladimir Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vladimir as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Vladimir synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vladimir, 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 Vladimir. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Vladimir helps Kog'Maw perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Vladimir, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could indicate that Vladimir supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played together with Vladimir on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vladimir.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Vladimir on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Vladimir does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw during team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Vladimir
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Vladimir?
There is no top companion for Kog'Maw that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Vladimir is a very typical companion for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same side as Kog'Maw, he drops their win rate by -0.5% to 48.5%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Kog'Maw and Vladimir that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Vladimir has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players must be careful when enlisting Vladimir teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, Kog'Maw players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Kog'Maw and Vladimir together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough support. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Vladimir ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Kog'Maw and Vladimir synergy build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing alongside Vladimir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kog'Maw and Vladimir pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Vladimir with Kog'Maw are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.