Kog'Maw with Zed
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Zed
based on 984 Kog'Maw with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Zed Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Zed
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Zed
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 Zed Will Play
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Kog'Maw Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Zed helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Zed, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Zed supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played together with Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zed. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zed.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Zed on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Zed does a poor job of covering Kog'Maw in team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Zed
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Zed?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Zed is a relatively poor companion for Kog'Maw. By locking into the same team as Kog'Maw, he decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 47.4%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Kog'Maw and Zed that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Zed has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you should be careful when enlisting Zed allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Kog'Maw and Zed together, you may not be giving your team a lot of protection for burst damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Zed ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to work well with Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to use in your Kog'Maw and Zed synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Zed than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 47.4% when playing alongside Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating 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 combinations players picked for Kog'Maw and Zed pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
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