Rakan with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Rakan and Kog'Maw
based on 617 Rakan with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Rakan vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Kog'Maw
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.
Advice to Understand How Kog'Maw Will Play
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.
Rakan Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Rakan sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kog'Maw helps Rakan perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rakan is an ally to Kog'Maw, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This may signal that Kog'Maw supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played with Kog'Maw on the same side, 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 synergisticly with Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Rakan plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Rakan during team fights.
Synergies between Rakan and Kog'Maw
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Rakan that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Kog'Maw is a very typical ally for Rakan. By locking into the same side as Rakan, he lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 50.2%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Rakan and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a greater difficulty than Rakan. That means you must be careful when lining up Kog'Maw allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Rakan and Kog'Maw together, you will not be giving your side a lot of engage. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Kog'Maw ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Rakan to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Rakan and Kog'Maw synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Kog'Maw than with many other common builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rakan and Kog'Maw pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Kog'Maw with Rakan are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.