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Ahri vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Ahri

based on 867 Ahri vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Ahri resulted from an evaluation of 867 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Ahri encounters Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of her rounds.

Ahri vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Ahri has done a average job of countering Kog'Maw. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.1% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Ahri vs Kog'Maw games, Ahri’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Ahri vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormsurgeZhonya's HourglassMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Kog'Maw

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Ahri vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Kog'Maw Image
6.4
< Kills >
7.2
5.5
< Deaths >
7
7.6
< Assists >
6.5
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
165
< Minions Killed >
164
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,444
< Physical Damage >
9,447
14,961
< Magic Damage >
12,401
5,191
< True Damage >
2,923
21,597
< Damage Dealt >
24,772
20,795
< Damage Taken >
21,540
11,360
< Gold Earned >
12,146
1.9
< Towers >
2.15
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,229
< Total Healing >
5,249
14,485
< Experience >
13,073
20
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
71
< Time Dealing CC >
298

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Ahri in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Ahri vs. Kog'Maw matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..

Ahri often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ahri and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Ahri or Kog'Maw?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.

While Ahri does have a higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Ahri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ahri into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Kog'Maw matchups, Ahri is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Ahri is a decent counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri

Ahri Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.2% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune44.6% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.6% winrateTaricTaric44.8% winrate

Ahri Wins Against

ZeriZeri54.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.5% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai53.4% winrateOriannaOrianna52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LilliaLillia+ 51.7% 5396 GamesFizzFizz+ 52.3% 365 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 52.4% 15033 GamesBraumBraum+ 53.2% 1325 Games

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Ahri, we analyzed 867 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kog'Maw as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Ahri Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ahri in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Ahri versus Kog'Maw build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Kog'Maw than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when countering Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Ahri, Ahri players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ahri vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.

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