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How to Win Anivia vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupAnivia is in the s tier of champions

Anivia vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Anivia in LoLAnivia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Anivia

based on 438 Anivia vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
55.5 %
K/D/A
2.87
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League matches that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Anivia resulted from an analysis of 438 ranked games where both champs faced off against one another. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Anivia is forced to battle against Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of her games.

Anivia vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Anivia has done a great job of beating Kog'Maw. Typically, she wins a terrific 55.5% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Anivia vs Kog'Maw matches, Anivia’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Anivia vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceRod of Ages

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Anivia to level upe
>
Second ability for Anivia to level upq
>
Last skill for Anivia to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Anivia's passive ability p
Anivia's q ability q
Anivia's w ability w
Anivia's e ability e
Anivia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
E
4
W
5
E
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R
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Anivia

Tips for Playing as Anivia against Kog'Maw

Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.

It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.

Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.

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.

Anivia vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Anivia Image
Win Rate
55.5 %
VS
Win Rate
44.5 %
Kog'Maw Image
5.6
< Kills >
7.1
4.7
< Deaths >
6.8
7.9
< Assists >
6.7
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
160
< Minions Killed >
168
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,209
< Physical Damage >
9,490
17,998
< Magic Damage >
14,455
1,183
< True Damage >
2,845
20,391
< Damage Dealt >
26,791
26,831
< Damage Taken >
21,408
11,452
< Gold Earned >
12,155
2.23
< Towers >
1.95
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,074
< Total Healing >
5,001
15,311
< Experience >
13,333
23
< Vision Score >
18
11
< Wards Placed >
9
992
< Time Dealing CC >
315

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Anivia in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some important Anivia against Kog'Maw counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw..

Anivia usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Anivia and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Anivia
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Anivia or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually wins when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 55.5% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a fantastic counter for Kog'Maw.

While Anivia does have a much higher win rate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Anivia into Kog'Mawas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Anivia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Kog'Maw matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Anivia is a great counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Anivia against Kog'Maw.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Anivia, we analyzed 438 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 Anivia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Anivia to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Anivia typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Anivia versus Kog'Maw build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 55.5% when playing against Kog'Maw with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Anivia, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Anivia vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.5% winrate overall.

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