Bard vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Bard
based on 759 Bard vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Kog'Maw
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Bard in LoL
The stats provided here show several critical Bard versus Kog'Maw matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Bard or Kog'Maw?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Kog'Maw, with a 54.2% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a great counter for Kog'Maw.
While Bard does have a much higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Kog'Maw matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is a great counter to Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Bard versus Kog'Maw build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Kog'Maw than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 54.2% when playing against Kog'Maw with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Kog'Maw as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Bard vs Kog'Maw clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.2% win rate overall.
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