Hwei vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Hwei
based on 1,400 Hwei vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hwei vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Hwei vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Hwei
Tips for Playing as Hwei against Kog'Maw
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
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.
Hwei vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Hwei in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Hwei vs. Kog'Maw counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw..
Hwei typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives less damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hwei and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Hwei or Kog'Maw?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually fairs equally well when taking on Kog'Maw, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Hwei makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.
While Hwei does have a lower win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when they face off with one another, Hwei also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Hwei into Kog'Mawas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Hwei also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Hwei is a somewhat poor counter for Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Hwei against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Hwei 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 stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hwei on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Hwei versus Kog'Maw build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs Kog'Maw than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Hwei boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Kog'Maw with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Kog'Maw as Hwei, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Hwei vs Kog'Maw clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Hwei are given for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.