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Irelia vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Irelia in LoLIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Irelia

based on 784 Irelia vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
1.79
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our data, Irelia faced off against Kog'Maw 784 times. Having so many matchups for Irelia versus Kog'Maw provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce actionable statistics and a pro build to counter Kog'Maw. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Irelia fights Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of her rounds.

Irelia vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Irelia does a decent job of beating Kog'Maw. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.8% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Irelia versus Kog'Maw matches, Irelia’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Irelia vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Sundered SkyRavenous HydraExperimental HexplateDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Irelia

Tips for Playing as Irelia against Kog'Maw

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

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.

Irelia vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Kog'Maw Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.6
7.1
< Deaths >
7.1
5.1
< Assists >
7.2
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
208
< Minions Killed >
164
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,388
< Physical Damage >
9,523
6,237
< Magic Damage >
12,786
748
< True Damage >
3,081
23,374
< Damage Dealt >
25,391
32,143
< Damage Taken >
21,618
13,149
< Gold Earned >
12,249
2.44
< Towers >
2.06
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
11,072
< Total Healing >
5,025
15,362
< Experience >
13,117
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
119
< Time Dealing CC >
291

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Irelia in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Irelia vs. Kog'Maw matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..

Irelia typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Irelia and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Irelia
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Irelia or Kog'Maw?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when facing off against Kog'Maw, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a good counter to Kog'Maw.

While Irelia does have a higher winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Kog'Maw.

Additionally, Irelia also 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Kog'Maw matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Irelia is a decent counter to Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia

Irelia Loses Against

TaricTaric43.5% winrateNilahNilah45.3% winrateTrundleTrundle45.4% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth45.8% winrate

Irelia Wins Against

ZeriZeri56.5% winrateYuumiYuumi55.7% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.5% winrateHweiHwei55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Irelia Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Irelia, we analyzed 784 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 Irelia 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

Irelia Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Irelia in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Irelia on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Irelia versus Kog'Maw build consist of Sterak's Gage, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Kog'Maw than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Kog'Maw as Irelia, Irelia players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Irelia vs Kog'Maw clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Irelia are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.