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How to Win Karthus vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupKarthus is in the b tier of champions

Karthus vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Karthus in LoLKarthus is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Karthus

based on 391 Karthus vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our database, Karthus did battle with Kog'Maw in 391 matches. Including so many games with Karthus vs Kog'Maw provides us confidence in our capability to prepare actionable data and a supported build to suppress your rival. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Karthus encounters Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of his rounds.

Karthus vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karthus has done a below average job of countering Kog'Maw. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Karthus vs Kog'Maw rounds, Karthus’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Karthus vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Karthus Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Karthus's passive ability p
Karthus's q ability q
Karthus's w ability w
Karthus's e ability e
Karthus's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Karthus

Tips for Playing as Karthus against Kog'Maw

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

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.

Karthus vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Karthus Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Kog'Maw Image
7.3
< Kills >
8.2
8
< Deaths >
7.7
10.4
< Assists >
7.4
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.97
89
< Minions Killed >
175
0.94
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.26
< Inhibitors >
0.5
246
< Physical Damage >
10,017
31,152
< Magic Damage >
14,239
2,242
< True Damage >
3,071
33,641
< Damage Dealt >
27,328
31,278
< Damage Taken >
25,629
13,315
< Gold Earned >
13,193
1.02
< Towers >
2.25
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
9,603
< Total Healing >
6,315
15,555
< Experience >
14,299
20
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
234
< Time Dealing CC >
310

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Karthus in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several critical Karthus versus Kog'Maw matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, showing that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..

Karthus often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karthus and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Karthus
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karthus
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Karthus or Kog'Maw?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Kog'Maw, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a poor counter for Kog'Maw.

While Karthus does have a lower winrate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Karthus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karthus into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Karthus 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Karthus is a somewhat poor counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus

Karthus Loses Against

TaricTaric41.5% winrateMilioMilio42% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench42.1% winrateJannaJanna42.2% winrate

Karthus Wins Against

ZeriZeri52.8% winrateLissandraLissandra52.2% winrateZoeZoe51.9% winrateLuluLulu51.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BriarBriar+ 51.6% 926 GamesTristanaTristana+ 52% 1608 GamesRammusRammus+ 52.9% 346 GamesKledKled+ 52.9% 681 Games

Additional Information for Karthus Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Karthus, we analyzed 391 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 Karthus 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

Karthus Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karthus often picks up less CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Karthus versus Kog'Maw build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Kog'Maw than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Karthus had an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Kog'Maw as Karthus, Karthus players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Karthus vs Kog'Maw LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.

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