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How to Win Kayle vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupKayle is in the s tier of champions

Kayle vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Kayle in LoLKayle is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Kayle

based on 844 Kayle vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Kayle came out of an examination of 844 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Kayle fights Kog'Maw in only 0.7% of her matches.

Kayle vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Kayle does a good job of countering Kog'Maw. On average, she wins a whopping 52.5% of games the champs battle each other in. In Kayle vs Kog'Maw rounds, Kayle’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Kayle vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Kayle Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapTerminusRiftmakerWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kayle's passive ability p
Kayle's q ability q
Kayle's w ability w
Kayle's e ability e
Kayle's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Kayle

Tips for Playing as Kayle against Kog'Maw

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

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.

Kayle vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Kayle Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Kog'Maw Image
5.9
< Kills >
7.5
6.1
< Deaths >
7
5.8
< Assists >
6.9
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
196
< Minions Killed >
164
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.52
7,034
< Physical Damage >
9,236
13,972
< Magic Damage >
13,306
563
< True Damage >
2,906
21,569
< Damage Dealt >
25,450
24,130
< Damage Taken >
21,838
12,758
< Gold Earned >
12,367
2.72
< Towers >
2.2
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
7,490
< Total Healing >
5,190
15,959
< Experience >
13,116
17
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
244
< Time Dealing CC >
298

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Kayle in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Kayle against Kog'Maw counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champions. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..

Kayle often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kayle and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Kayle
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kayle
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Kayle or Kog'Maw?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Kog'Maw, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter for Kog'Maw.

While Kayle does have a higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Kayle also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Kog'Mawas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Kayle also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Kayle is a good counter to Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Kog'Maw.

Additional Information for Kayle Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Kayle, we analyzed 844 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 Kayle 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kayle most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Kayle versus Kog'Maw build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kayle incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Kog'Maw than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average win rate of 52.5% when playing against Kog'Maw with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Kog'Maw as Kayle, Kayle players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kayle vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Kayle are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.