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How to Win Kog'Maw vs Anivia Counter MatchupKog'Maw is in the b tier of champions

Kog'Maw vs Anivia

How to Beat Anivia as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Anivia as Kog'Maw

based on 438 Kog'Maw vs Anivia matchups
Win Rate
44.5 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Anivia as Kog'Maw came out of an analysis of 438 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Kog'Maw encounters Anivia in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Kog'Maw vs Anivia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a pathetic job of beating Anivia. On average, he wins a lowly 44.5% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Kog'Maw vs Anivia rounds, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Anivia.

Best Kog'Maw vs Anivia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kog'Maw to level upw
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Second ability for Kog'Maw to level upq
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Last skill for Kog'Maw to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kog'Maw's passive ability p
Kog'Maw's q ability q
Kog'Maw's w ability w
Kog'Maw's e ability e
Kog'Maw's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Anivia

Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.

Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.

Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.

Advice to Win Against Anivia

Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.

If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.

Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.

Kog'Maw vs Anivia Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
44.5 %
VS
Win Rate
55.5 %
Anivia Image
7.1
< Kills >
5.6
6.8
< Deaths >
4.7
6.7
< Assists >
7.9
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.26
168
< Minions Killed >
160
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.55
9,490
< Physical Damage >
1,209
14,455
< Magic Damage >
17,998
2,845
< True Damage >
1,183
26,791
< Damage Dealt >
20,391
21,408
< Damage Taken >
26,831
12,155
< Gold Earned >
11,452
1.95
< Towers >
2.23
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,001
< Total Healing >
4,074
13,333
< Experience >
15,311
18
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
11
315
< Time Dealing CC >
992

How to Counter Anivia with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stats provided here feature several influential Kog'Maw versus Anivia matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between these two champs. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Anivia. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in deaths.

Kog'Maw normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Anivia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Anivia

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Anivia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Anivia

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Anivia?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Anivia, with a 44.5% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter for Anivia.

While Kog'Maw does have a much lower win rate than Anivia, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kog'Maw into Anivia.

Moreover, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Anivia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Kog'Maw is a garbage counter to Anivia. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Anivia.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Anivia as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 438 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 Anivia as Kog'Maw 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 truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Anivia during both the laning 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 tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Anivia. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Anivia build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Anivia than with most other common builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 44.5% when playing against Anivia with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Anivia as Kog'Maw, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Anivia face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Anivia as Kog'Maw are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.