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

Kog'Maw vs Jax

How to Beat Jax as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Jax as Kog'Maw

based on 2,004 Kog'Maw vs Jax matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
6.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Jax as Kog'Maw came out of an evaluation of 2004 ranked games where both champions clashed against each other. This pairing is relatively uncommon. Kog'Maw encounters Jax in only 6.7% of his rounds.

Kog'Maw vs Jax Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a poor job of countering Jax. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.2% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Kog'Maw versus Jax games, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Jax.

Best Kog'Maw vs Jax Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentLuden's CompanionWit's EndKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal 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: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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 Jax as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Jax

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 Jax

Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.

Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.

Kog'Maw vs Jax Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Jax Image
7.1
< Kills >
6.8
6.9
< Deaths >
6.5
6.9
< Assists >
5.3
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
164
< Minions Killed >
118
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.69
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.54
8,788
< Physical Damage >
12,252
12,401
< Magic Damage >
8,006
2,884
< True Damage >
668
24,074
< Damage Dealt >
20,926
21,195
< Damage Taken >
30,734
12,095
< Gold Earned >
12,214
2.04
< Towers >
2.22
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
4,836
< Total Healing >
9,162
13,006
< Experience >
14,718
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
299
< Time Dealing CC >
199

How to Counter Jax with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Kog'Maw vs. Jax counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jax..

Kog'Maw typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Jax. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Jax

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Jax
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Jax

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Jax?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when trying to fight Jax, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Jax.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Jax, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kog'Maw into Jax.

Additionally, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Kog'Maw is a bad counter to Jax. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Jax.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw Loses Against

Bel'VethBel'Veth41.3% winrateMilioMilio42.6% winrateSkarnerSkarner42.9% winrateAniviaAnivia44.5% winrate

Kog'Maw Wins Against

ZeriZeri55.5% winrateRumbleRumble55.2% winrateYuumiYuumi54.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Jax as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 2,004 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 Jax 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.

Other Useful Resources

Kog'Maw Build Jax Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Jax during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jax. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Jax build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Jax than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Jax with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Jax as Kog'Maw, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Kog'Maw vs Jax counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.

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