Kog'Maw vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Kog'Maw
based on 1,214 Kog'Maw vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Kog'Maw vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some valuable Kog'Maw versus Malphite counter stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Kog'Maw normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Malphite. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Malphite
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when taking on Malphite, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Malphite.
Additionally, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Malphite. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Malphite. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Malphite build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Malphite than with many other common builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Malphite as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players 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 runes players used for Kog'Maw vs Malphite fights, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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