Kog'Maw vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Kog'Maw
based on 809 Kog'Maw vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Kog'Maw vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Kog'Maw vs. Nami counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kog'Maw usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Nami. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Nami
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when trying to fight Nami, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Nami.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a 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 Nami.
Moreover, Kog'Maw also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Nami.
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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 Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw on average picks up much more CS as Nami. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kog'Maw versus Nami build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Nami than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 48.7% battling Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Nami 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 rune sets players chose for Kog'Maw vs Nami battles, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.
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