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

Kog'Maw vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the a tier of champions
MarksmanMage
TankFighter

How to Beat Rammus as Kog'Maw

based on 661 Kog'Maw vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. In our database, Kog'Maw battled Rammus in 661 games. Including so many games with Kog'Maw vs Rammus provides us confidence in our capacity to prepare useful data and a recommended build to crush your enemy. This matchup is somewhat rare. Kog'Maw encounters Rammus in only 2.2% of his rounds.

Kog'Maw vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw has done a pathetic job of countering Rammus. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.9% of matches the champs face one another in. In Kog'Maw against Rammus games, Kog'Maw’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Rammus.

Best Kog'Maw vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Wit's EndTerminusKraken Slayer

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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W
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Kog'Maw vs Rammus Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Rammus Image
7.4
< Kills >
4.4
7.4
< Deaths >
5.8
7.4
< Assists >
11.8
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1
163
< Minions Killed >
34
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
1.16
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.42
9,931
< Physical Damage >
2,538
13,973
< Magic Damage >
12,656
3,353
< True Damage >
760
27,259
< Damage Dealt >
15,954
23,366
< Damage Taken >
33,731
12,435
< Gold Earned >
11,051
2.11
< Towers >
1.26
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
5,516
< Total Healing >
13,065
13,253
< Experience >
13,657
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
7
308
< Time Dealing CC >
611

How to Counter Rammus with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Kog'Maw against Rammus matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rammus. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Kog'Maw often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Rammus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Rammus

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Rammus?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Rammus, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter to Rammus.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Rammus, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Rammus.

Additionally, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Kog'Maw is a garbage counter for Rammus. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Rammus.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on countering Rammus as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 661 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 Rammus 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Rammus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw usually accumulates much more CS compared to Rammus. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Rammus build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Rammus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 46.9% battling Rammus with this counter build.

To have the best probability of crushing Rammus 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Rammus face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rammus as Kog'Maw are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.