Kog'Maw vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Kog'Maw
based on 655 Kog'Maw vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Volibear
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.
Kog'Maw vs Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Kog'Maw versus Volibear counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between the two. Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Volibear..
Kog'Maw typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Volibear. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Volibear
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Volibear?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when playing against Volibear, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter for Volibear.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate than Volibear, when on opposite teams, Kog'Maw also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Volibear.
Additionally, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Volibear matchups, Volibear 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 to Volibear. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kog'Maw to counter Volibear during both the early game 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 here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Volibear. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Volibear build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Volibear than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Volibear with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Volibear 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. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kog'Maw vs Volibear fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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