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

Kog'Maw vs Yorick

How to Beat Yorick as Kog'Maw in LoLKog'Maw is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Yorick as Kog'Maw

based on 723 Kog'Maw vs Yorick matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our dataset, Kog'Maw battled Yorick 723 times. Having so many matchups for Kog'Maw versus Yorick gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare useful stats and a pro build to suppress your opposition. This matchup is fairly rare. Kog'Maw encounters Yorick in only 2.4% of his games.

Kog'Maw vs Yorick Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a poor job of countering Yorick. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.7% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Kog'Maw against Yorick matches, Kog'Maw’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Yorick.

Best Kog'Maw vs Yorick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingWit's EndKraken 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 Yorick as Kog'Maw

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Yorick

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 Yorick

You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.

You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.

Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.

Kog'Maw vs Yorick Counter Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Yorick Image
7.4
< Kills >
4.5
6.7
< Deaths >
5.6
6.7
< Assists >
4.5
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
1.03
167
< Minions Killed >
190
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.89
9,878
< Physical Damage >
14,087
12,704
< Magic Damage >
7,277
2,630
< True Damage >
507
25,213
< Damage Dealt >
21,872
21,861
< Damage Taken >
28,702
12,311
< Gold Earned >
12,697
2.06
< Towers >
3.73
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,684
< Total Healing >
7,394
13,331
< Experience >
15,900
18
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
312
< Time Dealing CC >
212

How to Counter Yorick with Kog'Maw in LoL

The stats shown here show some significant Kog'Maw against Yorick matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick..

Kog'Maw normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Yorick. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kog'Maw and Yorick

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Yorick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kog'Maw
Yorick

Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Yorick?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Yorick, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter to Yorick.

While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kog'Maw into Yorick.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Kog'Maw is a terribly counter for Yorick. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Yorick.

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 Yorick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Yorick as Kog'Maw, we analyzed 723 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 Yorick 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 Yorick Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kog'Maw most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Yorick build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Yorick than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 47.7% battling Yorick with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Yorick as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kog'Maw vs Yorick fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.

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