Kog'Maw vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Kog'Maw
based on 1,155 Kog'Maw vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Zyra
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 Zyra
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
Kog'Maw vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some important Kog'Maw vs. Zyra matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kog'Maw often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Zyra. 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 engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Zyra
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Zyra?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Zyra.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Zyra.
Additionally, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw most often accumulates more CS relative to Zyra. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kog'Maw versus Zyra build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Zyra than with many other common builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Zyra with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Zyra as Kog'Maw, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Kog'Maw vs Zyra counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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