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Rakan vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Rakan

based on 827 Rakan vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
3.31
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our data, Rakan battled Kog'Maw 827 times. Using so many matchups for Rakan versus Kog'Maw gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare enlightening statistics and a supported build to shatter your opposition. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Rakan fights Kog'Maw in only 0.7% of his games.

Rakan vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Rakan does a good job of beating Kog'Maw. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.0% of games the champions battle one another in. In Rakan against Kog'Maw games, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Rakan vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartZeke's ConvergenceCelestial OppositionLocket of the Iron Solari

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
>
Second ability for Rakan to level upe
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Kog'Maw

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Rakan vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Kog'Maw Image
1.6
< Kills >
6.9
5.2
< Deaths >
6.8
15.6
< Assists >
7.2
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
32
< Minions Killed >
168
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,272
< Physical Damage >
9,651
5,146
< Magic Damage >
13,197
778
< True Damage >
3,070
7,197
< Damage Dealt >
25,918
20,796
< Damage Taken >
21,105
8,554
< Gold Earned >
12,155
1.86
< Towers >
2.19
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
6,302
< Total Healing >
4,798
10,873
< Experience >
12,982
65
< Vision Score >
19
31
< Wards Placed >
9
196
< Time Dealing CC >
302

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several influential Rakan versus Kog'Maw counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champs. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Rakan or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when facing off against Kog'Maw, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter for Kog'Maw.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Rakan also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Kog'Maw.

Moreover, Rakan also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Kog'Maw matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.9% winrateSingedSinged44.6% winrateSwainSwain45.1% winrateTaricTaric45.9% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani56.4% winrateKennenKennen55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 54.7% 3868 GamesSwainSwain+ 54.7% 1847 GamesVel'KozVel'Koz+ 55.2% 817 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.6% 6914 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Rakan, we analyzed 827 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 Kog'Maw as Rakan 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

Rakan Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rakan to counter Kog'Maw 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Rakan versus Kog'Maw build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Kog'Maw than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 52.0% battling Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Kog'Maw as Rakan, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Rakan vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Rakan are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.