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How to Win Taliyah vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Taliyah

based on 311 Taliyah vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our database, Taliyah faced off against Kog'Maw 311 times. Including so many games with Taliyah versus Kog'Maw provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a solid build to counter Kog'Maw. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Taliyah encounters Kog'Maw in only 0.7% of her matches.

Taliyah vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah does a below average job of countering Kog'Maw. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.6% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Taliyah versus Kog'Maw games, Taliyah’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Taliyah vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
>
Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
>
Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Kog'Maw

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Kog'Maw Image
6.5
< Kills >
7.4
6.6
< Deaths >
6.9
8.7
< Assists >
6.6
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
115
< Minions Killed >
168
0.73
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.46
747
< Physical Damage >
9,492
21,281
< Magic Damage >
13,105
1,171
< True Damage >
2,712
23,200
< Damage Dealt >
25,310
21,871
< Damage Taken >
21,409
12,168
< Gold Earned >
12,185
1.71
< Towers >
2.17
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,623
< Total Healing >
4,967
14,378
< Experience >
13,055
22
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
8
546
< Time Dealing CC >
292

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Taliyah in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several significant Taliyah vs. Kog'Maw counter statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..

Taliyah often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Taliyah or Kog'Maw?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually loses when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Taliyah makes a poor counter for Kog'Maw.

While Taliyah does have a lower winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Taliyah into Kog'Maw.

Additionally, Taliyah has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Taliyah is a somewhat poor counter for Kog'Maw. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Kog'Maw.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Taliyah, we analyzed 311 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 Taliyah 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

If you would like to truly master Taliyah to counter Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Taliyah versus Kog'Maw build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Kog'Maw than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when countering Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Kog'Maw as Taliyah, Taliyah players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Taliyah vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.

If you want to see Taliyah x Kog'Maw tips and counter stats for a a specific division, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies displayed are calculated using every round run with these champions.