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Tristana vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Tristana

based on 1,020 Tristana vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Tristana came out of an examination of 1020 ranked rounds where both champions faced each other. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Tristana has to counter Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of her games.

Tristana vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Tristana does a average job of beating Kog'Maw. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.2% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Tristana versus Kog'Maw rounds, Tristana’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Tristana vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Rapid FirecannonKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowPhantom DancerBloodthirsterLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
15
W
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R

Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Kog'Maw

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

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.

Tristana vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Kog'Maw Image
7.9
< Kills >
7.5
6.5
< Deaths >
7.1
6
< Assists >
7.2
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
169
< Minions Killed >
162
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,200
< Physical Damage >
9,880
2,436
< Magic Damage >
13,507
507
< True Damage >
2,921
21,144
< Damage Dealt >
26,309
23,216
< Damage Taken >
21,841
13,008
< Gold Earned >
12,355
2.95
< Towers >
2.18
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
6,677
< Total Healing >
5,053
13,453
< Experience >
13,228
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
69
< Time Dealing CC >
305

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Tristana in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some vital Tristana versus Kog'Maw counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..

Tristana typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Tristana or Kog'Maw?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tristana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes an ok counter for Kog'Maw.

While Tristana does have a higher win rate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Tristana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Kog'Maw.

Additionally, Tristana has only a small 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 lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Kog'Maw matchups, Tristana is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Tristana is a decent counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tristana against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Tristana

Tristana Loses Against

TeemoTeemo44.7% winrateLilliaLillia45.1% winrateUrgotUrgot45.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.7% winrate

Tristana Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante54.8% winrateZeriZeri54.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZacZac+ 52.2% 2830 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 52.2% 10914 GamesSingedSinged+ 52.6% 3019 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.8% 8107 Games

Additional Information for Tristana Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Tristana, we analyzed 1,020 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 Tristana 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

Tristana Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Tristana in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Kog'Maw. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Tristana versus Kog'Maw build include Rapid Firecannon, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tristana used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Kog'Maw than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Tristana boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Kog'Maw as Tristana, Tristana players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Tristana vs Kog'Maw matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.

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