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How to Win Zed vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupZed is in the b tier of champions

Zed vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Zed in LoLZed is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Zed

based on 1,034 Zed vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Zed resulted from an examination of 1034 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against one another. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Zed encounters Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of his rounds.

Zed vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Zed has done a ok job of beating Kog'Maw. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Zed against Kog'Maw matches, Zed’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Zed vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardThe Brutalizer

Core Zed Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeAxiom ArcVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Edge of NightProfane HydraHubrisOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Zed's passive ability p
Zed's q ability q
Zed's w ability w
Zed's e ability e
Zed'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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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Zed

Tips for Playing as Zed against Kog'Maw

Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.

Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.

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.

Zed vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Zed Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Kog'Maw Image
9.3
< Kills >
7.5
6.7
< Deaths >
7.4
5.6
< Assists >
7.2
2.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
161
< Minions Killed >
169
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.46
23,386
< Physical Damage >
9,817
1,293
< Magic Damage >
12,899
1,317
< True Damage >
2,942
25,997
< Damage Dealt >
25,659
24,507
< Damage Taken >
23,361
12,984
< Gold Earned >
12,568
1.66
< Towers >
2.08
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,203
< Total Healing >
5,374
15,444
< Experience >
13,649
18
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
156
< Time Dealing CC >
299

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Zed in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Zed versus Kog'Maw matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw..

Zed normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zed and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Zed
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zed
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Zed or Kog'Maw?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Zed makes an ok counter to Kog'Maw.

While Zed does have a lower win rate than Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Kog'Mawas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Zed also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zed vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Zed is a somewhat poor counter to Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Kog'Maw.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zed

Zed Loses Against

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Zed Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Zed Players

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

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Zed, we analyzed 1,034 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 Zed 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

Zed Build Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zed in order to counter Kog'Maw 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zed most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Zed versus Kog'Maw build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kog'Maw than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zed had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Kog'Maw with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Kog'Maw as Zed, Zed players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zed vs Kog'Maw battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Zed are displayed for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.