Alistar with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Alistar and Kog'Maw
based on 369 Alistar with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Kog'Maw
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Understand How Kog'Maw Will Play
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.
Alistar Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Alistar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kog'Maw helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Alistar is paired with Kog'Maw, he sees a clear improvement in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Kog'Maw provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played with Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, he often receives more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Alistar in teamfights.
Synergies between Alistar and Kog'Maw
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Kog'Maw is a relatively poor teammate for Alistar. By playing on the same team as Alistar, he drops their win rate by -2.0% to 47.4%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Alistar and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kog'Maw has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be cautious when lining up Kog'Maw teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Alistar players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Alistar and Kog'Maw together, you probably will not be granting your team much magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Kog'Maw ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Alistar to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Alistar and Kog'Maw synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Kog'Maw than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 47.4% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Alistar players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.
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