Bard with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Bard and Kog'Maw
based on 623 Bard with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Bard vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Bard with Kog'Maw
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Bard in LoL
The Bard 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, Bard 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 fall shows that Kog'Maw helps Bard perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Bard is an ally to Kog'Maw, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Kog'Maw provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played together with Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kog'Maw. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Bard plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Bard during teamfights.
Synergies between Bard and Kog'Maw
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Is Bard better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no top synergy for Bard that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Kog'Maw is a not very good ally for Bard. By being on the same team as Bard, he lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 50.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative synergy between Bard and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kog'Maw has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Kog'Maw comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing together, Bard players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by grouping Bard and Kog'Maw together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much protection for burst damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Kog'Maw ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Bard in order to synergize with Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to focus on in your Bard and Kog'Maw synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Kog'Maw than with many other typical builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average winrate of 50.6% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Bard and Kog'Maw pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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