Graves with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Graves and Kog'Maw
based on 1,225 Graves with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Graves Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Graves vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Graves and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Graves with Kog'Maw
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Graves in LoL
The Graves 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, Graves sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kog'Maw helps Graves perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Graves tries to synergize with Kog'Maw, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Kog'Maw does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Graves is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Graves plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Graves in team fights.
Synergies between Graves and Kog'Maw
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Is Graves better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no one best companion for Graves that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Kog'Maw is a not very good ally for Graves. By being on the same side as Graves, he lowers their win rate by -2.4% to 48.1%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Graves and Kog'Maw that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a greater difficulty than Graves. That means you need to be careful when lining up Kog'Maw comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, Graves players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Graves and Kog'Maw together, you will not be providing your team much utility. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Kog'Maw teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to synergize with Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Graves and Kog'Maw synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius, and The Collector. When Graves used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Kog'Maw than with many other typical builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when playing alongside Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Graves and Kog'Maw pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
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