Katarina with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Katarina and Kog'Maw
based on 898 Katarina with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Katarina Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Katarina vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Katarina with Kog'Maw
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Katarina in LoL
The Katarina Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kog'Maw helps Katarina perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Katarina is paired with Kog'Maw, she sees a barely noticable drop in her complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Kog'Maw does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Kog'Maw. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Kog'Maw.
Moreover, when Katarina plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, she typically takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Katarina in team fights.
Synergies between Katarina and Kog'Maw
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Is Katarina better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no one best ally for Katarina that will no matter what be her best synergy. Yet, Kog'Maw is a relatively poor teammate for Katarina. By playing on the same team as Katarina, he lowers their win rate by -1.6% to 47.2%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Katarina and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a lower difficulty than Katarina. That means Katarina players don't need to be careful when arranging Kog'Maw comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing together, Katarina players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Katarina and Kog'Maw together, you may not be providing your side very much utility. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Kog'Maw ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Katarina to synergize with Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to focus on in your Katarina and Kog'Maw synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Kog'Maw than with most other common item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when playing alongside Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Katarina players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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