Kog'Maw with Brand
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Brand
based on 1,555 Kog'Maw with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Brand Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Brand
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Brand
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.
Advice to Understand How Brand Will Play
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Kog'Maw Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kog'Maw sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Brand. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Brand helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw is paired with Brand, he sees a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Brand does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played together with Brand 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 Brand.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Brand on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Brand does a poor job of covering Kog'Maw in teamfights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Brand
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Brand?
There is no perfect synergy for Kog'Maw that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Brand is a pretty good companion for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same side as Kog'Maw, he improves their win rate by 2.0% to 51.0%. This proves that there is a somewhat important bond between Kog'Maw and Brand that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Brand has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Brand teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Kog'Maw and Brand together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much engage potential. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Brand ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw to synergize with Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw and Brand synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Brand than with most other common builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 51.0% helping carry Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Kog'Maw players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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