Kog'Maw with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Caitlyn
based on 539 Kog'Maw with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Caitlyn Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Kog'Maw Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Caitlyn helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw tries to synergize with Caitlyn, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Caitlyn helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played together with Caitlyn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Caitlyn.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Caitlyn on the same side, he usually receives less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Caitlyn does a decent job of protecting Kog'Maw in team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Caitlyn
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kog'Maw that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Caitlyn is a relatively poor companion for Kog'Maw. By being on the same team as Kog'Maw, she drops their win rate by -1.5% to 47.5%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Kog'Maw and Caitlyn that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players don't need to be cautious when lining up Caitlyn comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Kog'Maw and Caitlyn together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of engage potential. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Caitlyn teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to work well with Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Kog'Maw and Caitlyn synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Kog'Maw and Caitlyn pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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