Kog'Maw with Hwei
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Hwei
based on 1,155 Kog'Maw with Hwei pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Hwei Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Hwei
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Hwei
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 Hwei Will Play
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
Kog'Maw Hwei Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hwei as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Hwei synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hwei, 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 Hwei. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Hwei helps Kog'Maw perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Hwei, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This could indicate that Hwei provides cover for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played with Hwei on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Hwei.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Hwei on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Hwei does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw in team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Hwei
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Hwei?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Hwei is a very bad ally for Kog'Maw. By locking into the same team as Kog'Maw, they drops their win rate by -3.4% to 45.6%. This shows that there is a very bad bond between Kog'Maw and Hwei that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Hwei has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you must be cautious when arranging Hwei comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Kog'Maw and Hwei together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much engage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Hwei ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down 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 Kog'Maw to work well with Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Kog'Maw and Hwei synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw used at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Hwei than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 45.6% when playing alongside Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you 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 combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Hwei with Kog'Maw are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.