Kog'Maw with Irelia
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Irelia
based on 724 Kog'Maw with Irelia pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Irelia Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Irelia
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Irelia
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 Irelia Will Play
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Kog'Maw Irelia Synergy Stats
How to Play with Irelia as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 Irelia. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Irelia helps Kog'Maw perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Irelia, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Irelia does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played with Irelia 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 with Irelia.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Irelia on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Kog'Maw during team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Irelia
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Irelia?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kog'Maw that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Irelia is a fantastic ally for Kog'Maw. By locking into the same side as Kog'Maw, she increases their win rate by 3.6% to 52.6%. This proves that there is a very real strategic relationship between Kog'Maw and Irelia that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Irelia has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Irelia allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Kog'Maw players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Kog'Maw and Irelia together, you may not be giving your team enough cover. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Irelia ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will 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 to synergize with Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Kog'Maw and Irelia synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Irelia than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Kog'Maw players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Irelia with Kog'Maw are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.