Kog'Maw with Skarner
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Skarner
based on 83 Kog'Maw with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Skarner
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 Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Kog'Maw Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, 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 Skarner. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Skarner helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Skarner, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Skarner doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Skarner 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 with Skarner.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Skarner on the same side, he usually receives less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Kog'Maw in teamfights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Skarner
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Skarner is a very bad companion for Kog'Maw. By being on the same side as Kog'Maw, he decreases their win rate by -3.2% to 45.8%. This shows that there is a terrible bond between Kog'Maw and Skarner that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Skarner has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Skarner teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, Kog'Maw players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Kog'Maw and Skarner together, you will not be providing your team enough protection for burst damage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Skarner teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw in order to synergize with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to use in your Kog'Maw and Skarner synergy build include Guardian Angel, Runaan's Hurricane, and Wit's End. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Skarner than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 45.8% when playing alongside Skarner with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Kog'Maw players should take the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.
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