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How to Synergize Kog'Maw with Taliyah on the Same TeamKog'Maw is in the b tier of champions

Kog'Maw with Taliyah

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How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Taliyah

based on 307 Kog'Maw with Taliyah pairs
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kog'Maw has gone into battle with Taliyah in 307 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data from the makers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Kog'Maw synergize with Taliyah. It is very rare for Kog'Maw to play with Taliyah as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.0% of rounds with Kog'Maw.

Kog'Maw Taliyah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kog'Maw does a awful job of teaming up with Taliyah. Normally, he wins a poor 45.9% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Kog'Maw when playing with Taliyah by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kog'Maw vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kog'Maw to level upw
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Second ability for Kog'Maw to level upq
>
Last skill for Kog'Maw to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kog'Maw's passive ability p
Kog'Maw's q ability q
Kog'Maw's w ability w
Kog'Maw's e ability e
Kog'Maw's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Taliyah

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 Taliyah Will Play

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Kog'Maw Taliyah Synergy Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Taliyah Image
8
< Kills >
7.4
7.4
< Deaths >
7.1
7.1
< Assists >
7
1.86
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
171
< Minions Killed >
166
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
10,774
< Physical Damage >
9,756
13,336
< Magic Damage >
13,310
3,074
< True Damage >
2,944
27,186
< Damage Dealt >
26,011
22,634
< Damage Taken >
22,093
12,670
< Gold Earned >
12,307
2.14
< Towers >
2.09
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,371
< Total Healing >
5,199
13,166
< Experience >
13,218
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
293
< Time Dealing CC >
300

How to Play with Taliyah as Kog'Maw in LoL

The Kog'Maw Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Taliyah helps Kog'Maw perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kog'Maw tries to synergize with Taliyah, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Taliyah helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Taliyah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Taliyah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taliyah.

Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Taliyah on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Taliyah does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw during team fights.

Synergies between Kog'Maw and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kog'Maw
Taliyah

Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Taliyah?

There is no one best ally for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, Taliyah is a very bad teammate for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same side as Kog'Maw, she lowers their win rate by -3.1% to 45.9%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Kog'Maw and Taliyah that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Taliyah has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Taliyah comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to work well with you.

When playing alongside, Kog'Maw players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Kog'Maw and Taliyah together, you probably will not be granting your side much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Taliyah teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

How We Calculated Our Kog'Maw Taliyah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kog'Maw and Taliyah, we analyzed 307 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kog'Maw with Taliyah comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to pair well with Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, 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 shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to include in your Kog'Maw and Taliyah synergy build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Taliyah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 45.9% helping carry Taliyah with this build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.

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