Kog'Maw with Vi
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Vi
based on 839 Kog'Maw with Vi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Vi Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Vi
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Vi
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 Vi Will Play
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
Kog'Maw Vi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vi as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Vi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vi, 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 Vi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Vi helps Kog'Maw perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Vi, he gets a small increase in his total damage output. This may indicate that Vi helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played with Vi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Vi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vi.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Vi on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Vi does a decent job of covering Kog'Maw in teamfights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Vi
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Vi?
There is no top companion for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Vi is a fantastic companion for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same side as Kog'Maw, she improves their win rate by 3.0% to 52.0%. This proves that there is a strong bond between Kog'Maw and Vi that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Vi has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Vi comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Kog'Maw players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Kog'Maw and Vi together, you probably will not be granting your team much crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Vi ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 to synergize with Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw and Vi synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Vi than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 52.0% helping carry Vi with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating 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 players used for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
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