Kog'Maw with Zilean
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Zilean
based on 392 Kog'Maw with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Kog'Maw Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Zilean helps Kog'Maw perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Zilean, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Zilean supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zilean.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Zilean on the same team, he typically receives more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw during team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Zilean
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Zilean is a very typical teammate for Kog'Maw. By being on the same team as Kog'Maw, he decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 48.7%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Kog'Maw and Zilean that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Zilean has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Zilean teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Kog'Maw and Zilean together, you may not be giving your team enough tankyness. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Zilean teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will 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 Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw and Zilean synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Zilean than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing alongside Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability 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. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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