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How to Synergize Nilah with Kog'Maw on the Same TeamNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah with Kog'Maw

How to Win With Nilah and Kog'Maw Paired TogetherNilah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nilah and Kog'Maw

based on 67 Nilah with Kog'Maw pairs
Win Rate
43.3 %
K/D/A
1.79
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each week. Nilah has been on the same team as Kog'Maw in 67 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the creators of LoL, we are confident that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Nilah play with Kog'Maw. It is very rare for Nilah to play with Kog'Maw on the same team. This has only taken place in approximately 0.1% of matches with Nilah.

Nilah Kog'Maw Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nilah does a pathetic job of teaming up with Kog'Maw. Normally, they wins a poor 43.3% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Nilah when fighting on the same team as Kog'Maw by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityPickaxe

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Immortal ShieldbowNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Kog'Maw

Advice to Understand How Kog'Maw Will Play

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.

Nilah Kog'Maw Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
43.3 %
VS
Win Rate
56.7 %
Kog'Maw Image
7
< Kills >
7.8
7.1
< Deaths >
6.7
5.7
< Assists >
6.1
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
172
< Minions Killed >
169
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.55
16,335
< Physical Damage >
18,142
113
< Magic Damage >
174
397
< True Damage >
412
16,846
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
24,986
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,170
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.18
< Towers >
2.59
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,375
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,335
< Experience >
13,231
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
86
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Kog'Maw as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nilah sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kog'Maw helps Nilah perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah is paired with Kog'Maw, they sees a measurable drop in their full damage output. This change may signal that Kog'Maw does not provide protection for them to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Kog'Maw.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, they on average receives a little more damage than when they plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Nilah in teamfights.

Synergies between Nilah and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Kog'Maw

Is Nilah better when played alongside Kog'Maw?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Nilah that will always be their #1 synergy. However, overall, Kog'Maw is a very bad ally for Nilah. By locking into the same team as Nilah, he lowers their win rate by -8.8% to 43.3%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Nilah and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Kog'Maw has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Kog'Maw teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing alongside, Nilah players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Nilah and Kog'Maw together, you may not be giving your team very much engage potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Kog'Maw ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

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

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Kog'Maw, we analyzed 67 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 Nilah with Kog'Maw 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 truly master Nilah in order to work well with Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to focus on in your Nilah and Kog'Maw synergy build include Immortal Shieldbow, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when paired up with Kog'Maw than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 43.3% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Nilah and Kog'Maw pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 43.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Kog'Maw with Nilah are displayed for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.