Viktor with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Viktor and Kog'Maw
based on 352 Viktor with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Kog'Maw
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Viktor sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kog'Maw helps Viktor perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Viktor is paired with Kog'Maw, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Kog'Maw does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Viktor plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Viktor in team fights.
Synergies between Viktor and Kog'Maw
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no ideal companion for Viktor that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Kog'Maw is a not very good teammate for Viktor. By locking into the same side as Viktor, he decreases their win rate by -2.2% to 48.0%. This proves that there is a bad synergy between Viktor and Kog'Maw that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a much lower diffuclty than Viktor. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Kog'Maw teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Viktor players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Viktor and Kog'Maw together, you will not be giving your other allies very much crowd control. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Kog'Maw ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Viktor to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Viktor and Kog'Maw synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 48.0% helping carry Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Viktor players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.
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