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How to Win Brand vs Kog'Maw Counter MatchupBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Brand in LoLBrand is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Brand

based on 1,696 Brand vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as Brand resulted from an analysis of 1696 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Brand is forced to battle against Kog'Maw in only 0.7% of his rounds.

Brand vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Brand has done a good job of countering Kog'Maw. Typically, he wins a terrific 53.7% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Brand versus Kog'Maw games, Brand’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Brand vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapRylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameMalignanceStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upq
>
Last skill for Brand to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Kog'Maw

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Brand vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Kog'Maw Image
6.2
< Kills >
7.5
6.9
< Deaths >
7.2
9.2
< Assists >
6.9
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
65
< Minions Killed >
166
0.68
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.46
847
< Physical Damage >
9,439
22,575
< Magic Damage >
14,124
1,401
< True Damage >
2,837
24,824
< Damage Dealt >
26,400
26,161
< Damage Taken >
22,880
11,338
< Gold Earned >
12,379
1.6
< Towers >
1.98
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
6,425
< Total Healing >
5,381
13,288
< Experience >
13,513
37
< Vision Score >
18
14
< Wards Placed >
9
241
< Time Dealing CC >
305

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Brand in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Brand versus Kog'Maw counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kog'Maw..

Brand usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Brand or Kog'Maw?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against Kog'Maw, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a great counter to Kog'Maw.

While Brand does have a higher win rate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Brand also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Kog'Maw.

Additionally, Brand has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Brand vs Kog'Maw matchups, Brand is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Brand is a great counter for Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Kog'Maw.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Brand, we analyzed 1,696 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kog'Maw as Brand comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Brand to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand usually picks up less CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Brand versus Kog'Maw build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Kog'Maw than with many other common builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 53.7% when playing against Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of beating Kog'Maw as Brand, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Brand vs Kog'Maw counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Brand are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.