Kog'Maw vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Kog'Maw
based on 488 Kog'Maw vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Azir
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 Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Kog'Maw vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several vital Kog'Maw versus Azir counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Kog'Maw usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Azir
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Azir?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter to Azir.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kog'Maw into Azir.
Moreover, Kog'Maw has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kog'Maw is a garbage counter to Azir. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kog'Maw to counter Azir during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw often picks up a similar amount of CS as Azir. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Azir build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Azir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 47.5% battling Azir with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Azir as Kog'Maw, you should use 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 picked for Kog'Maw vs Azir LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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