Kog'Maw vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Kog'Maw
based on 2,984 Kog'Maw vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Kog'Maw vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some vital Kog'Maw vs. Lux matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lux..
Kog'Maw normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lux. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Lux
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Lux?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kog'Maw usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lux, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Kog'Maw makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Kog'Maw does have a higher win rate compared to Lux, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Lux.
Furthermore, Kog'Maw also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kog'Maw is a decent counter to Lux. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kog'Maw against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kog'Maw to counter Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw usually accumulates more CS compared to Lux. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kog'Maw versus Lux build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Lux than with many other common builds. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Lux with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Lux as Kog'Maw, Kog'Maw players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Kog'Maw vs Lux counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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