Kog'Maw vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Kog'Maw
based on 838 Kog'Maw vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Kog'Maw vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several valuable Kog'Maw vs. Vladimir counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Kog'Maw usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Vladimir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when playing against Vladimir, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Kog'Maw makes a poor counter for Vladimir.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower win rate than Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Vladimir.
Furthermore, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter to Vladimir. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kog'Maw against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw in order to counter Vladimir 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Vladimir. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Vladimir build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Vladimir than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Vladimir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Vladimir as Kog'Maw, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kog'Maw vs Vladimir face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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