Gwen with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Gwen and Kog'Maw
based on 632 Gwen with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Kog'Maw
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kog'Maw helps Gwen perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gwen is paired with Kog'Maw, she observes a little increase in her full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Kog'Maw helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kog'Maw.
Moreover, when Gwen plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Gwen in team fights.
Synergies between Gwen and Kog'Maw
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no one best champion pairing for Gwen that will no matter what be her best ally. However, Kog'Maw is a very bad companion for Gwen. By being on the same side as Gwen, he lowers their win rate by -4.4% to 43.7%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Gwen and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a greater difficulty than Gwen. That means you need to be careful when finding Kog'Maw allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Gwen and Kog'Maw together, you may not be providing your other allies very much tankyness. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Kog'Maw ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to synergize with Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to get in your Gwen and Kog'Maw synergy build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three great items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 43.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.7% winrate overall.
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