Kog'Maw with Ivern
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Ivern
based on 338 Kog'Maw with Ivern pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Ivern Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Ivern
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Ivern
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 Understand How Ivern Will Play
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
Kog'Maw Ivern Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ivern as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Ivern synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ivern, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kog'Maw sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ivern. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ivern helps Kog'Maw perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw is an ally to Ivern, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Ivern does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played with Ivern on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ivern.
Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Ivern on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Ivern does a decent job of covering Kog'Maw during teamfights.
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Ivern?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kog'Maw that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Ivern is a very typical ally for Kog'Maw. By being on the same side as Kog'Maw, he drops their win rate by -0.2% to 48.8%. This signals that there is not really a strong synergy between Kog'Maw and Ivern that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Ivern has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players should be careful when lining up Ivern teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Kog'Maw players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Kog'Maw and Ivern together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of tankyness. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ivern teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Kog'Maw in order to work well with Ivern during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to use in your Kog'Maw and Ivern synergy build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Ivern than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw had an average winrate of 48.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ivern with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Kog'Maw players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kog'Maw and Ivern pairings, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Ivern with Kog'Maw are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.