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How to Synergize Kog'Maw with Poppy on the Same TeamKog'Maw is in the b tier of champions

Kog'Maw with Poppy

How to Win With Kog'Maw and Poppy Paired TogetherKog'Maw is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Poppy

based on 441 Kog'Maw with Poppy pairs
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kog'Maw has fought alongside Poppy in 441 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data from the developers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Kog'Maw play with Poppy. It is very rare for Kog'Maw to play alongside Poppy as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 1.5% of rounds with Kog'Maw.

Kog'Maw Poppy Synergy Summary

Kog'Maw does a good job of playing alongside Poppy. Normally, he wins a terrific 52.6% of games the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Kog'Maw when playing alongside Poppy by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kog'Maw vs Poppy Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kog'Maw to level upw
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Second ability for Kog'Maw to level upq
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Last skill for Kog'Maw to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kog'Maw's passive ability p
Kog'Maw's q ability q
Kog'Maw's w ability w
Kog'Maw's e ability e
Kog'Maw's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
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E
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W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Poppy

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Poppy

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 Poppy Will Play

Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.

Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.

Kog'Maw Poppy Synergy Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Poppy Image
8.4
< Kills >
7.4
7.3
< Deaths >
7.1
7.5
< Assists >
7
2.02
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
173
< Minions Killed >
166
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.46
10,400
< Physical Damage >
9,756
14,233
< Magic Damage >
13,310
3,064
< True Damage >
2,944
27,698
< Damage Dealt >
26,011
23,198
< Damage Taken >
22,093
13,106
< Gold Earned >
12,307
2.38
< Towers >
2.09
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,604
< Total Healing >
5,199
13,782
< Experience >
13,218
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
313
< Time Dealing CC >
300

How to Play with Poppy as Kog'Maw in LoL

The Kog'Maw Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Poppy. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Poppy helps Kog'Maw perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kog'Maw plays on the same team as Poppy, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Poppy helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played together with Poppy on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Poppy. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Poppy.

Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Poppy on the same team, he on average receives more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Poppy does a poor job of covering Kog'Maw during teamfights.

Synergies between Kog'Maw and Poppy

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Poppy
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kog'Maw
Poppy

Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Poppy?

There is no one best synergy for Kog'Maw that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Poppy is a superb teammate for Kog'Maw. By being on the same team as Kog'Maw, she improves their win rate by 3.6% to 52.6%. This shows that there is a very real bond between Kog'Maw and Poppy that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Poppy has a lower difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Poppy comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Playing on the same side, Kog'Maw players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by aligning Kog'Maw and Poppy together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Poppy teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

How We Calculated Our Kog'Maw Poppy Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kog'Maw and Poppy, we analyzed 441 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kog'Maw with Poppy comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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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 pair well with Poppy during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to focus on in your Kog'Maw and Poppy synergy build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Poppy than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when playing alongside Poppy with this build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kog'Maw and Poppy pairings, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.

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