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

Kog'Maw with Shaco

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

based on 1,001 Kog'Maw with Shaco pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Kog'Maw has gone into battle with Shaco in 1001 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Kog'Maw synergize with Shaco. It is relatively rare for Kog'Maw to play with Shaco as allies. This has only happened in approx. 3.4% of matches with Kog'Maw.

Kog'Maw Shaco Synergy Summary

Kog'Maw does a ok job of teaming up with Shaco. Normally, he wins an acceptable 50.2% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Kog'Maw when playing alongside Shaco by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kog'Maw vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceWit's EndBlade of The Ruined King

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
3
E
4
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 Shaco

Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Shaco

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 Shaco Will Play

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Kog'Maw Shaco Synergy Stats

Kog'Maw Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Shaco Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.4
7.5
< Deaths >
7.1
7.4
< Assists >
7
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
169
< Minions Killed >
166
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
10,234
< Physical Damage >
9,756
13,805
< Magic Damage >
13,310
3,117
< True Damage >
2,944
27,157
< Damage Dealt >
26,011
23,273
< Damage Taken >
22,093
12,645
< Gold Earned >
12,307
2.05
< Towers >
2.09
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,594
< Total Healing >
5,199
13,727
< Experience >
13,218
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
308
< Time Dealing CC >
300

How to Play with Shaco as Kog'Maw in LoL

The Kog'Maw Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shaco helps Kog'Maw perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kog'Maw plays on the same team as Shaco, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This may indicate that Shaco provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside Shaco on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Shaco. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shaco.

Moreover, when Kog'Maw plays with Shaco on the same team, he often takes more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Kog'Maw during teamfights.

Synergies between Kog'Maw and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Kog'Maw
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kog'Maw
Shaco

Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Shaco?

There is no ideal companion for Kog'Maw that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Shaco is a good teammate for Kog'Maw. By locking into the same side as Kog'Maw, he increases their win rate by 1.2% to 50.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a good bond between Kog'Maw and Shaco that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Shaco has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you should be very careful when lining up Shaco comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.

When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by bringing Kog'Maw and Shaco together, you may not be granting your other teammates much engage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Shaco ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kog'Maw Players

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

For this guide on pairing Kog'Maw and Shaco, we analyzed 1,001 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 Shaco 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kog'Maw to pair well with Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to get in your Kog'Maw and Shaco synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Shaco than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shaco with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you 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 builds players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Shaco with Kog'Maw are displayed for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.