Kog'Maw with Taric
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Taric
based on 278 Kog'Maw with Taric pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Taric Synergy Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Taric Counter Build
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Core Kog'Maw Items
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Taric
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Taric
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 Taric Will Play
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Kog'Maw Taric Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taric as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw Taric synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taric, 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 Taric. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Taric helps Kog'Maw perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kog'Maw is paired with Taric, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This may signal that Taric provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played together with Taric 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 Taric.
Additionally, when Kog'Maw plays with Taric on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Taric does a decent job of protecting Kog'Maw in team fights.
Synergies between Kog'Maw and Taric
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Taric?
There is no ideal synergy for Kog'Maw that will always be his best ally. However, Taric is a fantastic ally for Kog'Maw. By being on the same team as Kog'Maw, he raises their win rate by 5.3% to 54.3%. This shows that there is a strong bond between Kog'Maw and Taric that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Taric has a much lower diffuclty than Kog'Maw. That means Kog'Maw players don't need to be cautious when finding Taric allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Kog'Maw and Taric together, you probably will not be giving your side enough magic damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Taric ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kog'Maw to synergize with Taric during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to have in your Kog'Maw and Taric synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Taric than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 54.3% when playing alongside Taric with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.3% winrate overall.
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