# Kog'Maw Counters Who counters Kog'Maw? Best and worst picks against Kog'Maw by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Kog'Maw in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) ## Page Content [Kog'Maw guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) [Play against Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/how-to-play-against/) [Kog'Maw counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/counters/) Best and worst picks against Kog'Maw in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Tristana, Seraphine and Zeri beat Kog'Maw most often. Tristana, Jhin and Ezreal win the laning phase against Kog'Maw by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Kog'Maw Highest win rate versus Kog'Maw in Bot. - 1 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 147 games 59.9% - 2 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 354 games 52.5% - 3 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 297 games 52.2% - 4 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 308 games 51.6% ## Worst picks against Kog'Maw Lowest win rate versus Kog'Maw in Bot. - 1 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 179 games 41.9% - 2 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 689 games 42.4% - 3 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 231 games 43.7% - 4 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 407 games 44.0% - 5 [Yunara](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yunara/) 748 games 44.8% - 6 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 482 games 44.8% - 7 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 1,099 games 45.8% - 8 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 526 games 45.8% - 9 [Corki](https://baronbuff.com/champions/corki/) 104 games 46.1% - 10 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 1,217 games 46.3% - 11 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 302 games 46.4% - 12 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 356 games 46.9% - 13 [Aphelios](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/) 550 games 47.3% - 14 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 1,146 games 47.3% - 15 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 248 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Kog'Maw Largest gold lead over Kog'Maw at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 125 games +557 - 2 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 270 games +408 - 3 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 202 games +289 - 4 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 115 games +149 - 5 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 357 games +147 - 6 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 256 games +18 ## How to play against Kog'Maw Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade around W downtime; back off while his extended range is active. - Push him off farm with short bursts, then disengage before his passive revenge damage matters. - Attack from fog or side angles so he cannot free-fire through a front line. - Save displacement or hard crowd control for him, not the first tank in range. - Commit fully when his protection steps forward; half-engages let him shred your team. ## Where Kog'Maw is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Kog'Maw's damage uptime depends on standing and firing, so forced movement or dive removes his carry threat. - Kog'Maw offers little self-peel, making his scaling depend heavily on allies controlling access to him. ## Kog'Maw counters: questions ### Who counters Kog'Maw in Bot? At Gold+, Tristana (59.9%), Seraphine (52.5%) and Zeri (52.2%) have the highest win rates against Kog'Maw. ### Who does Kog'Maw counter? Kog'Maw wins most often against Varus (41.9%), Ezreal (42.4%) and Sivir (43.7%). ### Who wins lane against Kog'Maw? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Tristana (+557), Jhin (+408) and Ezreal (+289) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Kog'Maw. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Tristana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/counters/) - [Jhin counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)