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Kog'Maw vs Kai'Sa

How often does Kog'Maw beat Kai'Sa in ADC?

Kog'Maw into Kai'Sa in ADC: 55% observed win rate across 1,954 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.

By 15 minutes the median game has Kog'Maw ahead by 131 gold.

Does Kog'Maw counter Kai'Sa?

The numbers say yes: across 1,954 ranked ADC games into Kai'Sa, Kog'Maw takes 55% — past the noise band for this sample. Read from Kai'Sa's side, the same games give the mirror rate, and every number here shows the games behind it.

Beating Kai'Sa: the Kog'Maw game plan

A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Kog'Maw at 62% across 1,033 games. Flip the lead and Kog'Maw falls to 47% across 920.

The spotWin rateGames
300 gold up at 10:0062%1,033
300 gold down at 10:0047%920
First blood60%884
+kills at 10:0062%844
+CS at 10:0060%946
0 deaths at 10:0060%272
0 deaths at 15:0066%89

Someone usually dies here around 4:02 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 7:36. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Kog'Maw's ADC build, with receipts

Into Kai'Sa specifically, Kog'Maw finishes Guinsoo's Rageblade first most often: 57.9% over 359 games of this matchup.

The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Blade of The Ruined King, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Runaan's Hurricane: 69.0% across 158 games.

The most-finished Kog'Maw core is Blade of The Ruined King, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Runaan's Hurricane: 55.8% across 1,775 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 16.1-16.12.

Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Guinsoo's Rageblade (4,901 games).

Skill plan: Kog'Maw players max W first and take W at level 1.