Kog’Maw vs Varus Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In ADC, this is Kog’Maw versus Varus — a marksman/mage hybrid against a marksman/mage hybrid. The sample behind this page is 289 games from patch 16.13.1, and Kog’Maw wins 59.9% of them. That is 9.9 points above even, so Varus is one of the matchups Kog’Maw can lean on.
Neither profile surprises the other: Kog’Maw and Varus are both physical threats. Kog’Maw carries 635 base health to Varus’s 600, and 24 armour to 24. Late-game bases read 2318 health / 100 armour for Kog’Maw and 2385 / 92 for Varus.
Both champions are ranged (Kog’Maw at 500, Varus at 575), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Track Bio-Arcane Barrage on Kog’Maw and Chain of Corruption on Varus — the lane swings on those two. Ultimates decide the rest — Living Artillery versus Chain of Corruption.
Difficulty ratings read 6/10 and 2/10, with Kog’Maw on the harder end — worth weighing before trusting the percentage. A 289-game window is wide enough to trust the direction, narrow enough to shift. This lane rebuilds from live ranked data each cycle.
FAQ
Yes — Kog'Maw holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Kog'Maw wins 59.9% of the recorded games.
59.9% from Kog'Maw's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
289 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Kog'Maw build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Kog'Maw build page.