Varusvs Kog'Maw
Varus vs Kog'Maw is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.4. Kog'Maw wins with a 51.1% win rate (+2.1%) over Varus based on 48 games. Kog'Maw wins the early laning phase while Varus scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Varus build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Varus vs Kog'Maw matchup.
Varus Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Varus performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Kog'Maw(48.9%)Who Wins the Varus vs Kog'Maw Matchup?
Varus vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
The Varus vs Kog'Maw matchup is a very close matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 48 recent matches analyzed, Kog'Maw wins with a 51.1% win rate compared to Varus's 48.9%, giving Kog'Maw a 2.1 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Kog'Maw controls the early laning stage, but Varus outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Kog'Maw needs to press advantages before Varus reaches their power spikes, while Varus should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Varus leads by 0.6s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Kog'Maw is slightly favored, Varus can absolutely win this lane through smart trading patterns and wave management. Focus on playing around your cooldowns, conceding CS only when necessary, and capitalizing on Kog'Maw's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Varus vs Kog'Maw Laning Phase Breakdown
Kog'Maw is favored during the laning phase against Varus, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Kog'Maw holds advantages in damage, gold income and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Varus Build Against Kog'Maw
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Kog'Maw, providing the mobility and stats Varus needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Varus against Kog'Maw are Zhonya's Hourglass, Nashor's Tooth and Dusk and Dawn. This combination gives Varus an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Varus vs Kog'Maw matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Varus45.5%Kog'Maw54.5%Varus52.0%Kog'Maw48.0%Kog'Maw dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 54.5% win rate — a 9.1 percentage point lead over Varus. This lopsided early game means Kog'Maw can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Varus takes over with a 52.0% win rate, leading Kog'Maw by 4.0 percentage points. Varus scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Kog'Maw must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Varus reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Varus survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Varus Runes Against Kog'Maw
Sorcery
Inspiration
The Sorcery primary with Inspiration secondary combination helps Varus maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Kog'Maw.
Varus matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.4. The table below shows Varus's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Varus build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.35% | 518 | 6.5 | 880 | 13,722 | 51.3% | 46.0% | |
| 48.21% | 338 | 6.4 | 898 | 13,903 | 54.2% | 44.4% | |
| 48.46% | 326 | 6.2 | 853 | 13,543 | 50.4% | 47.1% | |
| 46.86% | 305 | 6.7 | 888 | 13,494 | 54.1% | 41.2% | |
| 51.16% | 216 | 6.7 | 918 | 13,811 | 49.5% | 52.5% | |
| 50.71% | 213 | 6.4 | 853 | 13,507 | 54.3% | 47.9% | |
| 46.35% | 195 | 6.6 | 961 | 14,425 | 48.7% | 44.7% | |
| 44.44% | 181 | 6.3 | 867 | 13,503 | 41.9% | 46.2% | |
| 48.54% | 172 | 6.2 | 811 | 13,434 | 57.5% | 40.7% | |
| 49.67% | 154 | 6.7 | 906 | 13,847 | 48.0% | 51.3% | |
| 50.75% | 134 | 6.6 | 875 | 12,603 | 48.5% | 53.0% | |
| 42.54% | 134 | 7.0 | 885 | 13,203 | 54.3% | 29.7% | |
| 53.54% | 127 | 6.8 | 870 | 14,359 | 60.0% | 48.6% | |
| 57.98% | 119 | 6.8 | 906 | 13,736 | 60.7% | 55.2% | |
| 52.94% | 119 | 6.1 | 873 | 13,592 | 64.7% | 44.1% | |
| 33.63% | 113 | 6.1 | 856 | 13,183 | 35.4% | 32.3% | |
| 42.17% | 83 | 6.7 | 874 | 14,140 | 50.0% | 36.7% | |
| 41.25% | 82 | 6.2 | 718 | 11,692 | 41.5% | 41.0% | |
| 52.63% | 77 | 6.2 | 1,031 | 14,256 | 60.0% | 47.8% | |
| 45.45% | 77 | 6.3 | 884 | 13,163 | 44.1% | 46.5% | |
| 55.41% | 74 | 6.8 | 931 | 12,361 | 64.9% | 46.0% | |
| 39.39% | 67 | 6.4 | 1,005 | 15,141 | 33.3% | 41.7% | |
| 53.85% | 65 | 6.1 | 885 | 12,107 | 56.7% | 51.4% | |
| 50.00% | 61 | 6.5 | 974 | 12,799 | 51.9% | 48.5% | |
| 45.90% | 61 | 6.5 | 892 | 13,921 | 47.6% | 45.0% | |
| 43.86% | 57 | 6.0 | 1,053 | 13,279 | 58.3% | 33.3% | |
| 51.79% | 56 | 6.2 | 1,046 | 12,119 | 57.7% | 46.7% | |
| 43.14% | 52 | 6.1 | 739 | 10,588 | 38.5% | 48.0% | |
| 47.06% | 52 | 6.5 | 923 | 13,466 | 58.3% | 37.0% | |
| 46.00% | 50 | 6.1 | 849 | 11,163 | 50.0% | 42.3% | |
| 28.00% | 50 | 5.9 | 771 | 11,933 | 22.7% | 32.1% | |
| 42.86% | 49 | 6.2 | 851 | 14,411 | 45.0% | 41.4% | |
| 42.55% | 48 | 6.8 | 895 | 12,851 | 47.8% | 37.5% | |
| 48.94% | 48 | 6.7 | 875 | 13,671 | 45.5% | 52.0% | |
| 42.55% | 47 | 6.2 | 771 | 11,492 | 46.1% | 38.1% | |
| 41.30% | 46 | 6.2 | 1,263 | 10,906 | 33.3% | 48.0% | |
| 55.56% | 45 | 6.4 | 1,024 | 13,597 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 47.73% | 44 | 6.8 | 824 | 14,491 | 50.0% | 46.1% | |
| 50.00% | 44 | 6.7 | 998 | 14,932 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 44.19% | 43 | 6.6 | 919 | 11,003 | 46.1% | 41.2% | |
| 51.16% | 43 | 6.8 | 935 | 12,920 | 53.9% | 47.1% | |
| 45.24% | 42 | 6.2 | 855 | 12,187 | 50.0% | 42.3% | |
| 39.02% | 41 | 6.4 | 881 | 10,945 | 45.8% | 29.4% | |
| 46.34% | 41 | 6.5 | 960 | 12,988 | 50.0% | 44.8% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 5.9 | 823 | 13,741 | 38.5% | 59.3% | |
| 43.24% | 37 | 5.8 | 869 | 11,834 | 55.0% | 29.4% | |
| 55.56% | 37 | 6.1 | 771 | 11,320 | 64.7% | 47.4% | |
| 44.44% | 36 | 6.0 | 863 | 11,613 | 33.3% | 55.6% | |
| 34.29% | 35 | 6.6 | 902 | 11,970 | 43.8% | 26.3% | |
| 45.71% | 35 | 6.7 | 1,094 | 13,110 | 52.6% | 37.5% | |
| 42.42% | 34 | 6.0 | 956 | 11,695 | 53.3% | 33.3% | |
| 44.12% | 34 | 6.3 | 1,116 | 11,962 | 27.8% | 62.5% | |
| 36.36% | 33 | 6.6 | 991 | 12,467 | 52.9% | 18.8% | |
| 66.67% | 33 | 6.3 | 850 | 11,702 | 61.1% | 73.3% | |
| 59.38% | 32 | 6.0 | 890 | 13,011 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 63.33% | 30 | 6.9 | 900 | 12,202 | 61.1% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 29 | 6.2 | 1,114 | 12,108 | 66.7% | 30.8% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 6.4 | 798 | 13,686 | 50.0% | 47.4% | |
| 37.04% | 29 | 6.6 | 780 | 11,694 | 41.7% | 33.3% | |
| 48.15% | 27 | 6.4 | 991 | 12,169 | 41.7% | 53.3% | |
| 52.00% | 25 | 5.8 | 827 | 10,623 | 50.0% | 54.5% | |
| 54.17% | 25 | 5.7 | 789 | 12,991 | 57.1% | 52.9% | |
| 37.50% | 24 | 6.3 | 986 | 14,250 | 44.4% | 33.3% | |
| 52.17% | 24 | 6.2 | 778 | 11,192 | 58.3% | 45.5% | |
| 37.50% | 24 | 6.2 | 840 | 11,104 | 23.5% | 71.4% | |
| 58.33% | 24 | 6.5 | 919 | 14,766 | 71.4% | 52.9% | |
| 47.83% | 23 | 6.7 | 900 | 11,681 | 53.9% | 40.0% | |
| 54.55% | 23 | 6.5 | 889 | 13,093 | 55.6% | 53.9% | |
| 45.45% | 22 | 6.3 | 907 | 12,673 | 41.7% | 50.0% | |
| 54.55% | 22 | 6.5 | 1,137 | 13,894 | 53.9% | 55.6% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 6.2 | 833 | 12,361 | 40.0% | 54.5% | |
| 38.10% | 21 | 5.8 | 906 | 12,173 | 20.0% | 54.5% | |
| 40.00% | 20 | 6.2 | 918 | 12,394 | 42.9% | 38.5% | |
| 42.11% | 20 | 5.5 | 752 | 11,043 | 50.0% | 36.4% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 6.1 | 867 | 11,890 | 55.6% | 45.5% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 6.5 | 950 | 14,321 | 57.1% | 33.3% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 6.0 | 711 | 11,633 | 42.9% | 41.7% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 5.8 | 861 | 11,274 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 52.94% | 17 | 5.7 | 849 | 13,076 | 62.5% | 44.4% | |
| 29.41% | 17 | 6.6 | 781 | 11,478 | 20.0% | 42.9% | |
| 40.00% | 16 | 5.9 | 1,042 | 11,436 | 28.6% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 15 | 5.6 | 866 | 12,668 | 16.7% | 44.4% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 6.1 | 1,003 | 13,217 | 57.1% | 25.0% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 6.6 | 1,145 | 13,762 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 15 | 6.8 | 985 | 13,613 | 83.3% | 44.4% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 5.8 | 826 | 13,627 | 0.0% | 54.5% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 6.1 | 961 | 12,942 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 6.5 | 1,037 | 14,665 | 28.6% | 71.4% | |
| 28.57% | 14 | 6.4 | 893 | 10,342 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 6.5 | 867 | 11,829 | 33.3% | 71.4% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 5.9 | 868 | 11,096 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 6.3 | 914 | 12,939 | 57.1% | 60.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 6.0 | 1,045 | 13,219 | 83.3% | 33.3% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.6 | 985 | 12,719 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.7 | 957 | 13,285 | 40.0% | 42.9% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 6.3 | 901 | 13,728 | 66.7% | 44.4% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.0 | 956 | 12,319 | 28.6% | 75.0% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 6.6 | 878 | 11,961 | 50.0% | 28.6% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 7.1 | 1,099 | 13,618 | 60.0% | 33.3% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.7 | 918 | 13,489 | 75.0% | 42.9% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.8 | 1,001 | 11,667 | 33.3% | 60.0% | |
| 55.56% | 10 | 7.5 | 930 | 12,777 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 12.50% | 9 | 5.9 | 541 | 9,400 | 20.0% | 0.0% | |
| 77.78% | 9 | 6.5 | 999 | 13,832 | 66.7% | 83.3% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.6 | 884 | 11,188 | 25.0% | 25.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 6.5 | 1,100 | 13,498 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 6.9 | 890 | 12,207 | 20.0% | 66.7% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 6.1 | 837 | 13,391 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.9 | 909 | 12,112 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.5 | 733 | 10,884 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.7 | 1,037 | 13,345 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.4 | 1,025 | 11,617 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 6.7 | 1,174 | 13,913 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 40.00% | 6 | 3.6 | 886 | 11,999 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 807 | 11,889 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 7.1 | 671 | 11,112 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 6.2 | 881 | 12,508 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 1,014 | 15,050 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.6 | 708 | 10,943 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 1.9 | 635 | 10,995 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 3.6 | 577 | 9,686 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
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Varus vs Kog'Maw - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Varus do against Kog'Maw in League of Legends?
Kog'Maw wins the Varus vs Kog'Maw matchup with a 51.1% win rate compared to Varus's 48.9%, a 2.1 percentage point difference. This data is based on 48 recent ranked games in patch 26.4.
How does Varus do against Kog'Maw in the early game?
In the early game, Kog'Maw has the advantage against Varus with a 54.5% win rate versus 45.5%. Kog'Maw players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Varus do against Kog'Maw in the late game?
In the late game, Varus takes over the Varus vs Kog'Maw matchup with a 52.0% win rate compared to 48.0%. Varus scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Varus vs Kog'Maw matchup?
Kog'Maw wins the matchup against Varus with a 51.1% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.4. The 2.1 percentage point advantage means Kog'Maw is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 48 games analyzed.
What is the best Varus build against Kog'Maw?
The best Varus build against Kog'Maw includes Zhonya's Hourglass, Nashor's Tooth, Dusk and Dawn with Spellslinger's Shoes. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Varus runes against Kog'Maw?
The best Varus runes against Kog'Maw use the Sorcery primary tree with Inspiration secondary. This rune setup achieves a 53.3% win rate in the Varus vs Kog'Maw matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Varus counter Kog'Maw?
No, Varus struggles against Kog'Maw with only a 48.9% win rate. Kog'Maw has the advantage in this matchup. Varus players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Kog'Maw's lead.
How do I play Varus against Kog'Maw?
When playing Varus against Kog'Maw, play cautiously and avoid Kog'Maw's power spikes. Focus on safe farming — you outscale Kog'Maw in the late game. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.