Kai'Sa vs Kog'Maw — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Kai'Sa against Kog'Maw · 44.04% win rate over 3,013 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Kai'Sa owns 7 of the 7 game windows, but the win rate still favours Kog'Maw: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Kai'Sa wins 44.04% of games vs Kog'Maw in bot lane (adc) (3,013 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Kai'SaLevel 1 is yours: the immobile Kog'Maw can't answer your wave control or step-up.
Level 2Kai'SaLevel 2 stays yours as he has no tools to stop an early trade.
Level 3Kai'SaLevel 3 is a free all-in with your dash onto a champion with zero escape.
Levels 4-5Kai'SaLevels 4-5 remain yours since his W and slow don't stop your gap-close.
Level 6Kai'SaLevel 6 is yours: your R all-in erases a Kog whose only answer is a death-bomb.
First itemKai'SaFirst item keeps your lead as your mobility denies him the free hits he needs.
Two+ itemsKai'SaBy 2+ items you still flank and delete him before his hyper-carry DPS comes online.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1-2 is yours outright: Kog'Maw is defenseless and immobile, so you control the wave and can step up to trade or all-in whenever his support is out of position.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Kai'Sa vs Kog'Maw report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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