How to win lane as Kog'Maw against Varus · 57.74% win rate over 736 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Varus | Level 1 Varus's Q range and E zone control your CS. |
| Level 2 | Varus | At 2 his charged-Q and blight poke out-trade your short range. |
| Level 3 | Varus | Level 3 full blight-detonation combo keeps trades his. |
| Levels 4-5 | Varus | Through 4-5 his poke chunks you before your W scaling lands. |
| Level 6 | Varus | Level 6 Chain of Corruption enables an all-in on immobile you. |
| First item | Kog'Maw | At your first on-hit item W shred out-DPSes his front-loaded poke. |
| Two+ items | Kog'Maw | With 2+ items your sustained shred hard-outscales his burst kit. |
Levels 1-2 are Varus's: his Q range and blight poke zone immobile Kog'Maw off CS, so farm safe behind minions and dodge his charged arrows.
The full Kog'Maw vs Varus 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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