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What decides the bot lane matchup: Caitlyn vs Kog'Maw in League of Legends
What decides the bot lane
A tactical read of the bot lane matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Caitlyn
bot lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
She outranges everyone. Let the wave come to you and clear the traps under your tower.
Caitlyn's range and trap zoning own the first three levels; conceding the push and holding health beats fighting her at her spike.
Kog'Maw
bot lane · Scaling carry
Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them.
Kill him early and often. A free Kog'Maw ends the game at three items.
Kog'Maw has no escape and a weak lane; the entire counter-play happens before his attack-speed spike, not after it.
Caitlyn vs Kog'Maw: Common Questions
- Who wins Caitlyn vs Kog'Maw?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked bot lane games of Caitlyn against Kog'Maw to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Caitlyn: She outranges everyone. Let the wave come to you and clear the traps under your tower. Kog'Maw: Kill him early and often. A free Kog'Maw ends the game at three items.
- How do you play the Caitlyn Kog'Maw matchup?
- It is a bot lane matchup between a lane bully and a scaling carry. Caitlyn's range and trap zoning own the first three levels; conceding the push and holding health beats fighting her at her spike. Kog'Maw has no escape and a weak lane; the entire counter-play happens before his attack-speed spike, not after it.
- What should I know about Kog'Maw vs Caitlyn?
- Kog'Maw is a scaling carry: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them. Caitlyn is a lane bully: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Kog'Maw: Kill him early and often. A free Kog'Maw ends the game at three items. Caitlyn: She outranges everyone. Let the wave come to you and clear the traps under your tower.
- How do I beat Kog'Maw as Caitlyn?
- Kog'Maw has no escape and a weak lane; the entire counter-play happens before his attack-speed spike, not after it. Kill him early and often. A free Kog'Maw ends the game at three items. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Kog'Maw you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.