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What decides the bot lane matchup: Draven 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.
Draven
bot lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
Don't trade while his axes are spinning. Step on his catch spot or farm safe.
Draven with two axes up wins every even trade in the game; his axes land on predictable spots, and denying catches drains him.
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.
Draven vs Kog'Maw: Common Questions
- Who wins Draven vs Kog'Maw?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked bot lane games of Draven 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. Draven: Don't trade while his axes are spinning. Step on his catch spot or farm safe. Kog'Maw: Kill him early and often. A free Kog'Maw ends the game at three items.
- How do you play the Draven Kog'Maw matchup?
- It is a bot lane matchup between a lane bully and a scaling carry. Draven with two axes up wins every even trade in the game; his axes land on predictable spots, and denying catches drains him. 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 Draven?
- Kog'Maw is a scaling carry: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them. Draven 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. Draven: Don't trade while his axes are spinning. Step on his catch spot or farm safe.
- How do I beat Kog'Maw as Draven?
- 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.