Kog'MawVSVayne
What decides the bot lane matchup: Kog'Maw vs Vayne 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.
Both are scaling carry champions in this lane: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them.
Kog'Maw
bot lane · Scaling carry
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.
Vayne
bot lane · Scaling carry
Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes.
Vayne's short range makes her laning phase the worst of any marksman; every early death sets her spike back minutes.
Kog'Maw vs Vayne: Common Questions
- Who wins Kog'Maw vs Vayne?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked bot lane games of Kog'Maw against Vayne to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Kog'Maw: Kill him early and often. A free Kog'Maw ends the game at three items. Vayne: Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes.
- How do you play the Kog'Maw Vayne matchup?
- Kog'Maw and Vayne are both scaling carry champions in the bot lane matchup: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them. Kog'Maw has no escape and a weak lane; the entire counter-play happens before his attack-speed spike, not after it. Vayne's short range makes her laning phase the worst of any marksman; every early death sets her spike back minutes.
- What should I know about Vayne vs Kog'Maw?
- Vayne and Kog'Maw are both scaling carry champions: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them. What separates them is what each one does with it. Vayne: Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes. Kog'Maw: Kill him early and often. A free Kog'Maw ends the game at three items.
- How do I beat Vayne as Kog'Maw?
- Vayne's short range makes her laning phase the worst of any marksman; every early death sets her spike back minutes. Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Vayne 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.