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Kog'Maw & Lulu vs Tristana & Thresh

Bot Lane Matchup

Kog'Maw vs Tristana (with Lulu & Thresh) BOT matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you lose any extended trade where Thresh hooks you because your mobility is nonexistent and Tristana will jump on you freely — the lane is defensively oriented for you early, and you rely on Lulu's peel to survive level 2–3 all-ins.
Post-6 with Lulu's R available, you become very hard to kill in a straight fight and your W range lets you outdamage Tristana in sustained exchanges.

Your optimal pattern is to activate W and auto-attack from maximum range while Lulu peels with Q slow and W polymorph — you should never step forward to trade unless Thresh's hook is on cooldown and Tristana has no E available.
When both enemy cooldowns are burned, that is your window to walk up and apply W stacks freely.

You want to avoid hard shoving the wave because it puts you close to the enemy tower where Thresh can hook you into a bad angle — instead, let the wave be slightly slow-pushed toward you so you fight near your own tower with Lulu's peel available.
Last-hit carefully under your own tower if needed rather than overextending for CS.

Do not activate W and walk into Thresh hook range thinking your damage will win the trade — Tristana's burst with E and Thresh's flay combo will kill you before your W stacks matter if you are out of position.
Your damage is only safe when Lulu has already neutralized the engage threat.

Created on 09/10/2026

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