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Kog'Maw

Build for Mid
Icathian SurprisePCaustic SpittleQBio-Arcane BarrageWVoid OozeELiving ArtilleryR
Updated 16 minutes ago · Patch 26.19
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Tier
A
Win rate
52.4%
Win rate change
+11.2%
Pick rate
0.5%
Ban rate
0.5%
Games
294
High-elo games

Runes

49.0% (102)

Sorcery

Summon AeryArcane CometStormraider's SurgeDeathfire Touch
Axiom ArcanistManaflow BandNimbus Cloak
TranscendenceCelerityAbsolute Focus
ScorchWaterwalkingGathering Storm

Precision

Absorb LifeTriumphPresence of Mind
Legend: AlacrityLegend: HasteLegend: Bloodline
Coup de GraceCut DownLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling
HealthTenacity and Slow ResistHealth Scaling

Summoner spells

FlashGhost
46.2% 171

Skill priority

Bio-Arcane BarrageWCaustic SpittleQVoid OozeE
47.5% 122

Start

Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion52.5%
Doran's BowHealth PotionHealth Potion55.6%

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes54.3%
Berserker's Greaves62.5%

Vision

Farsight Alteration0.6 control wards / game

First back usually around 3:30

Blasting Wand62.5%9%
Dark Seal60.0%5%

Build order

  1. Blasting Wand
  2. Boots
  3. Ruby Crystal
  4. Sheen
  5. Dagger
  6. Kindlegem
  7. Dusk and Dawn
  8. Dark Seal
  9. Sorcerer's Shoes
  10. Amplifying Tome
  11. Glowing Mote
  12. Needlessly Large Rod
  13. Hextech Alternator
  14. Shadowflame
  15. Needlessly Large Rod
  16. Needlessly Large Rod

Completed items

  1. Dusk and Dawn149.8%11:44
  2. Sorcerer's Shoes254.3%13:15
  3. Shadowflame355.3%20:11
  4. Rabadon's Deathcap460.3%26:26
When items get finished
051015202530
Dusk and Dawn
Sorcerer's Shoes
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Median finish time in minutes, from the games that built each item.

Situational

  • Luden's Echo59.0%
  • Void Staff64.9%
  • Zhonya's Hourglass53.9%
  • Archangel's Staff41.2%
  • Nashor's Tooth50.0%
  • Banshee's Veil76.9%

Skill path

Bio-Arcane BarrageWCaustic SpittleQVoid OozeEMost popular leveling order
Skill path
Caustic SpittleQ38101213
Bio-Arcane BarrageW24579
Void OozeE114151718
Living ArtilleryR61116

Toughest matchups

These champions counter Kog'Maw

Best matchups

Kog'Maw beats these champions

Win rate by game length

Kog'Maw scales: the longer, the better
< 25 min68 games25-30 min108 games30-35 min76 games35+ min42 games

Average gold vs the lane opponent at 15:00: -49 (262 games)

Damage breakdown

Physical9%Magic83%True8%

Similar champions

Playing as Kog'Maw

  • Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
  • Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
  • Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.

Playing against Kog'Maw

  • Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.
  • Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!
  • The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.
  • Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

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