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Kog'Maw

MarksmanMage
Kog'Maw is a marksmanRolemarksman
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Icathian Surprise abilityp
Caustic Spittle abilityq
Bio-Arcane Barrage abilityw
Void Ooze abilitye
Living Artillery abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Kog'Maw Build

based on 33,337 matches
Win Rate
50.9 %
Pick Rate
2.3 %
Ban Rate
0.6 %

How We Come Up with Our Kog'Maw Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Kog'Maw build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Kog'Maw builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Kog'Maw core items and runes for any situation.

Kog'Maw Build Summary

Kog'Maw is a an average bottom lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Sorcery. Including the specific runes shown below into your Kog'Maw build will help provide you with the additional bonuses to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should focus on leveling up his w ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Kog'Maw

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
BootsHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kog'Maw Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeRunaan's HurricaneWit's EndSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Mercurial ScimitarRylai's Crystal ScepterTitanic HydraGuardian Angel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kog'Maw to level upw
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Second ability for Kog'Maw to level upq
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Last skill for Kog'Maw to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kog'Maw's passive ability p
Kog'Maw's q ability q
Kog'Maw's w ability w
Kog'Maw's e ability e
Kog'Maw's ultimate ability r
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Kog'Maw Matchups Overview

Kog'Maw is Weak Against

NilahNilah46.5% winrateVayneVayne48.8% winrateAsheAshe49.7% winrateJhinJhin49.7% winrate

Kog'Maw is Strong Against

ZeriZeri55.9% winrateKalistaKalista55.9% winrateDravenDraven55% winrateSamiraSamira54.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Rammusjungle+ 55.2% 536 GamesGaliomiddle+ 55.8% 208 GamesRenata Glascsupport+ 56.5% 409 GamesOlaftop+ 59.1% 423 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Kog'Maw Players

Tips and Tricks

Kog'Maw excels at being in the back of the team during engagements. His abilities have long range so can be used from afar.

Stay close to your support and prioritize farming items early game. Don't trade with enemy champions until later in the game, when you'll be more powerful with more of youur Kogmaw build completed.

Use Void Ooze to slow down your enemies, this will make it easier to land your ultimate, Living Artillery.

Kog'Maw FAQs

Q: Is Kog'Maw best in the early game or the late game?

A: Kog'Maw's abilities scale with both level and attack speed. He is absolutely terrifying in the late game.

Additional Kog'Maw Build Insights

LoL Kog'Maw players will find him to be a complex champ to build out properly. You will see that his build varies when he is up against either well-rounded or highly focused team compositions, demonstrating you shouldn't follow the same Kog'Maw build every single round of League of Legends

The most important items to use in your champion's build are: Guinsoo's Rageblade, Runaan's Hurricane, and Wit's End. Players who included these items in their gear had a better win rate than players who worked towards other item builds for Kog'Maw. Moreover, if you are fighting a well-mixed enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing him the Precision, and Sorcery runes. In recent games, he won the largest percentage of his matches when using these runes.

We came up with our Kog'Maw build recommendations by analyzing 33,337 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him in them. We only advise the highest winrate Kog'Maw builds that were used by ranked players enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many games in our dataset, we are very confident in our suggested builds.