Weird Pick #162: Support Kog'Maw

No shield, no heal, no hard engage, and somehow still a support pick worth trying. AP Kog'Maw plays the botlane like a long-range artillery piece instead of a peel bot.

Kog'Maw doesn't show up anywhere in the support numbers in Ranked Solo/Duo right now, and the reason is obvious the moment you look at his kit: no shield, no heal, no hard crowd control. But Living Artillery [R] has some of the longest range of any ability in the game, and a full mage build finally lets his poke tools do damage that actually matters instead of scaling off a support item budget that was never built for him.

So how does this actually work?

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Riot Vanguard Explained: Requirements, Errors and On-Demand Mode

Vanguard spent two years as the most complained-about thing Riot ever shipped, mostly because it ran from the moment your PC booted. In June 2026 that finally changed. Here's what it is, what it needs, and how to stop it running all the time.

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Top Team Comps #132: The Minefield (Teemo, Wukong, Heimerdinger, Caitlyn & Seraphine)

Five champions who would rather fight you from a screen away, and one who makes sure you never actually get to walk out of range.

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Formerly OP #8: Old Jax

He didn't block your attacks, he simply never got hit by them, and the game had a whole statistic built to let him do it.

There's a specific kind of helplessness that only old Jax produced. You committed to the fight, your screen filled with the word MISS, and by the time you understood what was happening he had already stunned you.

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League of Legends Rank Distribution: What Rank Is Actually Good?

Gold feels average. It isn't. If you're sitting in Gold IV, you're already ahead of well over half the ranked player base, and the gap between what players assume the ladder looks like and what it actually looks like is enormous. Here's where every rank really sits.

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Camille Counters: Best Counter Picks and Tips

Camille doesn't chase you down. She picks a wall you weren't watching, arrives from it, and then removes your exit entirely.

Camille support took a top lane duelist and pointed her at the two squishiest players on the map, and the part that stings is how little say you get in it. Her opening move comes off terrain, and by the time you've reacted you're already sealed inside a circle with two people. Her pattern is beatable, but only if you attack the setup rather than the fight.

Check out our top Camille counters below for more information on how to beat her!

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FOTM Report: Kai'Sa Bot | Patch 26.15 Build and Runes

Patch 26.15 gave her a straight scaling buff, and she's now the default bot lane pick for an enormous number of players. The results haven't caught up to the popularity.

As of Patch 26.15, Kai'Sa picked up a direct buff to Second Skin [Passive] and shot up the solo queue tier list. She's the most-picked champion in the bot lane right now, and the lane she keeps walking into is full of mages.

Check out the details on runes and builds below!

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Patch 26.15 Tier List Analysis: What Actually Changed

Patch 26.15 Tier List Analysis:

Patch 26.15 is settled, and it didn't land where we guessed on patch day. Locke's nerf did what Riot wanted and Mordekaiser's didn't, the jungle turned over completely, and bot lane produced the biggest riser in the game. This is the frozen record of where the patch ended up, how our day one forecast actually scored, and which duos are quietly winning and losing games underneath the rankings.

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Mordekaiser Counters | Best Counter Champions Picks and Strategy to Beat Mordekaiser

Mordekaiser doesn't outplay you. He walks at you, survives everything you have, and at level 6 he takes you somewhere nobody can help you.

There's a particular kind of misery in a Mordekaiser lane: you win the trade, and he heals it all back and keeps walking forward. Patch 26.14 handed him a bigger Death's Grasp [E] and a hungrier Realm of Death [R]. The good news is that his weaknesses are structural, not statistical, and they haven't moved in years.

Check out our top Mordekaiser counters below for more information on how to beat him!

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