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Kog'Maw Build

Bot Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 22,860 gamesUpdated

51.1%win rate1.0%pick0.6%ban

Who counters Kog'Maw

Every Bot matchup for Kog'Maw, ranked →

How to build Kog'Maw

Berserker's Greaves→Blade of The Ruined King→Guinsoo's Rageblade→Runaan's Hurricane

Berserker's Greaves → Blade of The Ruined King → Guinsoo's Rageblade → Runaan's Hurricane

54.7% win rate 20% of games 3,611 games
RunesPrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast StandResolveConditioningOvergrowth62% of games
SpellsFlashBarrierFlash + Barrier69%
Skills
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Caustic Spittle
29101213
Bio-Arcane Barrage
14578
Void Ooze
314151718
Living Artillery
61116
StartDoran's BowHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Bow, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Kog'Maw build →

Best supports for Kog'Maw

Who Kog'Maw has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst supports for Kog'Maw

Who Kog'Maw has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

51.1%win rate
Patch 26.20: 52.3% over 55,538 gamesPatch 26.21: 51.1% over 22,860 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
51.7%at Emerald+
1.0%pick rate
0.6%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 3 last patch
52.6%under 22 min
49.9%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Kog'Maw champion portraitB Kog'Maw+Rell champion portraitS RellvsJinx champion portraitB Jinx+Alistar champion portraitS Alistar
10 / 9 / 7

Build

Gluttonous Greaves|Guinsoo's Rageblade→Nashor's Tooth→Shadowflame→Zhonya's Hourglass

Spells & runes

BarrierFlash|

Skills

WEQWWRWQWEQRQQEER
Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Kog'Maw champion portraitB Kog'Maw+Rakan champion portraitS RakanvsAphelios champion portraitB Aphelios+Thresh champion portraitS Thresh
4 / 4 / 6

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Dusk and Dawn→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

CleanseFlash|

Skills

EWQWWRWQWQRQ
Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Kog'Maw champion portraitB Kog'Maw+Lulu champion portraitS LuluvsTwitch champion portraitB Twitch+Yuumi champion portraitS Yuumi
3 / 9 / 2

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Archangel's Staff→Dusk and Dawn→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashTeleport|

Skills

WEQEEREWEWRWW

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 52.1% win rate · 62% of games · 13,225 games
PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 47.3% win rate · 4% of games · 940 games
SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandAbsolute FocusScorch
PrecisionCut DownPresence of Mind
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier69%51.3%16,387 games
  • FlashGhostFlash + Ghost17%50.4%3,940 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Berserker's Greaves65%Gluttonous Greaves15%Sorcerer's Shoes14%
Berserker's Greaves most often · 51.3% win rate

Kog'Maw build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Guinsoo's Rageblade1st
  2. Navori Flickerblade2nd
  3. Terminus3rd
8% of games that reach a third item take this path55.3% win rate1,469 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Kog'Maw →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 23,345 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Berserker's GreavesBerserker's Greaves
63% · 51.5% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
14% · 52.3% win rate
Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
14% · 51.5% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
3% · 51.1% win rate
BootsBoots
2% · 44.6% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
1% · 53.7% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Guinsoo's Rageblade›Navori Flickerblade›Terminus+Berserker's Greaves3% of games · 53.0% win rate · 600 games
  2. Guinsoo's Rageblade›Navori Flickerblade+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 39.5% win rate · 534 games
  3. Blade of The Ruined King›Guinsoo's Rageblade+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 39.4% win rate · 531 games
  4. Guinsoo's Rageblade+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 39.1% win rate · 476 games
  5. Blade of The Ruined King›Guinsoo's Rageblade›Runaan's Hurricane+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 52.0% win rate · 415 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Kog'Maw against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Kog'Maw's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Kog'Maw's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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