Kog'Maw ADC build & stats
- Win rate
- 53.3%
- Pick rate
- 2.3%
- Ban rate
- 0.4%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Runes
Precision +
Inspiration 
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Triumph
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cash Back
Cosmic Insight
Summoner spells
69.6%
23 games
Max order
E
Q
W
43.8%
16 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Kog'Maw
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Kog'Maw wins 53.3% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (418 games).
- Most common core: Dusk and Dawn → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap — 38% win rate over 8 games.
- Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 56% of games with a 55% win rate.
- Best matchup: Twitch (75% over 8 games). Hardest: Draven (35% over 17 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 60.5% | 9% (38) | |
| 58.3% | 20% (84) | |
| 58.3% | 17% (72) | |
| 56.9% | 24% (102) | |
| 55.4% | 20% (83) | |
| 55.3% | 58% (244) | |
| 54.9% | 12% (51) | |
| 54.8% | 35% (146) | |
| 53.1% | 31% (128) | |
| 53.1% | 31% (128) | |
| 50.0% | 9% (38) | |
| 49.0% | 12% (49) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Resolve
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Triumph
Legend: Bloodline
Last Stand
Conditioning
Overgrowth
Precision +
Sorcery 
Precision +
Sorcery
Keystones
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Lethal Tempo
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
54.7%56% pick
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Press the Attack
Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.
47.4%27% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
59.6%11% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
50.0%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Barrier
50.6%41% pick
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Flash + Ghost
52.5%28% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
54.5%13% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
W
Q
E
41.7%60 games
E
Q
W
43.8%16 games
W
E
Q
50.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: W → Q → E (50%), W → E → Q (33%), E → W → Q (29%).
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PIcathian Surprise4 seconds after dying, Kogmaw explodes, dealing true damage to surrounding enemies.
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QCaustic Spittle
Kog'Maw launches a corrosive projectile which deals magic damage and corrodes the target's armor and magic resist for a short time. Kog'Maw also gains additional attack speed.
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WBio-Arcane Barrage
Kog'Maw's attacks gain range and deal a percent of the target's maximum health as magic damage %i:OnHit% On-Hit.
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EVoid Ooze
Kog'Maw launches a peculiar ooze which damages all enemies it passes through and leaves a trail which slows enemies who stand on it.
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RLiving ArtilleryKog'Maw fires an artillery shell at a great distance dealing magic damage (increased significantly on low health enemies) and revealing non-stealthed targets. Additionally, multiple Living Artilleries in a short period o...