Kog'Maw Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.3%
- Pick rate
- 0.5%
- Ban rate
- 0.4%
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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
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Sorcery
Precision
Summoner spells
Max order
W
Q
E
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 50.3% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (427 games).
- Most common core: Dusk and Dawn → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap — 38% win rate over 8 games.
- Take Press the Attack as keystone: picked in 38% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Best matchup: Cassiopeia (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Yone (20% over 10 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
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 100.0% | 1% (5) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (6) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (3) | |
| 63.6% | 3% (11) | |
| 61.5% | 3% (13) | |
| 56.5% | 16% (69) | |
| 55.6% | 2% (9) | |
| 53.8% | 12% (52) | |
| 52.6% | 31% (133) | |
| 52.5% | 28% (118) | |
| 42.1% | 4% (19) | |
| 30.0% | 2% (10) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Sorcery
Precision
Sorcery +
Precision
Precision +
Sorcery 
Keystones
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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.
51.5%16% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
54.9%12% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
47.4%9% 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.
37.5%2% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
54.1%20% pick
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Flash + Teleport
48.5%8% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
30.8%6% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
W
Q
E
53.8%13 games
E
Q
W
66.7%6 games
W
E
Q
100.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (44%), W → E → Q (57%), E → W → Q (71%).
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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...