Kog'Maw·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kog'Maw Bot build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Cut Down and Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Luden's Companion as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Archangel's Staff. For your last 3 items, you should build Horizon Focus, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 51.9% winrate over 3 509 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, and Cut Down with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Archangel's Staff as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Luden's Companion as a third item. You want to finish the build with Horizon Focus, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.4% win rate across 204 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kog'Maw Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and Guinsoo's Rageblade as third item. The last 3 options are Runaan's Hurricane, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Terminus. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 62.1% win rate over 87 matches played.

Situational Kog'Maw Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Kog'Maw build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.