Kog'Maw·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kog'Maw Bot build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Runaan's Hurricane, Terminus and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 53.5% winrate over 1 173 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kog'Maw Bot build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Guinsoo's Rageblade, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Runaan's Hurricane as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Wit's End. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.3% win rate over 431 matches.

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 Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Archangel's Staff as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Horizon Focus. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 46.7% win rate across 60 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.