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 Guinsoo's Rageblade as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Navori Flickerblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Runaan's Hurricane. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 54.0% winrate over 6 163 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 Blade of The Ruined King, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Runaan's Hurricane, Terminus and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 52.7% win rate over 6 137 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Cut Down in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Dusk and Dawn as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.7% win rate across 1 421 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, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Dusk and Dawn as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.8% win rate over 1 143 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.