Kog'Maw·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kog'Maw Mid 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 Shadowflame, 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 50.3% winrate over 431 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kog'Maw Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are 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. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Archangel's Staff, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Luden's Companion as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 44.6% win rate over 74 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Runaan's Hurricane, Terminus and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.6% win rate across 62 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kog'Maw Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Nullifying Orb with Waterwalking as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Guinsoo's Rageblade as your first item, then finish Boots as your second item, and Wit's End as third item. The last 3 options are Runaan's Hurricane, Randuin's Omen and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.8% win rate over 59 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.