Kog'Maw·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kog'Maw Mid build, you should take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Gathering Storm 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 Dusk and Dawn as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 53.2% winrate over 1 349 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 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 E - W - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 48.3% win rate across 87 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, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Cut Down with Presence of Mind as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Malignance as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Archangel's Staff as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.6% win rate over 56 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.