Kog'Maw·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kog'Maw Top 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, Void Staff and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 59.4% winrate over 340 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost 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 Terminus, Runaan's Hurricane and Randuin's Omen. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 45.9% win rate across 74 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kog'Maw Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, 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 Guinsoo's Rageblade as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and Blade of The Ruined King as third item. The last 3 options are Runaan's Hurricane, Terminus and Wit's End. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.5% win rate over 62 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.