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 - E - Q. Right now, this build has 56.0% winrate over 1 112 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kog'Maw Top build would be to take Flash and Ghost 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 Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 54.5% win rate over 132 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 Guinsoo's Rageblade as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Blade of The Ruined King as a third item. You want to finish the build with Terminus, Runaan's Hurricane 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 55.1% win rate across 118 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.