Kog'Maw·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kog'Maw Bot build, you should take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack 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 Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Boots and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Runaan's Hurricane, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Terminus. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 52.9% winrate over 1 670 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kog'Maw Bot build would be to take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack 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 Guinsoo's Rageblade, which you should build first, followed by Boots as your second item and Navori Flickerblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Runaan's Hurricane, Wit's End and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 334 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork 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 Boots as a second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Runaan's Hurricane, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Terminus. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 56.0% win rate across 250 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kog'Maw Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Triumph with Legend: Alacrity as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then finish Boots as your second item, and Guinsoo's Rageblade 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 50.0% win rate over 60 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.