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, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Malignance as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Archangel's Staff. For your last 3 items, you should build Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 50.4% winrate over 502 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 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 49.4% win rate across 172 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kog'Maw Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Presence of Mind with Coup de Grace as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Luden's Companion 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 Liandry's Torment. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.2% win rate over 86 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.