Mid · 32 games · KR

Kog'Maw

Mid · 20% of games Bot · 74%

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−545 gold).

Win rate: 40.6%; ±17.0 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #46 of 64
Pick rate: 0.5%; ban 0.6%
Games: 32; ranked solo/duo

Kog'Maw mid wins 40.6% of 32 ranked games in KR, rank 46 of 64 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Dusk and Dawn first, at about 11:36.

The build at a glance

What most Kog'Maw players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Dusk and Dawn 11:34 · 90% · 28 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 14:36 · 81% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 20:30 · 100% · 22 games

Item 3 · late game

Rabadon's Deathcap 27:06 · 8 of 15 games

Runes

Stormraider's Surge · Sorcery + Precision 28% of games · 33% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 97% of games · 39% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Ghost 50% of games · 63% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Bio-Arcane Barrage first 69% of games · 50% wins Skill orders →

When Kog'Maw wins

Win rate by game length

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′17% wins19% of games · 6

Lasts 25′ or more52% wins66% of games · 21

Lanes

No clear counters yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Kog'Maw games

First Baron: 75% against 29%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 29% 75% +46

First blood 32% 54% +22

First tower 32% 54% +22

Rift Herald 33% 55% +21

First dragon 31% 50% +19

First Voidgrubs 38% 44% +6

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Kog'Maw plays

More solo kills, more deaths

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More solo kills a game2.1 against 1.6 · +29%

More deaths a game6.1 against 5.0 · +22%

More damage a minute976 against 803 · +22%

More share of team damage29% against 24% · +21%

More control wards a game2.00 against 1.73 · +16%

About average: kill participation, gold, minions.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:36

Item 2done ~20:30

Item 3done ~26:48

Item 4done ~27:24

Most common full builds

Dusk and Dawn › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 42.9%7 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Not enough games against this kind of team yet.

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion38.7%31

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~14:3650.0%26

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost62.5%16

Flash + Teleport0.0%8

Exhaust + Flash60.0%5

Skills

Max

E50.0%22

Max

Q25.0%4

Start

Q53.3%15

Start

W33.3%6

Dies more than most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Before 14 minutes Kog'Maw dies 2.7 times a game (average 2.2). 56% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 52% for the average mid laner. 22% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.7deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.2)

56%involve the enemy junglermore than average (52%)

78%outnumbered (2+ enemies)more than average (68%)

64%with no teammate nearmore than average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Kog'Maw dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 46% in your half of mid. Collapses: 61% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 63% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Kog'Maw

Kind of death

Kog'Maw Average

Gank 56% (avg 52%)Collapse 21% (avg 16%)1-v-1 22% (avg 32%)

Who gets the kill

Kog'Maw Average

Bot laner 12% (avg 7%)Jungler 32% (avg 29%)Support 8% (avg 6%)Mid laner 45% (avg 52%)Top laner 2% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Kog'Maw Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Kog'Maw; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Kog'Maw wins fights

Where fights happen

Before 14 minutes: 65 kills and 85 deaths.

Your half of mid 0.2 K/D 8 / 45

Their half of mid 1.9 K/D 17 / 9

Your jungle 1.2 K/D 13 / 11

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Kog'Maw wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 30% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 26%). The team wins 40% when Kog'Maw is there and 63% when not.

Kog'Maw

What most Kog'Maw players run

Win rate by game length

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 75% against 29%

More solo kills, more deaths

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

No clearly easy lane yet

Not enough games yet

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Kog'Maw's games

Dies more than most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Kog'Maw

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Where fights happen

Where fights happen

Where fights happen