Matchup

Sustained DPSHeavy AD damageHeavy AP damage

You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Kog'Maw

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Warmog's Armor
1Survival
Dead Man's Plate
2vs AD
Titanic Hydra
3Bruiser

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Heartsteel
5Survival

Summoner spells

61248%
41234%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Jak'Sho, The Protean
5vs Hybride
Randuin's Omen
vs AD

Anti Heal

Thornmail
6vs Hybride

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Spirit Visage
5vs AP

Other options

Heartsteel
Survival
Overlord's Bloodmail
HP
100.0% WR1 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Second WindSecond Wind
OvergrowthOvergrowth
InspirationInspiration
Magical FootwearMagical Footwear
Approach VelocityApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
DrMundoDr. Mundo
KogMawKog'Maw
Favorable
Favorable
Passive

Kog'Maw's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Icathian Surprise (P)

4 seconds after dying, Kogmaw explodes, dealing true damage to surrounding enemies.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
37s17s12s
67s17s12s2s
97s17s12s2s
117s17s12s1.5s
167s17s12s1s
187s17s12s1s

Playing against Kog'Maw

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Kog'Maw has ZERO mobility — dive him with assassins or engages. One CC = one kill.

2

His W has an uptime/downtime: when W expires, his range returns to normal (500). Engage at that moment.

3

Assassins (Zed, Talon, Fizz) destroy him — he relies entirely on his team to protect him.

4

Buy HP and MR: his W deals magic damage as % max HP, but MR still reduces it.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026