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Spells:
Flash
Heal
Ability Order
Icathian Surprise (PASSIVE)
Kog'Maw Passive Ability
Introduction
Pros
-Best late game AD
-Can burn bruisers and squishies
-High Skillcap
-Nice Skill Kit
-Deals ad/ap damage/amount of health
Cons
-Weak Early Game
-Squishy
-High Skill Cap
-No escapes
-Little CC
I also dedicate this guide to this video.It taught me perserverence and that you should never give up.
I go with the standard runes for ad carries. This is flat attack damages marks, flat armor yellows, either flat magic resist or magic resist per level (depending on matchup) and flat attack damage quintessences.
Greater Mark of Attack Damage - These runes are standard.
Greater Seal of Armor- Standard
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist/
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist- These runes can be interchanged, if you are facing a kill lane or an aggresive lane take the flat magic resist, however if you expect a passive lane go with the magic resist per level as they are more beneficial in the long run.
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage- Standard
There is some debate as to whether you take armor penetration marks or quintessences. However armor penetration is only most useful when you're going for an aggresive lane bot such as leona/graves, ali/trist and you want to burst someone quickly. However Kog'Maw doesnt have the best kill potential early game and you should be focusing on farming and playing passively which is why I run flat attack damage marks and quints. Another factor in taking attack damage is that Kog has one of the lowest initial ad of anyone (49 I believe) and you really need it to last hit as effectively as you can.





There is some debate as to whether you take armor penetration marks or quintessences. However armor penetration is only most useful when you're going for an aggresive lane bot such as leona/graves, ali/trist and you want to burst someone quickly. However Kog'Maw doesnt have the best kill potential early game and you should be focusing on farming and playing passively which is why I run flat attack damage marks and quints. Another factor in taking attack damage is that Kog has one of the lowest initial ad of anyone (49 I believe) and you really need it to last hit as effectively as you can.

















Starting Items


Alternatives




First Trip Back
The items you get on your first trip back depend on how well you do in the initial laning phase. You should be aiming for at least 1k gold + but optimally you should be looking at 1650+ to get an


Options













If you arent going to go for an early


First Core Item and Second Core Item

OR

- These two items are your absolutely core first two items no questions asked. They give the best attack damage synergy and increase Kog's attack and movement speed to help with your damage as percentage health and survivability by blowing everyone quickly.
What First?
This is the biggest choice you'll make and really depends on the situation/team comp you're in and how well you are doing in the actual game. You'll tend to find most professional players opt to go with the







Your Build So Far




Your build so far should look something like this, with a couple of variations with perhaps an added


Next Items
You've obviously gotten a lot of farm and possibly a few kills here and there and you have your core damage setup, now you have a choice in what items you want to get next. This is the period of the game you want to aim for a defensive item or something that substantially increases your damage output.
The Options








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