On-hit DPS build to maximize attack frequency and turn every second of combat into raw pressure.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Kog'Maw build (Dragon Lane): Blade of the Ruined King › Runaan's Hurricane › Kraken Slayer › Wit's End › Guardian Angel, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,900 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,000 total cost +100gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,400 total cost +500g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Ezreal
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Corki
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Varus
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Yunara
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Kog'Maw wins through duration, not burst. On-hit build maximizes damage frequency, converting time into advantage.
Long Sword
%HP on-hit combo with the W Bio-Arcane Barrage range
Double on-hit during W Barrage, the highest sustained DPS in the game
Multi-target hits during W Barrage for AoE DPS in teamfights
Berserkers Greaves
Quicksilver
the W Bio-Arcane Barrage increases his range, Lethal Tempo maximizes his attacks safely.
Strengthens trades early before the W is disponible for dominate the lane.
Stacked with W's max-HP damage, the healthy-target bonus melts tanks from the first second.
Attack speed to activate the W Bio-Arcane Barrage earlier and apply % HP.
Reduces enemy punishes during his fights at range reduced in early game.
Riftmaker
Wit's End
Riftmaker
Amaranth's Twinguard
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Real start of his DPS scaling, becomes threatening to tanks.
