Kog’Maw Reroll
Primary
Tier
3-Cost Reroll
1-Cost Reroll
2-Cost Reroll
3-Cost Reroll
Fast 8
Fast 9
1 & 2-Cost Reroll
1 & 3-Cost Reroll
2 & 3-Cost Reroll
8
105
Main
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Traits
1
Bestest Boy
1
1
Tank-zilla
1
6
Bastion
2 > 4 > 6
1
Monster Trainer
1
1
The Champ
1
2
Edgelord
2 > 4 > 6
1
Mentor
1 > 2 > 4
1
Battle Academia
3 > 5 > 7 > 7
1
Crystal Gambit
3 > 5 > 7 > 10
1
Luchador
2 > 4
1
Sorcerer
2 > 4 > 6
1
Soul Fighter
2 > 4 > 6 > 8 > 8
1
Star Guardian
2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 8 > 9 > 9 > 10 > 10
1
The Crew
2 > 2 > 2 > 2 > 2 > 2 > 2
1
1
6
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Tips & Tricks
- After the removal of levels for Monsters in Patch 15.5, Kog’Maw has become more consistent to play now as you no longer need to get Lulu from orb to play it. This means you can consistently play Kog’Maw if you hit any of the artifacts for him or just generally have a good spot for it.
- There are several versions of Kog’Maw, but mainly they all revolve around playing 6 of a frontline trait + Kog’Maw. The most popular version currently is Bastion.
- Lightshield Crest is only a strong condition in the Bastion version of Kog’Maw (as it scales with armor / MR).
- For the Emblem conditions, please keep in mind that the emblem is only a strong condition for the respective variation it is relevant for. For example, there are no Strategists in the Bastion version so you wouldn’t want Strategist emblem — it is mainly for the Protector version which has Janna.
- You can also build Kog’Maw with Nashor + Jeweled Gauntlet + Flexible 3rd item. 3rd item can be another Nashor, Rageblade, Shojin, Arch.
Strong Conditions
+4 Tier Conditions A → OP
Flickerblades+3 Tier Conditions A → OP
Dawncore+2 Tier Conditions A → S+
Lich Bane
Lightshield Crest
Radiant Guinsoo’s Rageblade
Radiant Spear of Shojin
Statikk Shiv
Living Forge
Radiant Refactor+1 Tier Conditions A → S
Bastion Emblem
Protector Emblem
Strategist EmblemOpeners
Protector Kog’Maw
Kennen
Malphite
Janna
RakanKog’Maw1
4
Juggernaut Kog’Maw
Aatrox
Naafiri
Dr. MundoKog’Maw
Udyr1
4
1
Bastion Kog’Maw
Rell
Shen
Xin ZhaoKog’Maw
Swain1
4
Kog’Maw
Swain
Yasuo
Monster Trainer
Kog’Maw
3
3
Bestest Boy
Surge 66
Doublestrike
Current
Best-in-Slot
Alt Build 1
Alt Build 2
Alt Build 3
Alt Build 4
Alt Build 5
Static Surge
Glittering Plumage Regalia
Unsheath the Storm
)Economy Strategy
- Level to 4 if strong.
- Level to 5, unless on 3 loss streak.
- Level to 6, unless it places you below 30g.
- Stay level 6, unless you can stay above 50g on 7 or you are below 40 HP and can stay above 30g on 7.
- Level to 7, roll until board mostly upgraded. Never go below 10g even if missing tank or carry.
- Build up to 50g, slow roll to 50g until 5-1.
- If below ~25 HP, sometimes you must roll until you hit here. Not ideal.
- Roll until you hit 3-star carry and tank. Can go to 0g. Only greed gold if you are above ~60 HP.
- If you hit, you can level to 8. Otherwise stay 7. Holds true for every round for the rest of the game.
comp doesnt feel like a tier idk, maybe im just bad tho
Rigged shop makes this A-tier is my suggested change
raid boss is insanely good on the bastion version managed to get 2nd while triple contested one on bastions one on heavyweight. the 25% max hp with stacking resists makes swain (or leona) almost impossible to kill which lets kog maw stack up ap and as and yasuo cleans up weak frontline early.
Kog with Nashors and JG feels ass, got bottom 4 four times in a row uncontested.
who do we put the strategist emblem on?
Pretty sure it can go on K’Sante.
what about heavy weight version?
i dont think you are ever supposed to go juggernauts. protectors, bastions and heavyweights are much better
K’Sante is GIGA contested right now. I just had a game where 6 of them were already out of the pool by 4-3, and 8 were gone by 5-1. (Sadly none of them where for me)
With Jinx and Yuumi being meta again, everyone is contesting him. Honestly, don’t even bother trying to play this comp unless you can also hit Neeko. (btw Neeko 2 star feels not stable at all)
And even though the patch supposedly buffed the chances of hitting Caretakers, it still feels way too hard to hit. Not to mention that the power difference between Caretaker and Fairy Tail feels HUGE. (Spent all game rerolling fruit after 4-1 and hit fairy tail twice no caretakers)
Honestly don’t see this playable without a reaaal good opener and/or finding a ksante early
There’s a bug currently with Kog, place him in and hover above the Monster Trainer trait and it’s not active.
Not a bug, the trait chenged, the monsters doesnt level up anymore
I tried it with the new reworked Nashors paired with JG and Dawncore cause no tear and it was pretty good. Got first but don’t know if it’s better than the traditional build though.
it’s dawncore being broken on kog not nashor
dog maw
Hitting Caretaker is seemingly impossible, I’ve played this comp over a dozen times using every single fruit remover on Kog’Maw throughout 6-7 stages and have never seen it once
it really feels that way lmao…. ive played it lots of times as well and only ever got it once
Preemptive Protection deserves a mention. Bumps this up to A tier atleast
Overall if you’re uncontested on protector and you hit lulu from orb this comp is an easy top 4. I think it’s in A tier.
Neeko is the worst 2 star tank in the game
very strong if you are able to get a kog maw early to start level it up. Had 2 top 1 games in Masters VN, beating comps like fast 9 varus with fully upgraded and itemized board , reroll kaisa varus, duelist ashe, jhin reroll. Overall a very strong up if you are able to level up your kogmaw early, even without artiffacts.
Imo kogmaw is better with double shojin + flicker than archangels
lmk what you think
Absolute trash, better to play rammus kaisa
cant find caretaker on kog like 5 kog maw games
should add lightshield to this as a condition since its running 6 protectors
Some extra tips:
You can put your utility tank items on K’Sante, he will revive so the effects will persist longer
Also, Kog has built-in magic pen, so Spark/Staff are not as mandatory
Also, Unnending Despair seems like a good item in a Protector build
I tried unending despair once with caretaker kog maw and it’s difficult to pull off since you need your other units to die first before kog can start shielding the unending main tank. If the enemy has backline access when you only have 2 units left alive it feels really tough to play against