Talk:Kog'Maw/@comment-8733289-20130914123917/@comment-5605969-20130916203122

I play Kog when not feeling like playing Quinn (she's my main adc) and Lucian (what can  say, that guy is fun as hell to play). He was my main adc in S2, and in S3 I used him a lot when the Caitlyn hype was going (couldnt beat a moderate cait with Quinn, but with kog it was rather easy). But I digress.

Anyways, S3 offered some really good items. Runnan's and Muramana to be exact. Now, playing Kog as an adc, I used to rush BotRK, then Runnan's, then IE and finally PD. The defense item was Merc Scimitar if they had lots of cc, or Last Whisper if my team was moderate (GA on a guy with the secong highest range in the game is, for me, not worth it, as if your team wasn't there to save you, or you got caught, that is preety much a guaranteed death). i would sometimes get Zephyr without changing boots, or switching them for Magic pen for more dmg, as the 2.5 AS mark was reached.

However, I always felt rather weak in lane, and rarely left lane with more kills than deaths. His power spike was after i got Blade, Runnans and started IE. I tried switching the order, IE, PD, BotRK, but it was similar. So I decided to try out some new builds. During those, I thought of trying muramana, as it's damage is independant of his AD, and it's also a mid/late game item (active becomes available only then). I have to say it worked rather well. Even before fully charged your dmg was constant. Same as pre IE. So I started exploring that path. Used Muramana, BotRK, Runnan's, Wit's End. Boots of AS to cover the missing AS, but thinking of Zephyr as well to put in the build. In the end, it's like the on hit kog'maw. It's rather nice. But your dmg becomes constant, so you'll need bursters. In teamfights, I rarely got kills, but I noticed most enemies melting as I hit 3 at the samee time with Muramana, Blade and W. My team just kept them there, and I just swept them. It's a good build, but don't use it in ranked.

As for Muramana, you'll have to trade something for it. I'd say last whisper or your defense item. You need Blade, and Runnan's is awesome. IE and PD only work if together.

Hope it was distracting enough.

PS: tri the new phage(see what i did there?). It's awesome.