Talk:Kog'Maw/@comment-4729118-20130904112355/@comment-2112140-20130909145235

I think you mean AP Kog with some attack speed twist. Yes while it works very well for him the shred will proboably help you kill one or two opponents, while AD Kog has more DPS and doesn't rely on the % on hit damage as much, he'd rather use his Bio-Arcane Barrage for bonus range. Ability Power Kog'Maw isn't bad, infact he's quite fun but relying on abilities isn't as good as relying on attacks because there are many more counters to abilities(silences, cast times, resistances, health, mana cost, cooldown) while attacks have less(reliance on attack speed, blind, armor, health(to some extent), attack animation) While you can argue that 0.1 second cast times aren't too bad, these cast times are the reasons that our opponents get lucky and survive.

Back on topic: AP Kog'Maw has counters, it's the same ones as AD Kog - gapclosing bruisers/assassins, invisible heroes who can sneak up from behind. Some of the champions I'd call counters are Nocturne, Lee Sin, Blitzcrank, Talon, Twitch(even though Kog'Maw might detect invisible heroes via Living Artillery he still can be sneaked up on if he doesn't) AD Kog'Maw is really strong late game if he has champions who can protect him: Taric, Alistar, Leona, Nautilus etc. Also Kog'Maw needs a lot of mana to cast a lot of Living Artilleries(his main DPS for AP) so he has to invest into some items that give him mana/mana regeneration and focus a bit less on Ability Power, also as you said he needs some attack speed(well you said "and still good AS" so I assume you'd get at least one attack speed item(like Nashor's Tooth/Runaan's Hurricane) meaning even more gold is spent towards something other than Ability Power don't forget you'll have boots so that'd make 2 items with mana/intense mana regeneration, boots, Nashor's/Runaan's leaving you with 2 item slots to fill with Ability Power proboably Rabadon's and something Defensive like Zhonya's or another offensive item. Also Ability Power Kog'Maw might have some problems in lane till 6 and while this is true for some other champions (such as Xerath who needs ult so he  can burst, Zilean who needs it so he can play more aggressively or Kassadin for the amazing mobility) other heroes don't rely on other stats as much as he does.