Talk:Kog'Maw/@comment-4114531-20110706063931/@comment-71.233.127.32-20110707165338

AS/AP Kog hasn't always been the best. A long time ago W was bugged and was both doing physical damage *and* doing more damage than listed. As a result IE/LW builds (LW gave attack speed in those days) were completely insane for DPS and Kog was a feared pick (though he was still team dependent).

When Riot fixed those bugs Kog basically fell out of favor because the high risk of playing him wasn't outweighed by his DPS. Even now after some buffs Kog still isn't as good as he used to be and other ranged carry picks are better because in the end an alive ranged carry does more DPS than a dead ranged carry, and a ranged carry's primarily problem nowadays is staying alive.