Talk:Kog'Maw/@comment-26244711-20150513111318/@comment-9771997-20150607070239

Compared to a real mage? Kog'maw gets a 3. Why? He has low mobility, no hard cc, poor AP scaling, and less sustain than he would if he was AD. There is no reason to play him as AP for anything other than fun. If you want to sit back and throw skill shots, play Xerath, your damage will be substantially higher with more range. If you want to melt a tank, play Malzahar. If you want to purposely feed, Kog has bad mobility so he's not good for that either.

If you want to take a low mobility champion with poor scaling and sustain that is outmatched by almost everything with the mage tag, into a still very assassin heavy game, then play AP Kog'maw. His E has good damage, I'll admit to that, but with maximum CDR you're still looking at a 6ish second cooldown.

"But his E can pierce through everyone!"

So can Xerath's Q, but that has better scaling, half the cooldown, and slightly higher range.

Beyond his E Kog's Q has a scaling I'd rate "support out of 10", building him dps with AP is just stupid(this is referring to his W). His ult is good, but it's also easily dodgeable, and has a stacking mana cost unless you want to sacrifice the biggest part of your damage for six seconds.