Talk:Kog'Maw/@comment-211.30.109.78-20111029130552/@comment-201.22.211.8-20111102003930

High 400 damage ult with bad +0.3 ap scaling? Stick to the base damage: focus on cdr, mpen and mana/manaregen, rylai's slow or wota's spellvamp being luxury stuff. Mana kog'maw ftw.

Mpen boots > Chalice > Tear of Goddess > Glacial Shroud > Negatron > Frozen Heart > Void Staff > Banshee works well. 3.2k mana = 18 shots before running out of juice, or 7200 (+5.4 ap) aoe magic damage over 2k range. You take tanky itens in order to not be bursted so easily, so they can't simply sneak behind your team and two-shot you before your allies can react.

You duty as Mana kog is to pick up fleeing enemies and poking their team to death, because your overall burst/dps will be quite small. You don't wait the teamfight to start: Once you have vision over their weaker targets, you drain your mana as fast as you can to pressure them into rushing a teamfight (likely with bad positioning) or retreating. They will pay more attention to dodge your stuff than into the game, making them mistake more often. Thanks to massive manaregen, once you dump your stuff, you will be quickly ready for action seconds later. If you can take blue buff, they will never be able to start a teamfight healthily.

When the teamfight breaks, use your Q on any target that's about to be bursted (if you can afford getting close), use your W and focus on targets behind the cover or just dent the tank if you can't get safely close, always spamming R as usual. If things get messy, use your E on yours team escape route, so the foes have to walk all over it to reach your allies (btw this is a hint valid for all kog'maw players regardless of build: never use your E on the enemy if your intention is running away, use it over your own escape route). You are tanky, you can afford blocking the path between the enemy team and other characters on your team, and if they kill you, you harass them back with your passive. Instinctively, they will avoid you, so you can create a large gap between your team and the enemy.