Talk:Kog'Maw/@comment-27722295-20161215221729/@comment-26808509-20170704143338

The Poison on twitch doesn't really scale with AD, not even thematic wise. It's his bolts (his AA's) that deal the physical damage, the poison itself only scales with attackspeed. But then again his Expunge has an AD scaling...or hybrid. Whatever.

In Kog'Maw's case I can see why it deals magical damage and has AP scalings. Aswell as thematic wise as from a game play perspective. His acid/corrosion themtaic isn't physical as it, it's some kind of magic (at least in my oppinion). He is a Void creature and unlike Kha'Zix or Rek'Sai he isn't using claws or something alike. He is using his acid, somehting "less" physical. Cho'Gath is more of an example of this thematic problem (Spikes from the ground or his body that deal magical damage and scale with AP?). Or Katarina, tho you can argue that she is using magical knives.

And gameplay wise it's simply that magic damage usually is better than physical damage, because every champ is gaining more armor per level than magic resistance and armor is a lot cheaper. Also there are a lot of good item synergies like Whit's End, Rage blade ect. AND there aren't as many (or as effective) magic pen items. If Kog'Maw's W dealt physical damage and he was able to build Last Whisper, there would be nothing tanks could do about him. Not mentioning squishies. As it is now he would have to build Void Staff to gain effective penetration and this item isn't giving much out of the pen (low AP scaling and no attackspeed on the item).