Talk:Kog'Maw/@comment-25532677-20160117052609

So Kog'Maw needs help. He's probably the most team dependent champion out there excluding supports. Which is fine, but a champion that is very squishy while only useful come lategame ends up being less of a win condition and more of a liability.


 * Jungle Kog'Maw isn't something I have experience with personally. But from what i've seen it's probably his strongest position at the moment. Allowing him to play a safe early-mid game given he doesn't get counter jungled into the abyss, and reasonable ganks post 6. While I don't really support the concept of champions who can farm the entire game and come in later and carry, it certainly is an interesting concept.


 * Mid Lane AP Kog'Maw is doing okay, the changes to his ult has hurt him a tad, but he still scales relatively quick and is a great addition to any comp that needs an excellent seige and objective fighter. He suffers against many good laning opponents and Assassins, especially rengar which will probably give you a 100% lose rate if your team doesn't cover you like butter on bread.


 * AD Bot lane Kog'Maw probably has it the hardest. A bunch of Marksmen scale way quicker and are much more reliable in lane. On top of your super squishyness, you have to face two lane opponents this time, ranging from soraka who basically overcharges any adc you face, to alistar who will lock you down for marksman to pummel you, to brand who can poke you mercilessly and deny you farm. All of this puts a lot of weight on your support's shoulders. Another problem is that AD kog'maw's items are expensive. Botrk's price has been raised and has been nerfed, meaning it's not as strong of a powerspike. The components of Rageblade make it awkward to build and offers only a small powerspike; it's design only "ramps up" kog'maws efficiency, many of which can be bypassed by most marksmen's superior burst and kit. On top of this, Thunderlord's is insanely good right now for AD champions. It's become easier to burst kog'maw, meaning it's easy to disregard his DPS.