Tier list / ADC / Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw matchups

Tier 2#7 ADC3Full build
You playKog'Maw

Tier 252.9% win · #7 adc

Kog'Maw favoured52.7%Kog'Maw wins 52.7% of games into Kai'Sa, about the same as the 52.9% Kog'Maw wins overall.
AgainstKai'Sa

Tier 149.0% win · #3 adc

52.7%47.9%

3,083 gamesSample A 52.6%Sample B 53.9%Sample C 52.7%Gold at 15 −24Full matchup pageSample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Kog'Maw: Gold 52.8% · Plat 52.8% · Emerald 52.5% · Diamond 53.5%Kai'Sa: Gold 49.5% · Plat 49.8% · Emerald 49.6% · Diamond 48.7%

Lane plan

Be careful to not on take Kai’sa’s Icathian Rain (Q)’s full damage by yourself, and try to avoid her Void Seeker (W) as well!

Lane tip from this patch's games, play aggressive
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade

    You complete Guinsoo's Rageblade at ~11 min; Kai'Sa completes Kraken Slayer at ~11 min. You spike together.

  • Level 3: Kai'Sa's Void Seeker (W) is 20s, your Bio-Arcane Barrage (W) is 17s, so you're back first. Level 6: Kai'Sa's ultimate 130s, yours 2s.

  • Barrier

    Kai'Sa takes Flash + Barrier in 69.0% of games. You take Flash + Barrier (62.6%).

Build into Kai'Sa

Sample B · Emerald+ · 1,230 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

  1. Start0:00

    Doran's BowHealth PotionHealth Potion

    Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion

    75.6% of games · 53.4% win
    • Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion56.9%
    • Doran's BladeHealth Potion49.2%

  2. First back

    DaggerRecurve BowBoots

    Dagger, Recurve Bow, Boots

    Bought in most games

  3. 1st item11 min

    Guinsoo's Rageblade

    Guinsoo's Rageblade

    61.7% of games · 53.2% win
    • Dusk and Dawn54.3%
    • Blade of The Ruined King51.8%

  4. 2nd item17 min

    Navori Flickerblade

    Navori Flickerblade

    34.8% of games · 52.6% win
    • Shadowflame55.7%
    • Guinsoo's Rageblade53.8%

  5. 3rd item23 min

    Terminus

    Terminus

    32.0% of games · 56.4% win
    • Runaan's Hurricane51.5%
    • Rabadon's Deathcap56.1%

  6. Boots10 min

    Berserker's Greaves

    Berserker's Greaves

    55.2% of games · 52.3% win
    • Gluttonous Greaves55.9%
    • Sorcerer's Shoes55.3%

  7. Late27–31 min

    Jak'Sho, The ProteanTerminusRunaan's Hurricane

    Jak'Sho, The Protean, Terminus or Runaan's Hurricane

    One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 960 games

PrecisionPrecision

  1. Lethal TempoLethal Tempopicked in 78.0%
  2. TriumphTriumphpicked in 77.6%
  3. Legend: BloodlineLegend: Bloodlinepicked in 68.2%
  4. Last StandLast Standpicked in 65.0%

ResolveResolve

  1. OvergrowthOvergrowthpicked in 66.1%
  2. ConditioningConditioningpicked in 66.0%

Shards

Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth ScalingAttack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

  2. Stormraider's SurgeStormraider's Surgepicked in 8.7% · 107 games · no full page52.3%

Skill order

Most played order, 272 games
Q28101213
W14579
E31415
R611

Max

  1. WQE79.4% pick · 942 games53.5%
  2. WEQ13.5% pick · 160 games55.0%

Kai'Sa: Q start, max QEW10,802 games

Summoner spells

FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier62.6% pick

FlashBarrierKai'Sa: Flash + Barrier, 69.0%77,518 games

Play against Kai'Sa

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Kai'Sa's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana
  1. P Second SkinPassive
  2. Q Icathian Rain10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6s cooldown · 55 mana · 600 range10s10s8s6s
  3. W Void Seeker20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14s cooldown · 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 mana · 3000 range—20s20s20s
  4. E Supercharge16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10s cooldown · 30 mana—16s16s13s
  5. R Killer Instinct130 / 100 / 70s cooldown · 100 mana · 2000 / 2500 / 3000 range——130s130s

Void Seeker (W) is the long one early: 20s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Kog'Maw's abilities

You · uses mana
  1. P Icathian SurprisePassive
  2. Q Caustic Spittle7s cooldown · 40 mana · 1175 range—7s7s7s
  3. W Bio-Arcane Barrage17s cooldown · 40 mana · 530 range17s17s17s17s
  4. E Void Ooze12s cooldown · 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 mana · 1200 range—12s12s12s
  5. R Living Artillery2 / 1.5 / 1s cooldown · 40 mana · 1300 / 1550 / 1800 range——2s1.5s

Bio-Arcane Barrage (W) is the long one early: 17s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 20 adc matchups

Kog'Maw's win rate into each one · green beats Kog'Maw's average, rose falls short
46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%60.0%62.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.