Kog'Maw

The Mouth of the Abyss

Marksman / Mage · Mana · Ranged

About

Kog'Maw, the Mouth of the Abyss, is a marksman and mage champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at range. Their kit focuses on physical damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 6 out of 10: a champion of medium difficulty.

Compared with other champions, Kog'Maw starts with average HP (635), below average armor (24) and average move speed (330). Attack range is 500 units.

Kog'Maw has 16 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack8

Defense2

Magic5

Difficulty6

Abilities

Passive · Icathian Surprise
4 seconds after dying, Kogmaw explodes, dealing true damage to surrounding enemies.
Q · Caustic Spittle
Kog'Maw launches a corrosive projectile which deals magic damage and corrodes the target's armor and magic resist for a short time. Kog'Maw also gains additional attack speed.
Cooldown: 7s · Cost: 40
W · Bio-Arcane Barrage
Kog'Maw's attacks gain range and deal a percent of the target's maximum health as magic damage %i:OnHit% On-Hit.
Cooldown: 17s · Cost: 40
E · Void Ooze
Kog'Maw launches a peculiar ooze which damages all enemies it passes through and leaves a trail which slows enemies who stand on it.
Cooldown: 12s · Cost: 40/55/70/85/100
R (Ultimate) · Living Artillery
Kog'Maw fires an artillery shell at a great distance dealing magic damage (increased significantly on low health enemies) and revealing non-stealthed targets. Additionally, multiple Living Artilleries in a short period of time cause them to cost additional Mana.
Cooldown: 2/1.5/1s · Cost: 40

Tips for playing Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.

Tips for playing against Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.
Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!
The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.
Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Base stats

HP: 635 (+99 per level)
Mana: 325 (+40 per level)
Armor: 24 (+4.45 per level)
Magic resist: 33 (+1.1 per level)
Attack damage: 61
Attack speed: 0.665 (+2.65 per level)
Move speed: 330
Range: 500

Lore

Belched forth from a rotting Void incursion deep in the wastelands of Icathia, Kog'Maw is an inquisitive yet putrid creature with a caustic, gaping mouth. This particular Void-spawn needs to gnaw and drool on anything within reach to truly understand it. Though not inherently evil, Kog'Maw's beguiling naiveté is dangerous, as it often precedes a feeding frenzy—not for sustenance, but to satisfy its unending curiosity.