Kog'Maw
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 2.0%picked in 357 of 18,051 games
- Ban
- 1.0%172 bans over 17,105 games, against 0.5% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Dusk and Dawn, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compNo trait above other mid laners; the most marked: Plays teamfights (rank 71).Poke
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.2%
- SoloQ
- 0.4%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.3%
- SoloQ
- 0.5%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 30.4 min
- SoloQ
- 27.3 min
How to play it?
Stormraider's Surge, then Dusk and Dawn, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesStormraider's Surge84% · 2,363
SpellsFlash + Ghost63% · 1,790
SkillsWnot collected in soloQ- Dusk and Dawn
- Shadowflame
- Rabadon's Deathcap
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
No trait above other mid laners; the most marked: Plays teamfights (rank 71).
- Its most marked traitPlays teamfightstop29%58% · mid laners: 55%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Poke
Like other mid laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
- Team damage
What it is not
- Little map pressure
- Little CC
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 59% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 51 of 100 among mid laners+44 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners+180 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners2.3 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 6 of 100 among mid laners252 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners58% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 44 of 100 among mid laners22% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners0.3 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 70 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.4%2,586 picks of 609,385ban 0.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.2%53 picks of 21,472ban 1.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.2%5 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
4.5% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as MidNot enough series yet: published from 30.