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Everything for Kog'Maw Top on patch 16.17, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Kog'Maw's win conditions.
Kog'Maw is an AD carry in the top, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 52.0% win rate, 0.1% pick rate, 1,588 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Kog'Maw is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.
How Kog'Maw wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Kog'Maw tips the fight. The kit grades 7/10 teamfighting. Kog'Maw's soft spots are roaming and disengage (2/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Dusk and Dawn, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, which holds a 53.5% win rate across 142 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
And on the team side, Kog'Maw gains the most from a Nautilus (+7.6% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Kog'Maw Top this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
The teammates that make Kog'Maw Top stronger this patch, measured by how much the pair's win rate beats Kog'Maw going solo.
Best Jungle partners for Kog'Maw
Best ADC partners for Kog'Maw
Best Support partners for Kog'MawKog'Maw is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Kog'Maw's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.
