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Kog'Maw in draft

Played at ADC in 79% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Ban, presence, fearless and patch by patch: Kog'Maw, all builds combined. In a comp, with / against and build: the chosen build.

Presence (pick + ban)

3 %

picked or banned · 136th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.4%

Picked 2% · 364 of 18,487 gamesBanned 1% · 172 of 17,475 drafts with bans

Win rate at ADC

Everything below reads on 286 games at ADC. · 493 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (17,475 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Miss Fortune

Aphelios

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other ADCTeamfightDamagePoke

03 · With / againstBad against Yunara.Good againstno clear pairBad against

Yunara36%39 gamesBad duo withno clear pair

04 · BuildOne path: Guinsoo's Rageblade.

Lethal Tempo

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Read on Kog'Maw, all builds combined.

Where it is played

Share of ADC picks taken by Kog'Maw, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

0.9%5,207 picks out of 558,542banned in 0.5% of games · 440 of 86,901patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

0.9%196 picks out of 21,472banned in 1.3% of games · 129 of 10,152patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.4%9 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 2% and 5% since 16.12 · 4.5% on 16.21 · 4.6% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	4.5%	2,671	Lethal Tempo68% · 38
16.20	4.6%	7,858	Lethal Tempo78% · 126
16.19	3.5%	6,733	Lethal Tempo73% · 88
16.18	2.6%	5,762	Lethal Tempo69% · 59
16.17	2.7%	5,728	Lethal Tempo79% · 72
16.16	3.7%	5,992	Lethal Tempo66% · 77
16.15	2.3%	5,530	Lethal Tempo70% · 50
16.14	2.8%	5,702	Lethal Tempo60% · 55
16.13	3.1%	7,391	Lethal Tempo75% · 89
16.12	3.3%	5,118	Lethal Tempo81% · 87

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

172 bans of 17,475 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G11.3%
G21.3%
G3+1.8%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Caitlyn6

Jhin6

Ashe5

series, of 54 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (54), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at ADC when Kog'Maw is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at ADC, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Miss Fortune
6.6% → 13.4%
Aphelios
8.5% → 12.8%

172 games where it is banned · 16,977 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Kog'Maw ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on Kog'Maw, DPS build.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the ADC

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min

Not applicable to this position.

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itADC
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on ADC: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itTeamfightDamagePoke

What it is not

Nothing below ADC.

Split-push — Not applicable to this position.

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 7:24 (7:18), 1st item at 12:12 (11:42), 2nd at 18:00 (18:00), 3rd at 23:12 (23:48).

208 games · median minute of each milestone, ADC in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Read on Kog'Maw, DPS build.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
YunaraADC	39	Unfavourablebetween 25% and 49%
NautilusSUP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
Jarvan IVJGL	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
AsheADC	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
CaitlynADC	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
LuluSUP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
MilioSUP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)

show 63 other pairs

OriannaMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
JinxADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AhriMID	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
LucianADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
OrnnTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
WukongJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ViJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SylasMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ViktorMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
XayahADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
NasusTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
SyndraMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ApheliosADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ThreshSUP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
YuumiSUP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
JhinADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
LeonaSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
PykeSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
GwenTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SylasJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
GalioMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
RellSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
JaxTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AuroraMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
LockeMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
YoneMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SivirADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
GnarTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GragasTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
YorickTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
EliseJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
LilliaJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AkaliMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
LeBlancMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
RyzeMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZeriADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AlistarSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
OlafTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
RenektonTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ShenTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LissandraMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
EzrealADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
BraumSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AatroxTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SionTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TalonJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ViegoJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
HweiMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VexMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
XerathMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
CorkiADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VarusADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LuxSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 73 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 208 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

Read on Kog'Maw, DPS build.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, all regions. Patch + region does not reach 30 games (17).

Patch + region16.21 · 17 games, below the floor of 30
Patch16.21 · 39 games
2 patches164 games
Window208 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Lethal Tempo+

Resolve

97% · 38 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier

51% · 20 games

First maxed skill

97% · 38 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orPress the Attack+Resolve3% · 1 game
orLethal Tempo+Inspiration10% · 4 games

Other spells

orFlash + Ghost33% · 13 games
orCleanse + Flash13% · 5 games

39 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Guinsoo's Rageblade80% · 11:48
Navori Flickerblade65% · 17:18
Terminus71% · 23:36

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).