Kog'Maw TFT Build & Best Items · Set 18

Kog'Maw's best-in-slot items are Red Buff, Spear of Shojin, and Infinity Edge. Red Buff is the standout: 63.2% top 4 when Kog'Maw holds it, and players put it on Kog'Maw in 5% of games.

#1

Red BuffAttack damage

Top 4

63.2%

vs Kog'Maw avg

+8.0%

Played

5%

Recipe

#2

Spear of ShojinHybrid

Top 4

56.9%

vs Kog'Maw avg

+1.7%

Played

7%

Recipe

#3

Infinity EdgeAttack damage

Top 4

56.6%

vs Kog'Maw avg

+1.4%

Played

5%

Recipe

The best full Kog'Maw build is Infinity Edge, Red Buff, and Spear of Shojin: 67.6% top 4 over 271 games, 12.4 points better than Kog'Maw on average.

Build	Role	Games	Top 4	1st	Avg. place
	AD carry	271	67.6% +12.4%	14.6%	3.69
	AD carry	135	66.9% +11.7%	15.1%	3.67
Random items	—	2,006	62.5% +7.3%	13.9%	3.88
	Hybrid	107	61.7% +6.5%	10.4%	4.01
	AD carry	98	56.9% +1.7%	10.3%	4.05

Top-4 rate of boards where Kog'Maw held exactly these three items. Thief's Gloves builds equip random items, so they count as one build.

83% of full Kog'Maw builds stack attack damage, attack speed and crit — players build Kog'Maw as a physical-damage carry. That matches Kog'Maw's caster role in the game files.

AD carry · 83%

Best build: 67.6% top 4 · 271 games

Hybrid · 18%

Best build: 61.7% top 4 · 107 games

Morellonomicon is the most reliable item on Kog'Maw: 64.7% top 4 and held in 2% of games, against 55.2% for Kog'Maw overall.

Item	Games	Played	Top 4	Raw top 4
Morellonomicon	1,744	2.2%	64.7%	64.9%
Last Whisper	1,555	2.0%	64.0%	64.2%
Red Buff	3,674	4.7%	63.2%	63.3%
Hextech Gunblade	1,858	2.4%	63.3%	63.5%
Thief's Gloves	2,006	2.5%	62.4%	62.5%
Giant Slayer	2,754	3.5%	62.0%	62.1%
Striker's Flail	1,369	1.7%	62.7%	62.8%
Nashor's Tooth	1,341	1.7%	60.9%	61.0%
Adaptive Helm	885	1.1%	61.3%	61.5%
Rabadon's Deathcap	1,828	2.3%	60.1%	60.2%
Hand Of Justice	921	1.2%	60.9%	61.0%
Void Staff	1,431	1.8%	59.9%	60.0%
Kraken's Fury	1,174	1.5%	59.0%	59.1%
Spear of Shojin	5,653	7.2%	56.9%	56.9%
Deathblade	1,960	2.5%	57.7%	57.7%

Top 4 is adjusted for sample size, so a rarely built item can't top the list on a lucky streak; raw top 4 is the unadjusted rate. Ranked by how confident that rate is.

Yes — Kog'Maw wants a full build: with three items it finishes top 4 60.5% of the time, against 56.1% with two. 16% of Kog'Maw boards get all three.

No items

53.2%56% of boards

1 item

56.0%18% of boards

2 items

56.1%10% of boards

3 items

60.5%16% of boards

Kog'Maw's best builds use Sparring Gloves and B.F. Sword the most — take those first from carousels and early drops, then use the planner to see what you can complete right now.

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3-star Kog'Maw boards lean on Blue Buff, which 2-star boards build less often.

Share of boards at that star level holding the item, and its top-4 rate. Kog'Maw 3-star stats →

Players have tried 20 different emblems, 25 artifacts and 25 radiant items on Kog'Maw. The strongest so far is Rapidfire Emblem at 63.7% top 4.

See every Kog'Maw emblem and artifact →