How dare a champion that only has damage in his kit, do the most damage?

NodirjonSattarov··3 votes·654 views

KogMaw

For all the people complaining about Kog'Maw doing an insane amount of damage, I have a handful of questions for you. Does he have hard CC in his kit like Xayah, Ashe, or Tristana? Does he have mobility in his kit like Jinx, Lucian, and Ezreal? Does he have early kill pressure like Draven or Lucian? Does he have wave clear capabilities like Ashe or Sivir?

Now, what does Kog'Maw have? Yes, that's right only damage. His Q only does damage + shred, his W only does damage, his E slows just a tiny bit and does damage, and his R does damage.

I forget who (I believe it was I am Rubick Sama) but the complaint was that Kog'Maw was just doing too much damage for what his build path consisted of. If Kog'Maw had mobility and damage + his tanky items that would be insanely broken. If Kog'Maw had CC and damage + tanky items that would also be insanely broken. Can you imagine a Kog'Maw with wave clear, damage, and tanky items? It would be impossible to deal with. Fortunately for us Riot forced Kog'Maw to be reliant on his supports to be his mobility, his tankiness, and his wave clear. Lets not get ahead of ourselves when we complaing about how ridiculous Kog'Maw is when you have champions like Tristana that build crit + mobility + CC or Vayne that builds the same way.

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19 Comments

Ahristocats11 votes

champion has armor/mr shred for his team champion has a zoning slow field champion has AOE 3k range reveal

"has only damage"

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Diamond2Kappa7 votes

dont forget him being front line and being able to assassinate high priority targets for his team heh

NodirjonSattarov2 votes

is euw that bad that kog can frontline?

Diamond2Kappa1 votes

yes because he shreds everyone in 0.5 - 2 seconds lul

RenownedWheat423 votes

There was just an entire meta about front-lining, nuking Kogs.

NodirjonSattarov1 votes

kog'maw wont get nerfed no matter how many people you get to upvote your nerf posts

Ahristocats2 votes

if kalista gets nerfed for being pick/ban in competition, and kog doesn't then logic would not be anymore

you're showing some confidence and challenge that i accept gladly Going to wait next Meddler's gameplay thought to see what will happen to kog

Sahn Uzal1 votes

Kog'Maw Bio-Arcane Barrage (W) bonus magic damage lowered from 3/4/5/6/7% to 3/3.5/4/4.5/5%

NodirjonSattarov1 votes

interesting to see that if people cry enough about a champion that the champion will get nerfs without context

Sahn Uzal2 votes

Sorry to dissapoint ya fam, but that's not how Riot works.

NodirjonSattarov1 votes

I looked on EUW Challenger stats and the top ADCs are Tristana, Xayah, and Vayne :)) But that's none of my business :))

Milton Fletcher8 votes

If u think kog is balanced I need you to know that the entire playerbase is very sorry for you .

NodirjonSattarov1 votes

it has begun. i will fight all of you individually. kog has been balanced since his revert keep crying tho bb

AirKingNeo7 votes

If a champion is statistically broken in solo queue, statistically broken in proplay, and high elo players find him broken, then don't you think that champion needs nerfs?

Śhunpo2 votes

"Yes hello me Kog me do damage while also having only 1-2 damage items and 3 tank items SMOrc"

Kog'maw is gross right now. Also he has a slow, vision for utility, armour/MR reduction on his Q and he deals MIXED damage.

So....we have a champion that you can't properly itemize against and a champion that has utility in his kit. If only he ONLY dealt ONE type of damage and had no utility. Maybe then your statement would have relevance.

Oh, also.....he only needs Guinsoo's and MAYBE a Runaan's or a Wit's End and that's pretty much his late game damage powerspike. Then he simply acquires items like Frozen Mallet/Randuin's/Adaptive/Maw/Thornmail. Oh, that's odd....those are tank items, shouldn't an ADC lose damage if they skip damage items? Nope, not Kog, he retains his crazy DPS because his W is broken in every sense of the word (at least in numbers right now).

Any excess damage items Kog picks up simply aren't needed, they're just a small bonus to his already absurd damage. That's not how a late game ADC should work. They shouldn't hit their powerspike at 2 damage items and then proceed to wreck face, they should have to scale up multiple damage item purchases as well as being able to reach ~levels 16-18. This is not what is happening right now. Kog atm reaches ~levels 7-9 and that's his late game since that's when his W's crazy damage really shines (and when he'll have Guinsoo's).

BigBellBrute2 votes

Pssst. News flash. Kog Maw has a slow. Press E. Oh and this just in too. Nixon resigns.

NodirjonSattarov1 votes

look at this genius

Sohleks1 votes

My opinion I think wits end and frozen mallet are a little bit overpowered.

I'd honestly like frozen mallet deleted.

And I think it's unnecessary to tie and tune wits end to only magic damage users.

Just because only a couple champs use it doesn't mean somethings right and can't be opened up to more users.

On hit Kennen was high priority in pro for the same reasons (despite its iffy showings). And Kayle is bullshit in the right matchups (itemize wits end, max heal 2nd. Maybe get a late game Rylias). Well. At least a year ago she was. Haven't played much to see or touch her lately.

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