Why is Kog'Maw Jungle, a traditionally niche pick, have a massive playrate and 52% Winrate?

Toastersaot··1 votes·450 views

Kog'Maw KogMaw Jungle is currently a BIG thing, thanks to item 1419 . He has risen the ranks of the Jungle, and has climbed to a 52.6% Winrate.

Now, you maybe thinking, Mordekaiser Mordekaiser had the exact same Winrate in the Jungle, and he wasn't broken.

The difference there lies in the amount of dedication players have put into the champion. MordekaiserMordekaiser Jungle had a 52% Winrate because only dedicated mains with plenty of experience were playing him there. This is was made prevelant the next patch, where Phoenix 1 Jungler Inori played Mordekaiser Mordekaiser Jungle and won. #039;s Winrate dropped by 4% as his playrate spiked.

Kog'Maw KogMaw Jungle actually has the second LOWEST Average Games played by his Player-base(second only to Kled , you know, the NEWEST champion)This means you do not have to dedicate that much time to becoming good enough to get the 52% winrate.

Kog'Maw Jungle is something so outlandish that only a few people who main him should be good on it, but if this thing is being played so much as to be part a massive part of the Playerbase, it should be stopped.

I'm not saying I'm against off-meta builds, but currently Kog'Maw jungle is the WAY to play Kog right now.

Edit: This probably happened because it's harder to abuse a hyper-carry Jungler than a hypercarry laner. You can zone Laners from farm but you need to invade to steal Jungle Camps.

8 Comments

Tormentula1 votes

Kog jungle is strong because no matter how behind you get, as long as your team stalls to 40 minutes you'll get a penta in the end anyway.

Its literally master yi jungle, but no fall off and you can't really suicide with him since he's ranged with peel instead.

Handy Sandy 1 votes

Kog'maw is a hyper carry, nobody knows how to invade the enemy jungle camps anymore. He's easily invaded and very weak early on, if you let him get kills that's when he just becomes a monster.

LadyRenly1 votes

because people don't abuse kogs shit early game enough in the jungle compared to lane. people just let him free farm.

OneMustFall1 votes

2.72%

Massive.

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

BluePolarizer1 votes

Master Yi does alot of damage right?

Now what are his weaknesses? Prob it's being melee and having no CC, so even if he builds tank, all he can do is output damage.

Now imagine giving Master Yi range and CC. That's Kog.

Handy Sandy 2 votes

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Master Yi does alot of damage right?

Now what are his weaknesses? Prob it's being melee and having no CC, so even if he builds tank, all he can do is output damage.

Now imagine giving Master Yi range and CC. That's Kog.

Kog is immobile and squishy, CC just kills him.

BluePolarizer1 votes

Kog's squishiness is not as big of a deal because he's ranged.

Handy Sandy 1 votes

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Kog's squishiness is not as big of a deal because he's ranged.

Every other squishy marksmen/mage that is also immobile gets deleted by tanks, it happens with kog too.

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