@Meddler What's your stance on kog maw in his current state?

He certainly isn't weak by any means, sitting at a nice 53% win rate in both the jungle and bot lane with a half decent play rate.

However despite the current strength of his kit, it feels like it lacks cohesiveness, is uninteractive and a tad unhealthy, being "press W and watch the world burn". I find in most games I play as kog maw or when I spectate another kog maw, we completely disregard our q, only getting it because the game forces us to, then to ignore its very existence. Very rarely does the ult serve any significant role either.

He does live up to his fantasy as a mixed dmg dealing tank shredder, but I feel as though, despite how many build options there are, that building anything other than an on-hit atk speed sentry build is a death sentence.

Am I personally a fan of current kog? Not really and I'd pick the old kog purely out of personal preference. Besides..... how could anyone resist that butterfly skin. [slayer-pantheon-rainbows] This is primarily because all of his spells were useful, the kit interactive; q for more shred, w for range, e for slow, ult for snipes/tri force procs.....oh the snipes. And you could actually kite while his w was active. Now it's just e to slow, press w and hope you get peeled for. As you can't possibly kite or weave in ults with that much atk speed.

Anyway: Overall are you felas happy/satisfied with kog maw in his current state? If not, what would be the most likely thing to change?

Would you agree that his w takes away allot of power and freedom from both his kit and his playstyle? If not, why? (Would love another perspective) If yes, any hints for future change directions?

Personally I'd like some emphasis removed from his w and chucked into his q and/or ult. But I'm aware that you felas are hard at work with the worlds patch, assassin update and client update, so best of luck on all fronts. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

PS:Everyone else's input is more than welcome :)