What is the point of having extended damage when everyone else can burst you down? Am I suppose to skirmish them down? Why doesn't he have resistance or sustain? In anyone's opinion, who is the ideal support for Kog? surely Someone that heals? I would like to know some strategies on how to play Kog from some people in the know. Help a brother out before I have to put this beautiful creature to the side.
Craig4 votesHe specializes in tearing through tanks and just gets completely shit on by other ADs in duels or anyone with a closer or hard CC.
LOL Spammer1 votesHonestly he gets shit on anyone with anything close to cc. Even a slow can fuck him up badly.
Z Statistic1 votesKorean Lulu so cute.
Daxterr1 votesThat is some good orb walking kappa
PrimeWraith2 votesyou are bronze5, everything doesnt work for you. kog does more dmg, he crits more.
LOL Spammer3 votesSigh
TotalJerk4 votesOP's rank is irrelevant. Make an actual logical point.
Edit: I just looked you up and you barely made silver last season.
PrimeWraith1 votessilver is silver man, sorry but this time you cant call anyone here a bronzie. you lose this time, just like you lose your games.
LOL Spammer1 votesHonestly kog is in a terrible spot right now. His build is the most important thing. Once you get 
you start to deal damage. That's really the only tip I can give you.
sswally1 votesThe point is he does a lot of damage, not is a good dueler. NO adc is really a good dueler.
TotalJerk1 votesRito is super afraid of buffing him because his kit has always had the potential of being ridiculous in a 5v5 setting, so they were holding off until the pros played him to collect data and see how he impacted the meta afterward. They aren't going for him, so I suspect at some point soon Rito's gonna just say "fuck it" and randomly buff him.
Rebonack1 votesRito is super afraid of buffing him because his kit has always had the potential of being ridiculous in a 5v5 setting, so they were holding off until the pros played him to collect data and see how he impacted the meta afterward. They aren't going for him, so I suspect at some point soon Rito's gonna just say "fuck it" and randomly buff him.
The game is so tilted in favor of early-mid focused AD Casters right now that I can't imagine anyone in the Pro scene going Protect the Kog. It has always been a risky team composition and the pay-out just isn't worth the investment.
My hope is that Riot looks at the uptime on Kog's W first and foremost. Kog is great over on Dominion right now largely due to the smaller skirmishes. But over on Rift with its full on 5v5 team fights? W runs out too quickly and leaves Kog super vulnerable against whoever survived.
Zane Zephyr1 votesI feel like the only one who enjoys playing kog >.> the other day I killed an ezreal that was like an item and a half ahead of me as well as two levels above me (i know it's ezreal but cmon)
Ashenvall1 votesBuild that : 
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What is the point of having extended damage when everyone else can burst you down? Am I suppose to skirmish them down? Why doesn't he have resistance or sustain? In anyone's opinion, who is the ideal support for Kog? surely Someone that heals? I would like to know some strategies on how to play Kog from some people in the know. Help a brother out before I have to put this beautiful creature to the side.
To rather belatedly answer your question, OP, Kog works well with Janna (peel and shields, convince her to get Ardent) and with Braum (procs his passive VERY fast, then go to town). In terms of build, Rageblade should be your first item. Depending on the matchup you can lead with Pickaxe to farm under your tower more easily or Blasting Wand to give your Q and E a bit more bite.
Once Rageblade is done, try to avoid trading or duels unless you have Rageblade stacked. When Kog has Rageblade charged jumping on him is suicide for a large selection of the cast. Only pop his W when you know that you can commit to a fight. If your opponent can bait it out and then back off, you'll be helpless for a while.
I would advise against Hurricane, Rageblade affords you plenty of pushing power and Crit is largely wasted on Kog since he doesn't invest in Infinity Edge. Full build you're looking at something like 
. With IAS runes you should be approaching 4.0 attack speed when Rageblade is capped which, frankly, is plenty. You'll be able to take hits decently, which will afford even the least coordinated of teams plenty of time to peel for you in the inevitable event that you're pounced on.
Kog has the second strongest global taunt in the game, with only Teemo ahead of him. People will dive you without looking at your items. And then they'll die, because you'll be able to survive a full rotation from most of the cast. Only use your Q when you know you can tag someone with it. It makes a HUGE difference, trust me. Never use your Ult to poke unless you're just trying to get vision on someone. Save it for targets that are below half HP. When you're wailing on things with your W, keep track of how fast their HP is dropping and lob an Ult so that it lands about the time they hit 25% HP for an insta-gib.
Don't go anywhere without vision.
Don't go anywhere alone.
Don't go anywhere without vision, seriously.
And for your questions about Kog's state of balance?
Well...
Riot was expecting Kog to be crazy-strong when he went live.
Instead he ended up with a sub-40% win rate and had to be hot-fix buffed. Expect more buffs in the near future when it becomes clear that he's totally underwhelming at the LCS level, too. Kog isn't terrible right now, but he is sub-par compared to most other ADC picks. Do not pick him into Graves. Do not pick him into Ezreal. He does decently against Vayne and MF, though.
Occams Raiser1 votesI appreciate the thought you put into it. I will look into it.
