Riot, are you happy with the new Kog'maw?

As a former Kog'maw player, I certainly am not...

He was always a bit of a risky pick. No escapability, no meaningful self peel, a fairly weak early lane phase, and the tendency to be globally focused due to both the general threat he poses, and the size and visibility of his character model(yes that makes a difference).

Still, I loved his hybrid caster/aa damage play style, and his wide range of possible build paths. I even personally found his character to be kind of adorable. He was probably meant to be a horrible monster, but all of his emotes, and the way he waddles around on his stumpy legs were always cute to me.

Now, he's nearly the most unpickable champ on the roster. He has to tollerate getting completely dumpstered in lane in hopes of making it to late game, and even then has to hope the enemy focus is bad, and his team knows how to defend him, cause even with 6 items he still has almost no way to defend himself in his kit. He has nothing but a slow field in an age where every champ has at least one dash. It means nothing in a teamfight.

I want to know what part of getting reemed against litterrally every lane matchup you thought would be fun. Yes a strong late game should be balanced by a weak early game, but beleive it or not, I play league to have fun. Getting totally d**ked by everything that moves for 20 minutes ISNT FUN. He litterally has the worst early game out of over 100 champs.

The old Kog had a weak early game, but he wasnt totally helpless. After getting a few levels in W, he could harass quite well, and reaching level 6 marked a point where his opponent really needed to start taking him seriously. Now his W does nothing without at least 2 full items, and his ult practically isnt even worth casting unless they are on 10% hp. It does no damage unless champs are low, and it drains his mana absurdly fast.

Guess what? His late game isnt even that strong. Sure if you try to walk up to his face while he has his W active you're going to dissolve, but if you simply jump on his face, he is less deadly than the old Kog. See, the old Kog could choose to invest fully in auto attacks, or grab a and dish out some dangerous burst. He could quite possibly burst down an assassin that jumped him..., but not now. New Kog is totally dependant on his W. When it's on cooldown, he is the worst adc in the game. If he doesnt get a chance to stand in one place and auto attack, he is the worst ADC in the game.

passive doesnt go on cooldown. Silver bolts dont go on cooldown. Passive doesnt go on cooldown. ..Is never not

All of them have deadly late games, none of them are completely gated by a cooldown on ONE ABILITY. All of them are better picks than Kog'maw.

Yes, the super fast attack speed can be fun. Getting dumped on for 20 minutes because W does less damage than a cannon creep, and your other spells cost a third of your mana to cast, is not.

The rework was abysmally bad. His entire kit was stripped just to accommodate a "buff" to his W, and his W now has more liability than any other hypercarry ADC in the game. He's still the most vulnerable ADC in the game, and he isnt the most dangerous ADC in the game. It makes no sense.

Riot, tell me you arent just going to sweep him under the rug like so many other champs you reworked.