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Tear on Kog?

GwingMaster·3/29/2014, 1:54:32 AM·1 votes·355 views

Heyo!

Level 24 player here who predominantly plays support, but loves Kog'Maw for some reason. I'm still low level, so I'm not always sure about certain item builds that I see and wanted to get some opinions on it. Now that his W costs no mana and his Q is actually useful, is Tear of the Goddess a viable item on Kog (or was it always regardless of the changes)?

I'm sure with AP Kog it probably has always been because he's relying on his abilities a lot, but I was wondering if a bot lane Kog could still benefit from the item if it was used a bit like the way "Blue Ezreal" used to be built with the Muramana. Since Kog is a late game champion anyways, I thought this might be a cool route but I'm curious if it gibs his damage too much in the early going to be worthwhile. thoughts?

2 Comments

Earl Eulrich3/29/2014, 1:38:53 PM1 votes

no problem playing ap kog bot though, and i´d prefer chalice over tear.

Cerbearus3/29/2014, 2:31:38 PM1 votes

You could try it but I really don't think it is worth it. The stats aren't that great and it takes the entire game to ramp up, where you could have just bought IE or something instead.

Blue Ezreal was good because Q proc'd on-hit effects like the muramana, and he relied on Q's to kite all day so he needed a bit of extra "oomf" on those few hits.

Another reason I wouldn't recommend it is because it is counter-intuitive. Sure it gives you a bunch of mana but when turned on, it also drains 3% of your current mana on every AA, have fun trying to keep enough mana to ult when even AA's cost mana.

I am still waiting for a real AD mana item.