What are Kog'Maw's abilities?

Kog'Maw's kit: Icathian Surprise (Passive), Q Caustic Spittle, W Bio-Arcane Barrage, E Void Ooze, R Living Artillery.

What position does Kog'Maw play?

Kog'Maw is typically played in the Marksman and Mage roles.

Champions / Kog'Maw

the Mouth of the Abyss

Kog'Maw

MarksmanMageDifficulty · Moderate

Win rate

51.6%

Tier

BBot

Pick

3.2%

Ban

0.6%

// What they do

// Abilities

Passive

Icathian Surprise

4 seconds after dying, Kogmaw explodes, dealing true damage to surrounding enemies.

// Base stats at level 1Bar = against every champion

Health635

Attack dmg61

Armor24

Magic resist33

Move speed330

Range500

// Skins

17 total · in-game view

// Playing them · playing against them

As Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.

Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.

Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.

Against Kog'Maw

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

// Lore

Belched forth from a rotting Void incursion deep in the wastelands of Icathia, Kog'Maw is an inquisitive yet putrid creature with a caustic, gaping mouth. This particular Void-spawn needs to gnaw and drool on anything within reach to truly understand it. Though not inherently evil, Kog'Maw's beguiling naiveté is dangerous, as it often precedes a feeding frenzy—not for sustenance, but to satisfy its unending curiosity.

// More on Kog'Maw

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At a glance

Released: 24 June 2010
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP
Range: Ranged
Adaptive type: Physical
Role: Marksman
Positions: Bottom

Basic attacksPlaystyleAbilities

Mode balance

ARAM · Damage dealt -8%
ARAM · Damage taken +10%
URF · Damage dealt -15%
URF · Damage taken +5%
Nexus Blitz · Damage dealt -10%
Nexus Blitz · Damage taken +5%
One for All · Damage dealt -3%
One for All · Damage taken +3%

Ability details

Innate: Upon taking fatal damage, Kog'Maw enters a zombie state for 4 seconds, becoming ghosted and gaining 10% bonus movement speed that increases up to 50% over the duration. At the end of the duration, he explodes to deal 140 – 650 (based on level) true damage to nearby enemies.
While under this state, Kog'Maw becomes invulnerable, untargetable, and immune to crowd control, but is also rendered unable to declare basic attacks, cast abilities, use summoner spells, and activate items.

Targeting: Passive
Damage type: True
Spell shield: True

Notes

Icathian Surprise's bonus movement speed increases by (50-10)/16% every over the duration, up to the maximum of 50%. However, as a result of the ticks being rounded up from 0.25 seconds, the movement speed only reaches up to 10+((50-10)/16)*14%.
Icathian Surprise's untargetability does not destroy in-flight projectiles.
Icathian Surprise will still trigger if Kog'Maw is killed by the Nexus Obelisk.
If Kog'Maw has the missile from a basic attack in-flight at the same time that he's moving while he dies, as long as the missile hits the target after Icathian Surprise has started, Kog'Maw will be able to use a basic attack once during Icathian Surprise.
Kog'Maw's usable summoner spells will be placed on a 5 second cooldown upon becoming a zombie.
During Icathian Surprise, Kog'Maw's attack range is reduced, making him automatically path near enemies he is trying to target.

This page uses material from the Kog'Maw article on the League of Legends Wiki, and that material is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.