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Lmui
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada6223 Posts
February 12 2013 23:43 GMT
#281
I'm personally not a fan of the liandry's on kog, even with rylais, 5% current health damage (E/R are AOE, only Q is single target and it has a pitiful range) isn't particularly significant considering how much it costs. It's much better to get a lichbane over it and abuse your W range + lichbane procs when you're in a fight or grab voidstaff to hit much harder with the high base damage. Keep in mind that lichbane gives you a .75 scaling AP ability on a ~2.5s cd if you're throwing out R's which is a pretty massive increase in dps.
Lmui
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada6223 Posts
February 14 2013 09:08 GMT
#282
Looking at the patch notes, I might have to revisit my stance on liandry's torment. You still NEED a tear first for the mana pool but rylai's -> liandry's or even guise+sorcs -> rylai's -> liandry's might be pretty damn good. You're much weaker in a teamfight than if you built a lichbane but you're much much stronger at poking from 2000 range with liandry's since you can whittle down tanks and squishies.

~5-7% health + base damage on kogmaw's ultimate is actually pretty massive. I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing him again in competitive play.
TigerKarl
Profile Joined November 2010
1757 Posts
February 17 2013 08:53 GMT
#283
I've just bought this hero. What i've been wondering is if the damage based on targets max health on his W spell is somehow affected by resistances?
Also, is the same effect on the item "Blade of the Ruined King" affected by resistances?
Or will you really damage 11% of opponents health when you've maxed your W + regular damage?
Keniji
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Netherlands2569 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-17 16:40:15
February 17 2013 16:38 GMT
#284
On February 17 2013 17:53 TigerKarl wrote:
I've just bought this hero. What i've been wondering is if the damage based on targets max health on his W spell is somehow affected by resistances?
Also, is the same effect on the item "Blade of the Ruined King" affected by resistances?
Or will you really damage 11% of opponents health when you've maxed your W + regular damage?


both kog'maw's W and botrk's passive are magic damage and are reduced by magic resistance.

I have no idea how the reduction of % works, but since 100 MR = 2x EHP I'd guess that if you have 100 MR and Kog'maw 0 MPen that he does only half the %dmg.
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14104 Posts
February 17 2013 16:53 GMT
#285
On February 18 2013 01:38 Keniji wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 17 2013 17:53 TigerKarl wrote:
I've just bought this hero. What i've been wondering is if the damage based on targets max health on his W spell is somehow affected by resistances?
Also, is the same effect on the item "Blade of the Ruined King" affected by resistances?
Or will you really damage 11% of opponents health when you've maxed your W + regular damage?


both kog'maw's W and botrk's passive are magic damage and are reduced by magic resistance.

I have no idea how the reduction of % works, but since 100 MR = 2x EHP I'd guess that if you have 100 MR and Kog'maw 0 MPen that he does only half the %dmg.

Kogs w is magical damage bortk's passive is physical.
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TigerKarl
Profile Joined November 2010
1757 Posts
February 17 2013 17:12 GMT
#286
Ok thanks, so both the KogMaw passive and Blade of the Ruined King are effective against champions that stack health, but are mediocre against armor/magic resist. I guess i still like BotRK, but i'll consider it a situational item now and won't build it first anymore.
Ente
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany1795 Posts
February 17 2013 18:15 GMT
#287
botrk is a nice item, but at the moment I only get it after ID and PD (possibly a def item) I really dont think that its worth it to get it earlier.
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GreggSauce
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States566 Posts
June 24 2014 22:09 GMT
#288
I wonder if bumping this thread matters considering its a champ thread, kogmaw with botrk + essense reaver is nearly impossible to lose with. I went from low plat to low diamond on nearly only kogmaw. ended up with around a 20-4 win/loss record

with the lucian nerfs i think he's up there with jax and kayle as the strongest hypercarries in the game.
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Anakko
Profile Joined August 2012
France1934 Posts
June 24 2014 23:39 GMT
#289
He is a very strong pick right now as seen in OGN, and one could argue that the decline of high-mobility assassins had a very favorable effect on Kog as well.
That said, I'm not sold on essence reaver at all, although I didn't try it.
The Dblade into Triforce into BorK build seems like the strongest option atm. Need to try Essence reaver for myself, but the relative slot inefficiency of the item makes it a bit strange on a lategame hypercarry like Kog.
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zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
June 25 2014 00:22 GMT
#290
I think Kog is pretty strong now- lack of Randuin's slow on movement speed, along with the general decline of assassins thanks to exhaust being stronger means most of what made life miserable is gone now. Also his w being free doesn't hurt either.

I'm not entirely sold on essence reaver, but I guess Kog probably sits and autos quite a bit, especially if there's down time.
GreggSauce
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States566 Posts
June 25 2014 03:02 GMT
#291
if you use your ult every 1-2 casts you can cast it the entire game as long as you hit someone with your W a few times, once the fight gets real hectic you don't run out of mana. kogmaw has never been a hypercarry that needed all his slots to be effective, he's basically the adc jax

literally botrk tri force makes him impossible to deal with doing the essense reaver makes it so you don't ever have to leave lane/team fights its crazy for him imo
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cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
June 25 2014 04:24 GMT
#292
I also don't like essence Reaver. Early on I prefer Blade and Tri, later, LW and IE are indispensable.

Also, I almost never encounter mana issues. The real decision for me is sometimes I feel like Zerkers are suboptimal (which I feel about for ADCs all the time), but I can never figure out until I already bought them.
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AsianEcksDragon
Profile Joined March 2008
United States1036 Posts
June 25 2014 08:39 GMT
#293
Essence Reaver is terrible on Kog. He doesn't have mana problem unless you spam ult with him.
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GreggSauce
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States566 Posts
July 03 2014 16:16 GMT
#294
On June 25 2014 17:39 AsianEcksDragon wrote:
Essence Reaver is terrible on Kog. He doesn't have mana problem unless you spam ult with him.


"essence reaver is terrible on kog, he doesn't have mana problems unless you play him right"

;|
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Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-03 20:08:55
July 03 2014 20:05 GMT
#295
On July 04 2014 01:16 GreggSauce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2014 17:39 AsianEcksDragon wrote:
Essence Reaver is terrible on Kog. He doesn't have mana problem unless you spam ult with him.


"essence reaver is terrible on kog, he doesn't have mana problems unless you play him right"

;|


bold statement

I dont see much of a reason to build essence reaver on him as well. I hardly use the ult outside of a fight or for checking brushes and maybe a little bit of poking. If you constantly use it to waveclear you might need it due to mana problems but i have personally never gone oom on kog without essence. The mana from trinity and smart ulti management is more than enough to fight.
Also i dont see why you would want to delay bork for essence reaver. Having a bork is a lot better than having an essence reaver and delaying your bork for some mana and Cdr....doesnt sound very good. Bork+triforce is a huge spike on kog

On June 25 2014 13:24 cLutZ wrote:
I also don't like essence Reaver. Early on I prefer Blade and Tri, later, LW and IE are indispensable.

Also, I almost never encounter mana issues. The real decision for me is sometimes I feel like Zerkers are suboptimal (which I feel about for ADCs all the time), but I can never figure out until I already bought them.


Been thinking about trying CDR boots or merc treads on kog.
More W uptime can be pretty sexy and CC is pretty annoying altho you could argue that if you are out of position to get hard cced you are pretty dead anyway as kog
Any experience on that?
Anakko
Profile Joined August 2012
France1934 Posts
July 03 2014 20:08 GMT
#296
Agreed. AD Kog uses ult mostly to proc Triforce/check bushes. If you're spamming it, you might as well play AP kog and build tear instead
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GreggSauce
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States566 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-04 00:01:23
July 04 2014 00:00 GMT
#297
essense got buffed more but I stopped playing him recently, need to try again, having too much fun with other champs. your ult should be cast everytime its off cooldown though in my opinion, it really ruins your opponents games.

bam lee, lucidity works pretty good, merc don't really help, you'd be better off getting the fast boots, if kog gets caught he's dead most of the time.

On July 04 2014 05:08 Anakko wrote:
Agreed. AD Kog uses ult mostly to proc Triforce/check bushes. If you're spamming it, you might as well play AP kog and build tear instead


like i said... and what you're saying...if you cast his ult when its off cd it will proc everything... you should therefore....cast...it...the...entire...time
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Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-04 09:55:23
July 04 2014 00:13 GMT
#298
On July 04 2014 09:00 GreggSauce wrote:
essense got buffed more but I stopped playing him recently, need to try again, having too much fun with other champs. your ult should be cast everytime its off cooldown though in my opinion, it really ruins your opponents games.

bam lee, lucidity works pretty good, merc don't really help, you'd be better off getting the fast boots, if kog gets caught he's dead most of the time.

Show nested quote +
On July 04 2014 05:08 Anakko wrote:
Agreed. AD Kog uses ult mostly to proc Triforce/check bushes. If you're spamming it, you might as well play AP kog and build tear instead


like i said... and what you're saying...if you cast his ult when its off cd it will proc everything... you should therefore....cast...it...the...entire...time


when do you usually buy the essence reaver? First item or after triforce?
I think i will give essence reaver+CDR boots a try to see if the 25% CDR are good and to take a look at the mana management.
ZataN
Profile Joined July 2010
New Zealand414 Posts
July 04 2014 00:23 GMT
#299
Dont see how essence reaver first would be better than BOTRK or Triforce first. So much stronger single item timings, I know you get essence reaver earlier but you don't even really need the mana on Kog. Just dont spam ult and youre fine.

Building 25% cdr on an ADC from first two items seems weird. The ADC you are laning against will have far stronger combat stats.

I dunno thought I guess it worked on EZ for a while...
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Anakko
Profile Joined August 2012
France1934 Posts
July 04 2014 00:43 GMT
#300
On July 04 2014 09:00 GreggSauce wrote:

Show nested quote +
On July 04 2014 05:08 Anakko wrote:
Agreed. AD Kog uses ult mostly to proc Triforce/check bushes. If you're spamming it, you might as well play AP kog and build tear instead


like i said... and what you're saying...if you cast his ult when its off cd it will proc everything... you should therefore....cast...it...the...entire...time


Triforce proc has a 2 sec cd, you probably won't need to proc it more than 3/4 times a fight, and you still have your q and your e. It's not like you're gonna be able to ult/proc 10 times in a row. Essence reaver is not a good item on an hypercarry that needs attack speed and crit mostly. It's not exactly terrible, but there are simply better options.
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