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Cho'Gath

TankMage
Cho'Gath is a tankRoletank
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Carnivore abilityp
Rupture abilityq
Feral Scream abilityw
Vorpal Spikes abilitye
Feast abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Cho'Gath Build

based on 59,776 matches
Win Rate
50.7 %
Pick Rate
5.2 %
Ban Rate
1.6 %

How We Come Up with Our Cho'Gath Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Cho'Gath build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Cho'Gath builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Cho'Gath core items and runes for any situation.

Cho'Gath Build Summary

Cho'Gath is a a decent top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Sorcery Inspiration. Including the selected runes shown below into your Cho'Gath build will provide you the bonus stats to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should start by leveling up his e ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Cho'Gath

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Ruby CrystalDoran's Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
Giant's BeltKindlegem

Core Cho'Gath Items

~22 Mins
HeartsteelSunfire AegisWarmog's ArmorMercury's Treads

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateGargoyle StoneplateTitanic HydraFimbulwinter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cho'Gath to level upe
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Second ability for Cho'Gath to level upq
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Last skill for Cho'Gath to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandAbsolute FocusScorch
InspirationFuture's MarketApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
Cho'Gath's passive ability p
Cho'Gath's q ability q
Cho'Gath's w ability w
Cho'Gath's e ability e
Cho'Gath's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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R

Cho'Gath Matchups Overview

Cho'Gath is Weak Against

Dr. MundoDr. Mundo43.6% winrateOrnnOrnn45.8% winrateYoneYone47.2% winrateFioraFiora47.7% winrate

Cho'Gath is Strong Against

KennenKennen60.6% winrateGragasGragas58.9% winrateMalphiteMalphite54.9% winrateGangplankGangplank54.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Zileansupport+ 53.9% 683 GamesAniviamiddle+ 54.7% 583 GamesMaokaijungle+ 55.3% 427 GamesKarthusbottom+ 56.8% 250 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Cho'Gath Players

Tips and Tricks

Cho'Gath's utility comes from AOE and CC skills; Rupture, Feral Scream, and Vorpal Spikes all serve those purposes.

Use Feast to last hit large monsters and enemy champions to gain Feast stacks and gain bonus health.

Additional Cho'Gath Build Insights

League of Legends Cho'Gath players may find him to be a difficult character to build out properly. You will notice that his build is modified when he is playing against either diversified or specialized team comps, demonstrating you should not select the same Cho'Gath build every game of League of Legends

The most critical items to include in your champion's build include: Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis, and Warmog's Armor. Players who included these items in their gear had a greater win rate than players who worked towards other builds for Cho'Gath. Moreover, if you are playing a well-mixed enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Sorcery, and Inspiration runes. In recent games, he won the greatest percentage of his rounds when equipped with these runes.

We set our Cho'Gath build recommendations by examining 59,776 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him selected. We only propose the top winrate Cho'Gath builds that have been built by ranked players enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many games in our dataset, we are very confident in our provided builds.