Cho'Gath·Top Build
Win rate | 51.5% |
Pick rate | 2.8% |
Ban rate | 0.5% |
Matches | 39 784- |
Cho'Gath Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 54.7% based on 6 668 matches
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54.7%2nd Most Popular
56.7%Alternative
56.7%Off-Meta
53.8%Top Players ALL
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52.6%Matchup Specific
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54.5%Mordekaiser
55.1%runes
spells
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 15 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 20 min
Full Build
ability order
E
Q
W
Skills
situational items
Cho'Gath Matchups Overview
Cho'Gath General information
Cho'Gath tips and tricks
Use your Q slightly behind the enemy rather than on their current location to make it harder for them to dodge it.
Wait for the marker before pressing your Ultimate R. Don’t use it unless the marker appears.
Whenever your Q or W is up, don’t automatically use either one of them unless you’re certain that the enemy isn’t a threat to you. Otherwise, the enemy may wait for you to use either one of these abilities and then play aggressive while it’s on cooldown.
Cho'Gath combos
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The Best Cho'Gath Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Cho'Gath Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Approach Velocity and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Heartsteel as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sunfire Aegis. For your last 3 items, you should build Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 54.7% winrate over 6 668 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Cho'Gath Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Approach Velocity with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hollow Radiance, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Heartsteel as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Unending Despair, Thornmail and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 56.7% win rate over 607 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Approach Velocity with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Warmog's Armor as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Heartsteel as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Unending Despair. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 56.7% win rate across 499 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Cho'Gath Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Heartsteel as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sunfire Aegis as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Randuin's Omen. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.8% win rate over 314 matches played.
Situational Cho'Gath Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Cho'Gath build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Cho'Gath runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Cho'Gath Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.24 the best possible matchups for Cho'Gath Top are:
- vs. Aurora - 56.2% win rate over 429 games.
- vs. Jayce - 55.8% win rate over 840 games.
- vs. Heimerdinger - 55.8% win rate over 224 games.
- vs. Jax - 55.3% win rate over 877 games.
- vs. Renekton - 55.3% win rate over 1 132 games.
Consider picking Cho'Gath into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Cho'Gath.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Cho'Gath in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Ornn - 44.4% win rate over 892 games.
- vs. Illaoi - 46.2% win rate over 585 games.
- vs. Dr. Mundo - 46.7% win rate over 1 136 games.
- vs. Gwen - 47.2% win rate over 839 games.
- vs. Sett - 48.3% win rate over 1 112 games.
These champions are considered as Cho'Gath counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Cho'Gath counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.