Cho'Gath·Top Build

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 56.7% winrate over 8 678 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 Warmog's Armor, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Heartsteel as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 53.6% win rate over 765 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 Legend: Haste with Triumph 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 Hollow Radiance as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Heartsteel as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Unending Despair and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 55.1% win rate across 742 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, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Jack Of All Trades as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Tenacity and Slow Resist as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Cosmic Drive as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Frozen Heart as third item. The last 3 options are Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail and Randuin's Omen. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.9% win rate over 333 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.