Cho'Gath·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Cho'Gath Bot build, you should take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Legend: Tenacity in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Jak'Sho, The Protean, Force of Nature and finish with Unending Despair. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 50.0% winrate over 132 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Cho'Gath Bot build would be to take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hextech Rocketbelt, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Horizon Focus as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 44.4% win rate over 117 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Rod of Ages as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Hextech Rocketbelt as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sunfire Aegis, Zhonya's Hourglass and Thornmail. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 50.8% win rate across 61 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Cho'Gath Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Tenacity with Triumph as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling 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, Kaenic Rookern and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.3% win rate over 60 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.