Cho'Gath·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Cho'Gath Bot build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Axiom Arcanist and Celerity in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Move Speed in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Riftmaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Unending Despair, Dead Man's Plate and finish with Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 55.7% winrate over 140 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, Axiom Arcanist, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Hextech Rocketbelt, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Riftmaker as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Unending Despair and Dead Man's Plate. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 55.4% win rate over 65 matches.

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.