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 Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Rod of Ages as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Hextech Rocketbelt. For your last 3 items, you should build Cosmic Drive, Thornmail and finish with Kaenic Rookern. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.0% winrate over 125 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Cho'Gath Bot build would be to take Flash and Teleport 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 Stormsurge as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Kaenic Rookern. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 48.5% win rate over 68 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass and Randuin's Omen. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.7% win rate across 53 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.