Cho'Gath·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Cho'Gath Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Jack Of All Trades in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Tenacity and Slow Resist in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Cosmic Drive as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Frozen Heart. For your last 3 items, you should build Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 59.5% winrate over 494 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Cho'Gath Mid 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 Heartsteel, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Hollow Radiance as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Unending Despair. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 49.2% win rate over 313 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, Manaflow Band, 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 Cosmic Drive, Zhonya's Hourglass and Frozen Heart. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 59.9% win rate across 269 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Cho'Gath Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Scorch with Absolute Focus as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Heartsteel as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Riftmaker as third item. The last 3 options are Titanic Hydra, Overlord's Bloodmail and Force of Nature. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 59.9% win rate over 142 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.