Cho'Gath·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Cho'Gath Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Hextech Rocketbelt. For your last 3 items, you should build Riftmaker, Unending Despair and finish with Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 41.3% winrate over 218 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Cho'Gath Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Hail of Blades as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Celerity in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Move Speed in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Hextech Rocketbelt as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Riftmaker, Thornmail and Unending Despair. The skill order for this build is E - W - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 44.5% win rate over 146 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Celerity in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Move Speed, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Hextech Rocketbelt as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shurelya's Battlesong, Riftmaker and Kaenic Rookern. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 55.6% win rate across 117 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Cho'Gath Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm as your primary rune tree, and Taste of Blood with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Hextech Rocketbelt as third item. The last 3 options are Riftmaker, Thornmail and Mikael's Blessing. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 43.8% win rate over 96 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.