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 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Luden's Companion. For your last 3 items, you should build Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame and finish with Horizon Focus. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 41.8% winrate over 170 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Celerity with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Move Speed, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Dead Man's Plate as a third item. You want to finish the build with Kaenic Rookern, Riftmaker and Morellonomicon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - W - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 57.3% win rate across 82 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, Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Approach Velocity as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Heartsteel as third item. The last 3 options are Shurelya's Battlesong, Thornmail and Kaenic Rookern. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 61.5% win rate over 52 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.