Cho'Gath·Jungle Guide
Win rate | 46.0% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 0.5% |
Matches | 1 594- |
Cho’Gath has great objective control and can secure every Drake with his Ultimate R.
Has great sustain in the jungle thanks to his Passive.
Tons of built-in CC with his Q and W. It makes him a huge threat when ganking or skirmishing with the enemy.
Cho’Gath can easily get kited by ADCs and champions with dashes in team fights. This makes it hard for him to catch out mobile champions.
If you can’t hit your Q or W on a target when fighting them alone, you’re pretty much always going to lose the skirmish as you need to land these abilities to interrupt the enemy.
When you’re behind, it’s really hard for you to get back into the game as the enemy can invade you over and over again.
0 - 15 min
You will need to get your level 3 quickly so ask for a hard leash early on and quickly get to that level. Once that happens, you can start ganking with your Q.
See if you can ambush the enemy Jungler near the Scuttle Crab by using the lane brushes to hide and then Q'ing them.
Getting neutral objectives is going to be very important, especially once you get your Ultimate R. Focus on the bot lane and get them to help you regularly.
15 - 25 min
The mid-game should be focused on getting your core items as quickly as you can. It will amplify your damage or your damage absorption capacity depending on your build.
Always look for flanks during team fights. This will help you separate the enemy backline from the frontline and you will be able to take the squishies out of the fight quickly.
Your Ultimate R can really help you during fights, especially if you manage to get into the enemy backline and Ultimate R kill a major carry.
25+ min
Try to take fights around choke points. This will let you use your Q really easily and will increase your overall efficiency during the game.
You may have to adjust your gameplay depending on your lead in the game. If you're too far ahead, focus on building damage, else focus on saving your teammates.
Be a part of as many neutral objective fights as you can in this phase of the game. It will really help you get more objectives due to how your Ultimate R works.
Cho’Gath cannot really gank until he hits level 6. His Ultimate R can help him execute enemies, so a lot of Cho’Gaths will power farm till 6.
Cho’Gath has good objective control thanks to his Ultimate R. Get every Drake with help from your team.
He is weak in 1v1’s early especially if he is caught out without his W to an enemy invade.
At level 9, Cho’Gath will max out his first ability. Generally speaking, this ability is his E.
At level 11, Cho’Gath should put the second point in his Ultimate R. His kill pressure increases dramatically at this time.
He should be stronger during the mid-game as he will have earned more defensive stats thanks to using his Feast R on minions and champions.
The longer the game goes, the more stacks Cho’Gath will have. This makes him quite strong in the late game.
When he hits level 16, Cho’Gath will put the third and final point in his Ultimate R. He will be able to easily bite down on and execute enemies who are caught out of position by his team.
Depending on his build path, Cho’Gath will either deal a lot of damage in late game fights or be incredibly tanky.