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the Terror of the Void

Cho'Gath Top build & stats

TankMage B 785 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.8%
Pick rate
2.9%
Ban rate
2.5%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
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Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean
3,200 gold
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
2,900 gold
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
2,500 gold
8,600 gold
75.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
62.5% 16 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
59.1% WR
22 games · 3% pick
Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
51.0% 49 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Cho'Gath

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Cho'Gath wins 50.8% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (785 games).
  • Most common core: Thornmail → Heartsteel → Hollow Radiance — 58% win rate over 33 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 53% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Ornn (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Zaahen (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Cho'Gath scales: 58% win rate after 35 minutes versus 49% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
50.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
33.3% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
50.0% WR
32 games · 4% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
47.8% WR
23 games · 3% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
62.5% WR
16 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Jak'Sho, The Protean Jak'Sho, The Protean
 85.7% 1% (7)
Dead Man's Plate Dead Man's Plate
 66.7% 3% (21)
Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen
 62.5% 1% (8)
Kaenic Rookern Kaenic Rookern
 62.5% 1% (8)
Hollow Radiance Hollow Radiance
 60.0% 1% (10)
Force of Nature Force of Nature
 60.0% 1% (5)
Riftmaker Riftmaker
 52.0% 3% (25)
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
 51.5% 4% (33)
Heartsteel Heartsteel
 42.9% 4% (28)
Sunfire Aegis Sunfire Aegis
 42.9% 1% (7)
Unending Despair Unending Despair
 36.4% 1% (11)
Thornmail Thornmail
 33.3% 2% (12)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
59.1% WR
22 games · 3% pick
Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
50.0% WR
8 games · 1% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Approach Velocity Magical Footwear
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
50.0% WR
2 games · 0% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Bone Plating Overgrowth Magical Footwear Approach Velocity

Keystones

  • Hail of Blades Hail of Blades Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions. 58.5%5% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 41.7%3% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 44.4%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 51.0%6% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 43.5%3% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 66.7%0% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PCarnivore

    Whenever Cho'Gath kills a unit, he recovers Health and Mana. The values restored increase with Cho'Gath's level.

  • QRupture

    Ruptures the ground at target location, popping enemy units into the air, dealing damage and slowing them.

  • WFeral Scream

    Cho'Gath unleashes a terrible scream at enemies in a cone, dealing magic damage and Silencing enemies for a few seconds.

  • EVorpal Spikes

    Cho'Gath's attacks release deadly spikes, dealing damage and slowing all enemy units in front of him.

  • RFeast

    Devours an enemy unit, dealing a high amount of true damage. If the target is killed, Cho'Gath grows, gaining maximum Health.