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the Terror of the Void

Cho'Gath Top build & stats

TankMage C 156 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
46.8%
Pick rate
3.7%
Ban rate
2.0%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
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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

Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
2,900 gold
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
2,700 gold
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor
3,100 gold
8,700 gold
66.7% WR each item separately

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
54.2% 48 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
18 games · 12% 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.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
52.6% 38 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 46.8% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (156 games).
  • Most common core: Unending Despair → Thornmail → Hextech Rocketbelt — 43% win rate over 7 games.
  • Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 57% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Cho'Gath scales: 52% win rate after 35 minutes versus 30% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Thornmail
Thornmail
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
42.9% WR
7 games · 4% pick
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Thornmail
Thornmail
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
66.7% WR
6 games · 4% pick
Thornmail
Thornmail
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
Hollow Radiance
Hollow Radiance
40.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
51.4% WR
74 games · 47% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
54.2% WR
48 games · 31% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
28.6% WR
28 games · 18% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Kaenic Rookern Kaenic Rookern
 70.6% 11% (17)
Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen
 62.5% 10% (16)
Jak'Sho, The Protean Jak'Sho, The Protean
 55.6% 12% (18)
Dead Man's Plate Dead Man's Plate
 54.5% 14% (22)
Unending Despair Unending Despair
 53.3% 29% (45)
Hollow Radiance Hollow Radiance
 53.3% 19% (30)
Heartsteel Heartsteel
 53.2% 60% (94)
Thornmail Thornmail
 52.7% 35% (55)
Sunfire Aegis Sunfire Aegis
 52.0% 16% (25)
Force of Nature Force of Nature
 50.0% 9% (14)
Riftmaker Riftmaker
 41.5% 26% (41)
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
 39.3% 36% (56)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
44.7% WR
47 games · 30% 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
48.6% WR
35 games · 22% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Approach Velocity Magical Footwear
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
18 games · 12% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Legend: Haste Triumph

Keystones

  • 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. 50.6%57% 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. 43.8%41% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 0.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 45.5%72% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 52.6%24% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 66.7%2% 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.