Cho'Gath Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 51.8%
- Pick rate
- 2.0%
- Ban rate
- 0.4%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
Domination
Sorcery
Summoner spells
Max order
E
W
Q
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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Cho'Gath
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Cho'Gath wins 51.8% of games as Top on patch 16.16 (446 games).
- Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Dead Man's Plate → Riftmaker — 65% win rate over 20 games.
- Take Hail of Blades as keystone: picked in 49% of games with a 52% win rate.
- Best matchup: Malphite (83% over 12 games). Hardest: Shen (33% over 12 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 76.9% | 6% (26) | |
| 68.2% | 5% (22) | |
| 62.2% | 10% (45) | |
| 57.1% | 5% (21) | |
| 56.8% | 21% (95) | |
| 52.6% | 4% (19) | |
| 52.4% | 5% (21) | |
| 50.5% | 24% (109) | |
| 50.0% | 4% (20) | |
| 50.0% | 2% (8) | |
| 49.4% | 17% (77) | |
| 47.1% | 11% (51) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Domination +
Sorcery
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
Domination
Sorcery
Resolve +
Inspiration 
Domination +
Sorcery
Keystones
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Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
53.4%26% pick
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Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
45.9%19% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
50.0%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
54.5%37% pick
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Flash + Ignite
40.0%10% pick
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Flash + Ghost
16.7%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
W
Q
56.3%16 games
E
Q
W
66.7%6 games
Q
E
W
60.0%5 games
Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (62%), E → Q → W (58%), Q → E → E (33%).
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PCarnivoreWhenever Cho'Gath kills a unit, he recovers Health and Mana. The values restored increase with Cho'Gath's level.
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QRupture
Ruptures the ground at target location, popping enemy units into the air, dealing damage and slowing them.
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WFeral Scream
Cho'Gath unleashes a terrible scream at enemies in a cone, dealing magic damage and Silencing enemies for a few seconds.
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EVorpal Spikes
Cho'Gath's attacks release deadly spikes, dealing damage and slowing all enemy units in front of him.
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RFeastDevours an enemy unit, dealing a high amount of true damage. If the target is killed, Cho'Gath grows, gaining maximum Health.