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the Terror of the Void

Cho'Gath Top build & stats

TankMage B 35 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
51.4%
Pick rate
2.5%
Ban rate
0.6%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
All divisions
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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

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Riftmaker
Riftmaker
3,100 gold
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean
3,200 gold
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
2,900 gold
9,200 gold
80.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
55.6% 9 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
46.2% WR
13 games · 37% 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
42.9% 28 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 51.4% of games as Top on patch 16.16 (35 games).
  • Take Hail of Blades as keystone: picked in 51% of games with a 50% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Not enough games yet.

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
46.7% WR
15 games · 43% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
44.4% WR
9 games · 26% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
55.6% WR
9 games · 26% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Jak'Sho, The Protean Jak'Sho, The Protean
 80.0% 14% (5)
Riftmaker Riftmaker
 75.0% 23% (8)
Dead Man's Plate Dead Man's Plate
 66.7% 17% (6)
Force of Nature Force of Nature
 66.7% 9% (3)
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
 58.3% 34% (12)
Hollow Radiance Hollow Radiance
 50.0% 17% (6)
Sunfire Aegis Sunfire Aegis
 50.0% 11% (4)
Thornmail Thornmail
 45.5% 31% (11)
Unending Despair Unending Despair
 40.0% 29% (10)
Heartsteel Heartsteel
 33.3% 60% (21)
Kaenic Rookern Kaenic Rookern
 33.3% 9% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
46.2% WR
13 games · 37% 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
6 games · 17% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Approach Velocity Magical Footwear
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
0.0% WR
3 games · 9% pick
Grasp of the Undying Demolish Conditioning 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. 50.0%51% 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. 50.0%46% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 42.9%80% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 100.0%11% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 66.7%9% 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.