Cho'Gath Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 54.9%
- Pick rate
- 3.5%
- Ban rate
- 1.5%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Finish these three
Boots
Runes
Resolve +
Inspiration 
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Resolve
Inspiration
Summoner spells
Max order
E
Q
W
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 54.9% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (266 games).
- Most common core: Unending Despair → Thornmail → Heartsteel — 43% win rate over 14 games.
- Take Grasp of the Undying as keystone: picked in 53% of games with a 57% win rate.
- Best matchup: Malphite (65% over 23 games). Hardest: Garen (40% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Cho'Gath scales: 61% win rate after 35 minutes versus 52% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 67.9% | 11% (28) | |
| 65.7% | 26% (70) | |
| 65.3% | 27% (72) | |
| 61.3% | 12% (31) | |
| 57.7% | 27% (71) | |
| 56.8% | 14% (37) | |
| 56.3% | 6% (16) | |
| 56.1% | 15% (41) | |
| 55.4% | 24% (65) | |
| 54.6% | 36% (97) | |
| 54.4% | 60% (160) | |
| 53.3% | 6% (15) |
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
Resolve +
Precision
Keystones
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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.
57.4%53% pick
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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.
52.5%44% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
25.0%2% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
54.6%73% pick
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Flash + Ignite
57.6%22% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
57.1%3% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
66.7%3 games
E
W
Q
50.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (50%), E → W → Q (50%).
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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.