Cho’Gath

Cho’Gath Build

the Terror of the Void

Role: Top Pick Rate: 2.4% Win Rate: 52.08%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Teleport Teleport

Skill Priority

E Q W

Items

Start
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Core
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
Boots of Swiftness Boots of Swiftness
Riftmaker Riftmaker
Late
Dead Man's Plate
Jak'Sho, The Protean

Runes

Most Played
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Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades 51.3% · 51.6% WR
Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot 50.5% · 51.6% WR
Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos 47.7% · 51.3% WR
Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter 51.1% · 51.6% WR
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Axiom Arcanist 2.1% · 50.4% WR
Celerity
Celerity 1% · 49.2% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying 42.3% · 52.6% WR
Demolish
Demolish 41.5% · 52.7% WR
Second Wind
Second Wind 6.3% · 55% WR
Overgrowth
Overgrowth 40.8% · 52.5% WR
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear 0.1% · 44.4% WR
Approach Velocity
Approach Velocity 0.1% · 57.1% WR
Attack Speed
Attack Speed
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Tenacity and Slow Resist

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 43.32%
Bronze Bronze 47.90%
Silver Silver 49.18%
Gold Gold 49.59%
Platinum Platinum 51.18%
Emerald Emerald 51.61%
Diamond Diamond 51.67%
Master Master 53.73%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 53.99%
Challenger Challenger 53.42%
All Elos All Elos 51.92%

Best Counters and Matchups for Cho’Gath

See all counters for Cho’Gath

Top 5 Counters Against Cho’Gath

Kled
44.1% WR -2.7%
Quinn
44.9% WR -1.7%
Sett
47.9% WR +0.4%
Gwen
47.9% WR -2.0%
Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser Matchup detail
47.9% WR -0.9%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Cho’Gath

Heimerdinger
Heimerdinger Matchup detail
59.0% WR +11.6%
Vladimir
Vladimir Matchup detail
58.1% WR +9.1%
Master Yi
Master Yi Matchup detail
58.0% WR +8.6%
Malphite
Malphite Matchup detail
57.7% WR +10.9%
Swain
56.6% WR +7.8%

Patch History

V14.14
  • Rupture Base damage increased to 80 / 145 / 210 / 275 / 340 from 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320.
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage changed to 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 from 22 / 37 / 52 / 67 / 82.
V14.10
  • Vorpal Spikes Removed: Health ratio damage is no longer capped against minions. Monster damage cap increased to 200 at all ranks from 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140.
V14.7
  • Shan Hai Scrolls Cho'Gath Bug Fix: During a basic attack, arms now follow their proper animation instead of breaking from the model's skeleton or readjusting abruptly.
V14.6
  • Feral Scream Cooldown reduced to 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9 seconds from 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9.
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage increased to 22 / 37 / 52 / 67 / 82 from 22 / 34 / 46 / 58 / 70.
V14.2
  • Feast Bonus attack range per stack increased to 4.7 / 6.2 / 7.7 from 4.62 / 6.15 / 7.69. New Effect: Cast range is now increased by 2.5 per stack, up to 25 at 10 stacks. Extended tooltip now displays the bonus range granted for basic attacks and the ability.
V13.6
  • Carnivore Broken Covenant Cho'Gath heal VFX is now unique from Shan Hai Scrolls Cho'Gath.
V13.4
  • Stats Armor growth increased to 5 from 4.7.
  • Rupture Base damage increased to 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 from 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300. Mana cost reduced to 50 from 60.
  • Feral Scream Mana cost reduced to 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110.
V12.23
  • Carnivore Mana restore increased to 4.72 − 9.48 (based on level) from 3.5 − 7.75 (based on level).
  • Feral Scream Base damage increased to 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 from 75 / 125 / 175 / 225 / 275.
  • Feast Cooldown reduced to 80 / 70 / 60 seconds from 80 at all ranks.
V12.22
  • Feast Non-champion base damage increased to 1200 from 1000.
V12.19
  • General Bug Fix: Icon in the HUD now properly displays the correct size and image.
V12.14
  • Feast Undocumented/Bug Fix: Buff tooltip title renamed to Feast from Feast x1. Prior to V10.24, the highest possible stack count used to be 255, and the buff name would equal the stacks (e.g. "Feast x255").
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 644 from 574. Health growth increased to 94 from 80. Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5. Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
  • Carnivore Base heal reduced to 18 − 52 (based on level) from 20 − 71 (based on level).
V11.20
  • Carnivore Bug Fix: No longer activates from destroying trinkets or champion-generated objects.
V11.19
  • Rupture Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds from 7.
V11.3
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage reduced to 22 / 34 / 46 / 58 / 70 from 22 / 37 / 52 / 67 / 82.
V11.1
  • Stats Base health reduced to 574 from 574.4. Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
  • Vorpal Spikes Undocumented: Once again gains the correct bonus damage from Feast stacks.
V10.24
  • Feast Undocumented: Buff application reworked, causing Vorpal Spikes to no longer gain bonus damage from stacks correctly.(bug) Vorpal Spikes now gains Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0.5% of target's maximum health bonus damage when Feast is first leveled and nothing from stacks. Undocumented: No longer capped at 255 stacks, buff name now always "Feast x1" and gained when R is learned instead of when gaining the first stack.
V10.23
  • Stats Base mana reduced to 270 from 272.2. Mana growth increased to 60 from 40. Base mana regeneration reduced to 7.2 from 7.206.
V10.14
  • Feral Scream Bug Fix: Now properly silences Rift Scuttler.
V10.9
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage per spike increased to 22 / 37 / 52 / 67 / 82 from 22 / 34 / 46 / 58 / 70. Total base damage increased to 66 / 111 / 156 / 201 / 246 from 66 / 102 / 138 / 174 / 210.
V10.4
  • Feast Bug Fix: Execute indicator now appears as intended and is properly visible.
V9.20
  • Feast Bug Fix: Execute indicator now properly appears on clones' health bars.
V9.10
  • Feast Undocumented: New indicator on enemy health bar, indicating when the enemy will be executed.
V9.7
  • Rupture Cooldown reduced to 7 seconds from 9.
V9.5
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage increased to 22 / 34 / 46 / 58 / 70 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60.
V8.10
  • Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath Vorpal Spikes Bug Fix: Now sound more in line with the skin's theme.
V8.7
  • Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath Bug Fix: Maw is no longer rigged improperly when using his emotes.
V8.5
  • Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath Vorpal Spikes Bug Fix: No longer use classic SFX when he has 10+ stacks of Feast.
V8.3
  • General Complete VFX update.
  • Stats Base health regeneration increased to 9 from 8.928.
V8.2
  • Feast New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
V8.1
  • Vorpal Spikes Bug Fix: Empowered attacks no longer interrupt the basic attacks of enemy champions they hit.
V7.24
  • General Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where all skins (except for Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath) stole Jurassic Cho'Gath death SFX.
V7.22
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 69 from 61.156. Base armor increased to 38 from 28.88.
V7.21
  • Feast Bug Fix: Stacks now correctly count spawned Rift Heralds as epic monsters.
V7.20
  • Feast Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing the meal tracker to count jungle monsters oddly.
V7.19
  • Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath Feral Scream Bug Fix: Is now of higher fidelity on very low settings.
V7.17
  • General Bug Fix: Corrected suggested starting items to no longer cost more than starting gold.
V7.15
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80. Target's maximum health ratio reduced to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)3% of target's maximum health from 4%.
  • Prehistoric Cho'Gath Bug Fix: Parts of head armor no longer stretches during his dance animation.
V7.14
  • Rupture Base damage reduced to 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 from 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 305. Mana cost reduced to 60 from 90.
  • Feral Scream Silence duration increased to 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2 seconds from 1.5 / 1.625 / 1.75 / 1.875 / 2.
  • Vorpal Spikes New Cooldown: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 seconds. New Mana Cost: 30 mana. Removed Toggle: Cho'Gath's basic attacks each launch a volley of spikes in a line, dealing 25 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 30% AP) magic damage and applying spell effects to enemies hit. New Active: Cho'Gath's next 3 basic attacks launch a volley of spikes in a line, dealing 25 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+ 30% AP) Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)(+ 4% Lethal damage prevented with healing from Bountiful Harvest (W)(+ 0.5% per Feast stack) of target's maximum health) magic damage and applying a decaying over the next 1.5 seconds slow of 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%. New Effect: Now grants 50 bonus range. New Effect: Now resets Cho'Gath basic attack timer. Bug Fix: Now correctly applies Hunter's Talisman's health drain.
V7.13
  • General Basic attack and ability audio has been updated for all skins without skin-specific audio effects.
V7.9
  • Vorpal Spikes Undocumented: Tooltip now mentions spikes apply spell effects.
V7.7
  • Feast Bug Fix: Kill indicator now properly takes ability power into consideration.
V7.6
  • Feast Bonus health per stack increased to 80 / 120 / 160 from 80 / 110 / 140. Total stacks that can be gained from minions and non-epic monsters increased to 6 from 5.
V7.5
  • Feral Scream New Effect: Adjusted particle to match actual cone size.
V7.4
  • Feast Removed: Loses half stacks on death. New Effect: Can now stack infinitely (from 6), but can only gain up to 5 stacks from killing non-epic monsters or minions. Removed: Healing if at 6 stacks. Removed: Champion kill granting 2 stacks. Removed: Minions and monsters kill refunding 50% cooldown and mana cost. New Effect: Tooltip now lists how many minions, pets, monsters, dragons, epic monsters and champions you have eaten. AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 70% AP. New Effect: Damage now scales with Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)10% bonus health. Health per stack reduced to 80 / 110 / 140 from 100 / 140 / 180. New Effect: Reaches maximum size at 10 stacks. Maximum bonus attack range increased to 75 from 50.
V6.20
  • Feral Scream Cooldown reduced to 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 seconds from 13. Range increased to 650 from 585. Silence duration reduced to 1.5 / 1.625 / 1.75 / 1.875 / 2 seconds from 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where units would be hit if they had escaped the area after the cast.
V6.8
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Gentleman Cho'Gath.
V6.7
  • General Splash artwork for Gentleman Cho'Gath updated to the Chinese art.
V6.6
  • Feast Bonus health per stack increased to 100 / 140 / 180 from 90 / 120 / 150.
V6.5
  • General New ability icons
V5.21
  • Feast Tooltip updated. New Effect: Champion kills grant Cho'Gath 2 stacks. New Effect: When at max stacks it will restore 90 / 120 / 150 health on unit kill and double the amount on champion kill. Heal is functional despite not displaying in tooltip.
V4.21
  • Feast Cooldown increased to 80 seconds from 60. New Effect: Refunds 50% of both cooldown and mana cost if it kills a minion or monster.
V4.18
  • General New splash artwork for Original Cho'Gath.
V4.8
  • Feast Cast range increased to 175 from 150. Cast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5
V4.5
  • Stats Base armor increased to 23 from 19.
V3.15
  • Rupture Tooltip corrected to state slow duration is 3 seconds and not 1.5
V3.01
  • Feral Scream Silence duration reduced to 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 seconds from 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 / 3.
V1.0.0.154
  • Feral Scream Targeting cone now attached to Cho'Gath.
V1.0.0.153
  • Carnivore Health gain changed to 20 − 71 (based on level) from 34 − 68 (based on level).
V1.0.0.152
  • Stats Movement speed increased to 345 from 320.
V1.0.0.148
  • General Ability tooltips updated
V1.0.0.145
  • General Ability tooltips updated
V1.0.0.144
  • Stats Magic resistance per level increased to 1.25 from 0. Attack range normalized to 125 from 130.
  • Rupture Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.672. Delay normalized to 0.625 from 0.5 - 0.75
  • Feral Scream Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.6417.
  • Vorpal Spikes Width now increases based on Cho'Gath's size.
  • Feast Now grants Cho'Gath up to 50 additional attack range based on both rank and amount of stacks. Cast time normalized to 0.5 seconds from 0.43. Range increased to 150 from 100.
V1.0.0.140
  • Rupture Red/green rings added to indicate which targets will be affected. Delay reduced to 0.65 from 0.7.
V1.0.0.139
  • Stats Movement speed increased to 320 from 315.
V1.0.0.133
  • Feast Fixed a bug where it would fail to kill targets protected by shields.
V1.0.0.125
  • Feast Run animation speed while enlarged adjusted.
V1.0.0.123
  • Feast Fixed a bug where Cho'Gath could gain a stack even when the target did not die.
V1.0.0.120
  • Feast Now a particle will correctly appear if it can kill the target.
V1.0.0.118b
  • Rupture Chance of failing to knock up target reduced.
V1.0.0.113
  • Stats Health reduced to 520 from 550. Armor reduced to 19 from 21.
  • Carnivore Mana gain reduced to 3.5 − 7.75 (based on level) from 7 − 15.5 (based on level).
  • Feral Scream Base damage reduced to 75 / 125 / 175 / 225 / 275 from 80 / 130 / 180 / 240 / 300.
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage increased to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60. AP ratio increased to (+ 30% AP) from (+ 20% AP)
  • Feast Base damage reduced to 300 / 475 / 650 from 300 / 550 / 800. AP ratio increased to (+ 70% AP) from (+ 50% AP)
V1.0.0.109
  • Feast Stacks loss on death changed to rounded-up half from 3. Inconsistent with V1.0.0.86
V1.0.0.107
  • Rupture Delay reduced to 0.75 from 0.8
  • Carnivore Health restored upon kill reduced to 34 − 68 (based on level) from 40 − 82 (based on level). Mana restored upon kill reduced to 7 − 15.5 (based on level) from 8 − 16.5 (based on level).
V1.0.0.105
  • Rupture Fixed a bug with the level-up tooltip showing the cooldown changing even though it did not.
V1.0.0.103
  • Rupture Cooldown reduced to 9 seconds from 10. Mana cost changed to 90 at all ranks from 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120.
  • Vorpal Spikes Is now classified as an area-of-effect spell for like Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Hextech Revolver.
V1.0.0.100
  • Feral Scream Silence duration reduced to 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 / 3 seconds from 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4. Cooldown reduced to 13 seconds from 16.
  • Vorpal Spikes Fixed a display error with death recap.
V1.0.0.96
  • Vorpal Spikes Will no longer trigger Spellblade. Will now fire even if Cho'Gath misses the target.
  • Feast Can now be cast more easily on any unit, including: Dragon, Lizard Elder, or another very large Cho'Gath.
V1.0.0.94
  • General Cho'Gath will now be properly considered melee for items like Youmuu's Ghostblade.
  • Vorpal Spikes Can now be toggled off.
  • Feast Fixed a bug at Rank 3 where Cho'Gath has difficulty feasting when at maximum stacks. Fixed a bug where the ability buff tooltip was not updating the bonus health when Cho'Gath loses stacks. Fixed a bug where Cho'Gath was not scaling properly when he loses stacks. Fixed a bug where the Tenacity mastery caused it not to kill the target.
V1.0.0.86
  • Rupture Base damage is now dealt on knocking targets airborne from targets hitting the ground.
  • Feast Stack loss on death changed to rounded-up half from all.
V1.0.0.82
  • General Auto attack animation timing tweaked.
V1.0.0.79
  • Feast Fixed a bug with damage values in Death Recap. Tooltip updated to reflect health gain on enemy kill.
V1.0.0.74
  • Feast Fixed a bug where it was not able to kill Poppy.
V1.0.0.72
  • Feast Fixed a bug where activating it when the target had too much health dealt too much damage.
V1.0.0.63
  • Rupture Slow duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4.
V1.0.0.61
  • Rupture Cast range reduced to 950 from 1000.
  • Feral Scream AP ratio reduced to (+ 70% AP) from (+ 75% AP)
  • Vorpal Spikes AP ratio reduced to (+ 20% AP) from (+ 25% AP)
V1.0.0.52
  • Rupture Range increased to 1000 from 900.
  • Feral Scream Cooldown reduced to 16 seconds from 17. Range increased to 650 from 615.
V1.0.0.32
  • Feast Fixed an issue where Cho'Gath would not move close enough to the target at large sizes.
V0.9.25.34
  • General Secondary / critical strike animations updated
  • Carnivore Cho'Gath now gains 8 − 16.5 (based on level) when killing a unit together with the health gain.
V0.9.25.21
  • Carnivore Health gain per kill increased to 40 − 82 (based on level) from 30 − 72 (based on level).
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120. AP ratio reduced to (+ 25% AP) from (+ 33% AP) Now also hits Cho'Gath's primary target.
  • Feast Cooldown reduced to 60 seconds from 70. New Effect: (+ 50% AP) ratio
V0.9.22.16
  • Feral Scream Cooldown reduced to 17 seconds from 20.
  • Rupture Range increased to 900 from 800. Mana cost reduced to 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 from 80 / 95 / 110 / 125 / 140.
  • Vorpal Spikes Base damage increased to 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 from 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100. AP ratio increased to (+ 33% AP) from (+ 25% AP)
  • Feast Size per stack reduced to 0.7 / 0.11 / 0.15 from 0.9 / 0.15 / 0.18
V0.9.22.15
  • General Renamed to Cho'Gath, the Terror of the Void Size increased New voiceover
  • Stats Movement speed increased to 315 from 310. Base damage increased to 56 from 50. Mana per level increased to 40 from 35. Attack range increased to 130 from 125.
  • Rupture Base damage increased to 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 305 from 65 / 125 / 185 / 245 / 305.
  • Feral Scream Base damage increased to 80 / 130 / 180 / 240 / 300 from 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300.
  • Vorpal Spikes Range increased by 50.
  • Feast Size gain per stack slightly decreased. Fixed a bug which caused the level up tooltip to not display.
V0.9.22.7
  • Carnivore Health gain increased to 30 − 72 (based on level) from 15 − 72 (based on level).
V0.8.22.115
  • Feast Fixed a bug causing the particle to incorrectly display on champions.
V0.8.21.110
  • Feast Consume health threshold changed to 300 / 550 / 800 from a percentage of target's health. Will no longer bypass Guardian Angel, Chronoshift, or Undying Rage.
  • Feast Tooltip updated. No longer kills through Guardian Angel or Chronoshift.
  • Added Carnivore - I Cho'Gath restores life upon killing units. Rupture - Q Cho'Gath causes the ground to rupture. After a short delay jagged spikes will emerge, popping enemies into the air, dealing damage and slowing them upon landing. Feral Scream - W Cho'Gath lets out a terrifying scream in a cone damaging and silencing enemies hit. Vorpal Spikes - E Passive: Cho'Gath's basic attacks send out spikes impaling enemy units behind his primary target. Feast - R Cho'Gath attempts to consume an enemy whole instantly killing it if below a health threshold. Each time Cho'Gath successfully devours a unit he grows in size, gaining health and increasing the consumption health threshold.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Cho’Gath on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Cho’Gath's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Cho’Gath struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Cho’Gath's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Cho’Gath, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.