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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Cho'Gath

the Terror of the Void

TankMage

League of LegendsPatch 26.16TopRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA30,740 gamesSample data

Role snapshot (Top)

ATier
51.0%
Win Rate
6.0%
Pick Rate
17.4%
Ban Rate

30,740

Games

High

Confidence

Matchup map (Top) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%
Nobody in this lane sits here.

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

14,140 games

51.4%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

10,144 games

50.1%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

3,689 games

53.5%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

Runes

Primary: Resolve

  • Grasp of the Undying
  • Demolish
  • Second Wind
  • Revitalize

Secondary: Domination

  • Taste of Blood
  • Sixth Sense

Shards

+9 Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

+10-180 Health (based on level)

Skill order

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Ability details

  • Carnivore

    Whenever Cho'Gath kills a unit, he recovers Health and Mana. The values restored increase with Cho'Gath's level.

    Passive — never cast

  • Rupture

    Ruptures the ground at target location, popping enemy units into the air, dealing damage and slowing them.

    Cost 50 ManaCooldown 6sRange 950

  • Feral Scream

    Cho'Gath unleashes a terrible scream at enemies in a cone, dealing magic damage and Silencing enemies for a few seconds.

    Cost 70/75/80/85/90 ManaCooldown 11/10.5/10/9.5/9sRange 300

  • Vorpal Spikes

    Cho'Gath's attacks release deadly spikes, dealing damage and slowing all enemy units in front of him.

    Cost 30 ManaCooldown 8/7/6/5/4sRange 40

  • Feast

    Devours an enemy unit, dealing a high amount of true damage. If the target is killed, Cho'Gath grows, gaining maximum Health.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 80/70/60sRange 175

Scaling — level 1–18

Cho'GathTop average

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Cho'Gath

  • Build percentage damage — flat penetration falls off against the stats it stacks

  • Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip

  • Punish the cooldown — Cho'Gath is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 5/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

ARAM performance

C
49.3%
Win Rate
▲ 0.6%
4.1%
Pick Rate
▲ 5.8%
1.4%
Ban Rate
▼ 2.1%
Damage dealt
107.0%
Damage taken
106.0%
Healing
109.7%
Shielding
105.1%
Ability Haste
+10

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.16Live now-0.2
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.2
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.8
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.7
  5. 26.05Sample win rate across this patch-0.4

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Methodology

Data window
512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
Rank aggregation
Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
Counters
A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
Minimum sample
The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
Why a build is not a cause
The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.