Cho'Gath
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUWBans, presence and fearless: Cho'Gath across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 13.4%picked in 932 of 6,953 games
- Ban
- 6.7%230 bans over 3,441 games, against 5.4% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 357,498 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
- How to play itHail of Blades, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Dead Man's Plate: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 97% of top laners.CC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.3%
- SoloQ
- 1.6%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 6.6%
- SoloQ
- 5.4%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.3 min
- SoloQ
- 27.9 min
How to play it?
Hail of Blades, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Dead Man's Plate: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesHail of Blades61% · 7,371
SpellsFlash + Teleport66% · 7,951
SkillsEnot collected in soloQ- Hextech Rocketbelt
- Riftmaker
- Dead Man's Plate
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 97% of top laners.
- Crowd control (CC)top3%1.9 · top laners: 0.8
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- CC
Like other top laners
- Absorbs damage
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
What it is not
- Little damage
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 76% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 25 of 100 among top laners-244 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 24 of 100 among top laners-401 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 31 of 100 among top laners633 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 41 of 100 among top laners51% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 61 of 100 among top laners31% · median 28%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 97 of 100 among top laners1.9 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 10 of 100 among top laners16% · median 20%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+1.6%11,245 picks of 714,986ban 5.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments2.3%236 picks of 10,426ban 6.6% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.4%10 picks of 2,224bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
