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 100% of top laners.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
- 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 100% of top laners.
- Crowd control (CC)top1%2.6 · top laners: 0.8
- Absorbs damagetop12%1,449 · top laners: 970
- Plays teamfightstop12%57% · top laners: 53%
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
- Frontline
- Teamfight
- Lets allies carry
- CC
Like other top laners
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 17 in lane, 51 in mid game and 64 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 78% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 17 of 100 among top laners537 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 51 of 100 among top laners870 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 64 of 100 among top laners1,115 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 22 of 100 among top laners-305 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 22 of 100 among top laners-406 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 88 of 100 among top laners1,449 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 88 of 100 among top laners57% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 12 of 100 among top laners22% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 81 of 100 among top lanersrank 81 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 100 of 100 among top laners2.6 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 50 of 100 among top laners20% · 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.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Sion23 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 253 g
- Ornn22 games—SoloQ: 46.4% · 375 g
- Renekton14 games—SoloQ: 55.5% · 348 g
- Dr. Mundo12 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 291 g
- K'Sante9 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 210 g
- Malphite8 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 537 g
- Mordekaiser7 games—SoloQ: 49.0% · 206 g
- Ambessa6 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 287 g
- Kled6 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 139 g
- Gragas5 games—SoloQ: 56.7% · 233 g
- Gwen5 games—SoloQ: 40.6% · 229 g
- Poppy5 games—SoloQ: 54.0% · 63 g
- Jarvan IV23 games—SoloQ: 45.4% · 456 g
- Wukong23 games—SoloQ: 50.6% · 447 g
- Xin Zhao13 games—SoloQ: 51.5% · 136 g
- Vi12 games—SoloQ: 52.9% · 227 g
- Lillia9 games—SoloQ: 42.8% · 348 g
- Skarner8 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 131 g
- Sylas8 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 438 g
- Nocturne7 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 129 g
- Trundle6 games—SoloQ: 34.0% · 47 g
- Amumu5 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 69 g
- Shyvana5 games—SoloQ: 46.3% · 268 g
- Ahri20 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 641 g
- Syndra18 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 553 g
- Viktor17 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 476 g
- Orianna13 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 215 g
- Hwei10 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 288 g
- Akali8 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 358 g
- Aurora8 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 216 g
- Lissandra8 games—SoloQ: 54.2% · 253 g
- Mel6 games—SoloQ: 49.4% · 81 g
- Xerath6 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 172 g
- Yone6 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 451 g
- Cassiopeia5 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 121 g
- Locke5 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 498 g
- Ryze5 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 176 g
- Veigar5 games—SoloQ: 44.7% · 159 g
- Yunara25 games—SoloQ: 48.9% · 977 g
- Jinx17 games—SoloQ: 46.8% · 774 g
- Ashe15 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 318 g
- Tristana14 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 746 g
- Caitlyn13 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 654 g
- Kai'Sa12 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 905 g
- Ezreal11 games—SoloQ: 56.3% · 565 g
- Jhin8 games—SoloQ: 49.0% · 988 g
- Miss Fortune8 games—SoloQ: 45.6% · 215 g
- Aphelios7 games—SoloQ: 47.1% · 433 g
- Sivir7 games—SoloQ: 45.4% · 260 g
- Lucian6 games—SoloQ: 50.1% · 371 g
- Xayah5 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 358 g
- Lulu23 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 863 g
- Seraphine20 games—SoloQ: 45.0% · 309 g
- Braum16 games—SoloQ: 45.2% · 431 g
- Nautilus15 games—SoloQ: 53.2% · 679 g
- Rakan12 games—SoloQ: 46.7% · 364 g
- Karma10 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 522 g
- Thresh10 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 884 g
- Leona9 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 480 g
- Milio9 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 373 g
- Alistar8 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 432 g
- Rell8 games—SoloQ: 45.6% · 401 g
- Renata Glasc6 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 164 g
- Blitzcrank5 games—SoloQ: 44.5% · 400 g
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
