Cho'Gath
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NABans, presence and fearless: Cho'Gath across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 12.6%picked in 368 of 2,915 games
- Ban
- 6.6%141 bans over 2,127 games, against 7.3% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
- How to play itHail of Blades, then Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 98% of junglers.FrontlineCC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 4.0%
- SoloQ
- 2.8%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 30.2 min
- SoloQ
- 28.4 min
How to play it?
Hail of Blades, then Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesHail of Blades99% · 14,158
SpellsFlash + Smite99% · 14,193
SkillsEnot collected in soloQ- Heartsteel
- Dead Man's Plate
- Force of Nature
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 98% of junglers.
- Crowd control (CC)top2%1.8 · junglers: 0.7
- Absorbs damagetop9%1,259 · junglers: 855
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers
What marks it
- Frontline
- CC
Like other junglers
- Damage in late game
- Gold at 20 min
- Map pressure
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
- Lets allies carry kills
- Team damage
What it is not
- No poke
- Stays home
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 8 in lane, 22 in mid game and 62 in late game, out of 100 junglers.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 75% of junglers against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among junglers · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 8 of 100 among junglers320 · median 383
- Damage in mid game · rank 22 of 100 among junglers741 · median 796
- Damage in late game · rank 62 of 100 among junglers1,094 · median 1,056
- Gold at 15 min · rank 22 of 100 among junglers-182 · median +6
- Gold at 20 min · rank 25 of 100 among junglers-309 · median +64
- Map pressure · rank 38 of 100 among junglers4.3 · median 4.7
- Absorbs damage · rank 91 of 100 among junglers1,259 · median 855
- Plays teamfights · rank 60 of 100 among junglers53% · median 52%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 33 of 100 among junglers19% · median 20%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 58 of 100 among junglersrank 58 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 98 of 100 among junglers1.8 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 40 of 100 among junglers16% · median 17%
- Jungle farm · rank 78 of 100 among junglers69 · median 66
- Invade · rank 20 of 100 among junglers6% · median 7%
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.
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.
- Dr. Mundo14 games—SoloQ: 47.6% · 361 g
- Gnar11 games—SoloQ: 54.6% · 260 g
- Ornn11 games—SoloQ: 45.1% · 364 g
- Sion10 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 233 g
- Olaf8 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 232 g
- Sett8 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 451 g
- Camille7 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 433 g
- Gwen7 games—SoloQ: 39.5% · 304 g
- Aatrox6 games—SoloQ: 52.2% · 471 g
- Ambessa6 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 348 g
- Darius5 games—SoloQ: 56.1% · 460 g
- Wukong30 games50.0%gap +1.8 ptsSoloQ: 47.7% · 618 g
- Jarvan IV12 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 455 g
- Pantheon9 games—SoloQ: 57.7% · 52 g
- Shyvana8 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 388 g
- Sylas7 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 538 g
- Lee Sin6 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 630 g
- Nocturne6 games—SoloQ: 54.2% · 225 g
- Skarner6 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 119 g
- Viego6 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 518 g
- Xin Zhao6 games—SoloQ: 55.6% · 144 g
- Amumu5 games—SoloQ: 45.9% · 135 g
- Lillia5 games—SoloQ: 44.9% · 430 g
- Vi5 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 217 g
- Syndra13 games—SoloQ: 48.2% · 618 g
- Hwei12 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 334 g
- Orianna12 games—SoloQ: 46.0% · 248 g
- Viktor9 games—SoloQ: 52.4% · 704 g
- Galio8 games—SoloQ: 49.0% · 308 g
- Sylas8 games—SoloQ: 54.3% · 597 g
- Cassiopeia7 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 88 g
- Ahri6 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 611 g
- Anivia6 games—SoloQ: 46.7% · 167 g
- Mel6 games—SoloQ: 61.6% · 99 g
- Annie5 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 146 g
- Twisted Fate5 games—SoloQ: 40.0% · 340 g
- Jinx17 games—SoloQ: 46.7% · 1,136 g
- Caitlyn13 games—SoloQ: 46.7% · 735 g
- Kai'Sa13 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 1,011 g
- Yunara13 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 1,101 g
- Ezreal12 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 639 g
- Sivir10 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 330 g
- Jhin8 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 1,180 g
- Miss Fortune7 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 364 g
- Xayah7 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 354 g
- Aphelios6 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 489 g
- Tristana6 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 690 g
- Varus6 games—SoloQ: 46.0% · 215 g
- Corki5 games—SoloQ: 53.8% · 143 g
- Nautilus23 games—SoloQ: 50.1% · 766 g
- Lulu13 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 803 g
- Leona12 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 591 g
- Karma9 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 477 g
- Seraphine9 games—SoloQ: 46.2% · 468 g
- Braum8 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 425 g
- Milio8 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 395 g
- Rakan8 games—SoloQ: 47.1% · 314 g
- Rell8 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 346 g
- Nami7 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 779 g
- Alistar5 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 510 g
- Renata Glasc5 games—SoloQ: 45.0% · 149 g
- Yuumi5 games—SoloQ: 56.5% · 382 g
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Jungle
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.8%13,100 picks of 466,479ban 7.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments4.0%174 picks of 4,328ban 6.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro3.4%75 picks of 2,214bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
