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Tips Against Cho'Gath in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
BoilTheOil says “Take Conqueror. He can be hard to kill in lane, but luckily you don't need to kill him, just outfarm and outscale him. Like Sion, he's a massive meat bomb so you can just ult him and kill the entire enemy team. If you ever fight him after level 6 make sure you W his ult.”
I Am Goliath says “This matchup is usually very easy, you should get an early merc treads in this matchup as they're very strong against Cho, I usually go cleaver and death's dance as my first two big items here and once you get them he just doesn't have the damage to keep up, between conqurer and your passive leg procs it's just too much damage/healing for him, make sure you're trying your best to get your passive leg procs in this matchup as well as trying your best to dodge his Q which should be easy most of the time. I also usually hard push cho'gath in early game since his sustain is fairly high I don't bother trading very much I just play for a CS lead to get my core items quicker, obviously be careful with this and it is dependent on who the enemy jungler is playing.”
Lynter says “Runa Recomendada: Conquistador.
Cho'Gath ficará forte depois, no início não é um problema. Tome cuidado para não levar knock-up com os seus Q (Rupture) e não fique atrás dos minions que ele bater pois ele te acertará com o seu E (Vorpal Spikes). Use seu Q sempre para tirar vida dele e espere ele gastar o Q (Rupture) para poder agressivar com EW+AA+QE+AA para possível abate. Acima do nível 6, assim que ele gastar o W (Feral Scream), agressive com combo e use sua ultimate para matá-lo. Ele não é bom em Roaming e por isso você deve abusar, pois quanto mais tempo passa, mais grande ele ficará e mais forte também, cobre dele fazendo isso e a partida será sua. A ultimate de Cho dá muito dano, e ainda é dano verdadeiro, tome cuidado para não ser executado, calcule seu dano e posicionamento para evitar ser pego por ele. Em teamfights, observe se ele está tank, caso esteja, foque outro do time e deixe o por último, caso seu time o foque, gaste apenas o combo QEW, guardando sua ultimate para ultar nos outros que sobrarem do time inimigo. O potencial de perigo de Cho'Gath é de igual para igual devido Cho'Gath possuir bastante dano, inclusive com sua ultimate de dano verdadeiro.”
Drake6401 says “Most of the time, you expect to see a Q max and start Cho'Gath. These are standard cases of dodge his poke and all in. Recently since this new season, good Cho'Gath players are starting E first and maxing it. It actually does a WILD amount of damage, hammering you with the first two hits and kiting back with the third if you chase them. This will leave you half HP if not lower. By landing his E-W then Q, it's almost impossible to dodge the full combo of this guy. Never fight him if you're low because his ult is a click move and cannot be evaded. While Cho-Gath still doesn't like extended trades, he's actually very strong vs diver class champions right now.m”
Anoying bro5 says “Be careful of Cho silencing you before knocking you up. If he does this, try not to parry the knock up but use it on his ult or silence in general. This isn't that hard of a match up if you work around both of those abilities. He has high sustain and tankiness as he scales. Try to fight him lvl2. Pre 6 he is fairly easy to kill.”
Sovereign Kitten says “While fighting or simply laning, you should always be positioning yourself away from his angle to avoid his spikes that slow you. The second you let him line up a spike-slow, you will be swiftly met with your death through his knock up and more often if he is running Glacial Augment. He is a high HP and sustain stacking champion through killing minions, so preventing his sustain makes killing him easier. If he misses the knock up and can't land a slow, you can simply run him down with auto attacks and burst from your (Q). Be aware if he is running Glacial as it is a huge threat and you really need to play well.
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RTO says “Really easy pre 6. Easy to dodge his abilities with your e. You need to establish dominance early because once he gets his core, then you will have hard times. Silence can also be really annoying. Watch the animation for it and you can dodge it. ”
Raen says “Try to all in him at level 1 with E. Use Counter Strike when he uses his E and be careful when you are on low hp cuz he can flash R and get you down easily. Bork good option vs cho.”
Quinncidence says “Immobile!
Only note about Cho is that he has a scary killpressure at level 6, and he can also R ur maiden and oneshot it until you get level 11 for 2 points in R, so avoid waste maiden in lane because Cho will eat her.”
DarkyTheReal says “Really hard to beat a good Cho'Gath, level 1 he wins if he starts E, and after that he has a silence to stop you from trading. You want to do extended trades and all-in on him when he has no Q. Get Executioners's calling.
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P1Legend says “So early game this matchup is easy, but at some point in the game, he just becomes too tanky to kill. So fight him early and power farm late and you should be fine. Don't get too excited about kills in lane or you will get silenced and nommed for half your HP”
Phrxshn says “This can be either a easy or hard-match up if you cannot dodge his skillshot. Juke out his Rupture(Q) and Feral Scream(W). Avoid fighting Cho'gath if you are low health as his Feast(R) can execute you. (Recommended Items: Demonic Embrace, Rylai's Scepter) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Singed or Cho'gath if he lands everything) (Outscaling Edge: Cho'gath)”
Autolykus says “Abuse him before he backs for a bramble. If you have not killed him before then just go chemtank and play for teamfights. His stacks allow you to have some of the biggest ultimates of any champ.”
Mr. Popper says “Cho'Gath is dumb, he heals for too much hp if he last hits minions which is roughly 20-70hp depending on level. early game he can heal 120-200 hp per wave if he gets them all combined with doran shield and second wind makes it almost impossible to poke him out. a healing cut is very useful against him.
i recommend taking stridebreaker into him for a hard kit build since he is immobile.”
jpaul2077 says “Against chogath, it's very important to keep moving in lane to avoid being hit by his Q, rupture. Chogath is fairly squishy at the early stages of the game. Look to go for a all in either after level 2 with Auto E Auto Q ignite or when you hit 6 with ulti. Chogath will eventually outscale you as a champion so it's important to develop a lead early.”
Boptimus says “Charge up a Q, You'll get Q'd.
Charge up Q again, You'll get W'd.
Charge up another Q, His Q is back up.
Play around his cooldowns and CS well. If he blows his Q-W you'll be able to get big damage down on him.”
Smartest2 says “A fairly easy and boring lane. Cho'Gath doesn't have much kill potential on us at any point in the game, and his beefiness lets him just walk out of fights without dying. The win condition of this lane is to maintain high cs, and deny him as much as possible. A 40cs lead would be a good place to be in.”
Fryx says “This Monster takes no damage from you if you let him get wave priority. Start the game slow let him have the wave and stay away from his E with Grasp. Maxing W and picking Grasp will give you decent damage against him. Push each wave hardcore and go base to refill your mana. It is a skill matchup. Don't let him chomp you and give him a Grasped up W Hit!”
Amphawn says “Don't trade early, and don't get hit by his Q. Cho's base damage early game is nuts. Also be careful of not standing directly behind your minions as he can use his E to slow you and guarantee a Q. If he slows, make sure to W and dodge the Q. Might want to start corrupting pots for better sustain. Keep in mind that Cho has an animation while he Q's so it is easy to predict. Remember that his ult is an execute, so your health is never as high as it may seem. Don't ever risk it when you're in execute range as he can simply hit a Q or flash on you and you're dead. You may want to buy magic resist early on or even buy MR boots for the tenacity as well. This is a matchup where you strictly have to play for the late game as you do scale better as long as he doesn't get a bunch of free stacks early on.”
SunFalk says “He his a tank. He has a AOE stun. He has a execute. - To lane against a Cho'Gath, you'll need to deny his CS early in the game before he reach level 6 and start eat and become very tanky. When he is level 6, be careful and don't let you be eaten by him.”
PanthrickTV says “One of the real counters to you!
(1) Spam your Q's at lane. (some poke)
(2) Play smart and exploit her mistakes.
(3) When he misses his Q and W go for the all in.
(4) Since he buy some items you can' t really kill him. Show the lane and roam.
(5) I recommend Teleport here when you want to roam a lot, but if you want to kill him early take Ignite.”
FeedLaneGetCaryd says “Cho'Gath first level's are really weak, but later he'll buy Brable Vest+Steelcaps kile any other tank, and you won't be able to kill him before your items. You are much more stronger in mid game than him.”
SettVEVO says “This is what Sett dreams of aside from his Momma, lane might be boring, depends on how passive the player is, boots really help as you need to weave moving between your AAs to dodge his Q, if you managed to get low near him don't fight, he will combo you before you can W, but if you got low enough while in a trade you can W his ult to deny it completely. Taking short trades against him usually doesn't do much if he can CS cause of his passive, try to all in him and deny CS so he can't heal. Whatever happens in laning phase stays in laning phase cause he will now be a nuke to his own team in mid to late game. You need to master your ult to get the most out of Cho.”
qosmox says “Contest the push lvl 1 with Q and try to hit lvl 2 before him. if you do, just taunt him and hard trade lvl 2, preferably with the 6-Emp auto trade if you can position the blade correctly before you hit lvl 2. Avoid getting into long trades where he gets to E-auto you 3 times (if you’re equal levels), and don’t get hit by Q’s and you should win this lane every time early on. Punish your lead hard, don’t let him free farm once you got one.”
GarenteedDamage says “Cho'gath isn't too much of a threat early. However, once he gets level 6 he can eat your Maiden (your ult) without even having to do damage to it 1st. Try to save your ult until he eats a minion.”
Viego99 says “easy match up just dodge his q and trade w e aa q aa continue aa and he is dead .cho gath outscale viego. but he need much r stack so your mid game is better early to.”
RareParrot says “rush boots, dont let him hit Q and kite back, bring cutdown press the attack, 1 hit q usually means you have to flash if hes 6 because %hp damage on his E and perma slow, max W second.”
RainAndBow says “Dodge the Q, win the game. Remember to keep moving. Cho Gath players often forget to move as much as they can, so try and place shrooms offensively (Further explained later).”
Rhoku says “TL;DR - EASY LANE. DODGE KNOCK UPS. FREE AFTER LEVEL 3. CONQUEROR SORCERY. BE CAREFUL LOW HP.
Cho’Gath is a somewhat annoying champion to deal with. The only thing you have to know in this lane is how to dodge his knock up. His knock up ruins your all ins as it slows you after and it allows him to combo you and walk away since you will be silenced. His level 1 cheese might be surprising at times with his e if he has ignite as well. You also have to make sure to HARD win trades because he will be able to sustain back with CS. This is another lane where you have to use great wave control. Cho'Gath can oneshot you with 1 combo if you are low HP and it is post 6 so be careful when trading with im. ALWAYS LAND YOUR Qs. If you aren’t careful, you might keep trading with him and then he would just heal it all back up because of his passive, leaving you in a position where he can take you out before you can react. If he builds AP, his cheesing ability will be stronger as he just completely chunks you out at range when you let him knock you up. But this also means that you kill him with 1 combo so if you just dodge the knock up of an AP Cho'Gath, hes a free kill. If he is building tank, it is just a free lane. But he miiight get to a point where he is too tanky to kill quickly.
Just don’t die in stupid ways, don’t let him knock you up and most importantly, don’t let him farm. Taking ghost makes this lane so much easier as it lets you very easily dodge the knock up. Not to mention how Cho’Gath is very immobile so if he steps out of line, you can just Ghost and run him down. Just be careful when diving him as Cho’gath is great at defending dives. His gank set up is completely dependent on whether he lands his knock up or not. To be honest that is just his entire laning phase. If he can land those, he can go even with you. If he misses them, he is free food. It might be a good idea to ward up some of the brushes or at the very least stop him from going in them because if you have no vision of him, you cannot see him do the Rupture animation which makes dodging very difficult.
After level 3 or so, he should never be able to beat you. He does scale up to be a monster giga lategame in a sense that trying to kill him, is a massive waste of time as it takes too long. Just stack 5 off of him and then murder the enemy team.”
xPetu says “Recommended: Standard Runes & Teleport
Tips: W block his E-AA reset. Dodge his Q by E'ing in. Remember that he restores HP and Mana from killing minions. If he wastes W or Q, you can punish.”
PH45 says “When facing Cho'Gath in lane, pay attention to his position when he uses Vorpal Spikes. Don't get hit by the spikes to avoid the slow and if he fights you with them make sure to dodge the damage with your Counter Strike. Key here is to dodge his Rupture and just all in him after that since he loses to you after that unless you are miles behind him (which shouldn't happen). Just be careful if you are low HP as he can quickly delete you with his Feast. ”
ForgottenProject says “He's a strong frontline tank late-game so you dont want the game to drag on.
[1]It's better to parry his Silence and Dodge His knock-up but you can parry both.
[2]If you Parry the Knock-up just make sure you Q-E into him before he Silences you.
[3]Never Forget the True Damage Ultimate, if you're low he will deal 30% of your HP as True Damage.
Later in the game that goes up to 50% of your HP.”
Psychopathic Top says “Heard that this matchup isn't very easy in lower elos due to his execute being pretty dangerous in an all in. The trick in this matchup is to just all in the moment you feel like he is in kill range. Do not let him hit you with Q's and W's and chunk you down to an uncomfortable level (risk of getting one shot). Just always all in with full hp and it shouldn't be a problem at all. As long as you are not getting hit by every Q it should not be an issue. Side- stepping rupture would almost guarantee a kill when going all in. Try to kill Cho in lane, because scaling evenly vs Cho is actually not ideal. Nasus needs to be in a winning position (more gold) in this matchup. It isn't hard to do, as long as the Nasus player gets a skill or two.”
LiL Bunnie FuFuu says “Tank Cho is a pretty big issue for Thresh - pun intended. He has a lot of cc and Thresh has trouble dodging it due to lower base MS and no dashes. Unlike Volibear, Cho is comparably weak before lvl 6. You don't win the poke war but he also can't kill you. He is difficult to handle later as his huge size and cc will make teamfights tough, especially if there are hypercarries on his team.
If he goes AP immediately rush a spectre's cowl and stack MR and health so he doesn't eat you for breakfast.”
Stinkee says “Cho'gath is a little annoying and is a fairly difficult matchup for Sion. Bait his W and Q then use your E and Q while popping your W. If he misses his W and/or Q you should win the trade. Never use your Q right in front of him or he will cancel with his W or Q. Rush magic resist, any rune page or ability max will work here.”
iZeal says “He has no way of dodging your Qs or Ws. Don't let him sustain and dodge his Qs. While he becomes incredibly tanky and disruptive later on, you can always catch him out. Be aware of your cooldowns while silenced and buffer your abilities so your Q doesn't run out.”
Dream Orbit says “More info on the matchups section. Remember this is only an estimated threat, you can always win any matchup if you're good enough (or if they're bad enough).”
Alan234 says “PTA Build
Cho has a lot of sustain but keep poking and maybe you will get a dive/kill on a bad cho (with bad i mean anything under master so yeah). Its important to dodge q when you suspect a gank because it spells immidate doom with flash r. Get Liandrys and Demonic Embrace for the double %hp burn if he is going tank”
qveenevelynn says “Well played he is quite hard to fight. Try your best to avoid his stuns and silence. Be carefull to his ult. U will need your jgler help on this one i guess”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “Chogath is not really a hard lane unless you get hard camped. Try to avoid getting slowed by his autos with the spikes activated and trade often with him after he uses that ability. BORK > Rageblade is the way to go vs this one.”
The Rock Titan says “"[Grasp, Corrupting Potion, W > Q] - If possible, don't leash for your jungler... you need lvl1 prio in this lane, you need to gets to the minion and start charging Grasp first! - Start E lvl1, and trade Grasp autos with him - He's annoying but you can try to kill him if he makes a mistake
- He can't really kill you too consistantly but he will if you give him the chance to
- Dodge his knock up, fairly easy to dodge
- Early game, Try to get grasp procs While not taking too much damage yourself
- Once he gets some HP and MR..., you just want to farm and get out of lane phase fast. You won't be able to do anything against him anymore
- If the Cho is bad at farming early on, you can actually win the lane"”
DippyDan says “Very strong Tank and can kill you if you play poorly. Will rush bramble and steelcaps. TIPS: [1] Get CUTDOWN rune. [2] If he ever uses Q near you, you can Q W to stun. [3] Keep pressuring sidelane to keep him away from team.”
Chease says “His R deals true dmg but its not an execute so you can block it with your W shield (Expirienced cho players will Q/W you before using R), try to walk up to him when his Q is on cd.”
Justkb says “You can abuse Cho if he uses his Q too frequently within the wave. Once you have a freeze it is really easy to run him down with a Flash E, W, AA Q to then finish him off near his tower. This has a high success rate when Cho is at about 60% HP.”
Fan22 says “Cho' gath its a tank like you and deals magic damage, however what makes him a deadly threat for you its the big True damague in his ultimate and also he has good poke and better sustain than you.
Going corrupting pot. let's you stay in lane as long as he.
Going mercs helps tor educe his damage and CC, making it a really good option in early game.
Sunfire aegis + demonic embrace works really well agaisnt him since Cho its really durable, and maokai its also good especially in long fights, also demonic deals a % of Chos Health.
try to not let him farm for free so he doesnt sustain so much. Remember his Q has high mana cost. ”
Rhoku says “Cho'Gath CAN be problematic but is mostly free food for Mordekaiser. You Liandry Rylai combo works extremely well against him, your ult does wonders as he is just a big ball of stats for you to steal from, and in lane, all he can even do into you is sit in bush, hit his abilities and cheese a kill or two which wont even help. Just dodge the knock up and a pull should equal a kill every time.”
Phrxshn says “This can be either a easy or hard-match up if you cannot dodge his skillshot. Juke out his Rupture(Q) and Feral Scream(W). Avoid fighting Cho'gath if you are low health as his Feast(R) can execute you. (Recommended Items: Abyssal Mask) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Even or Cho'gath if he lands everything) (Outscaling Edge: Even)”
Fuu Enju says “Cho'Gath is very easy to burst early game. Try to bait out his abilities before going in. Late game, he will be too tanky. You will need to make sure you have an ADC or someone with a lot of damage and peel for them.”
sock217 says “Skill matchup. He does alot of damage and has some solid cc. You can W away and shield his ult though. You win early trades if his E, Vorpal Spikes, is down.”
Xerath gaming says “Free matchup, dodge his Q and hit your E. He has no way to escape you unless he flashes, so there's that. When you get 6 you'll end up getting fed if the cho is bad”
Phrxshn says “This can be either a easy or hard-match up if you cannot dodge his skillshot. Juke out his Rupture(Q) and Feral Scream(W). Avoid fighting Cho'gath if you are low health as his Feast(R) can execute you. (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Dr.Mundo or Cho'gath if he lands everything) (Outscaling Edge: Even)”
Phrxshn says “This can be either a easy or hard-match up if you cannot dodge his skillshot. Juke out his Rupture(Q) and Feral Scream(W). Avoid fighting Cho'gath if you are low health as his Feast(R) can execute you. (Recommended Items: Blade of the Ruined King) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Warwick or Cho'gath if he lands everything) (Outscaling Edge: Even)”
Phrxshn says “This can be either a easy or hard-match up if you cannot dodge his skillshot. Juke out his Rupture(Q) and Feral Scream(W). Avoid fighting Cho'gath if you are low health as his Feast(R) can execute you. (Recommended Items: Blade of the Ruined King) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Trundle or Cho'gath if he lands everything) (Outscaling Edge: Even)”
Kartagoo says “This lane is a bit Mundo favored cuz your passive makes his trades worse. But respect his Grasp E trade so watch out for that. And his passive gives him a lot of sustain killing minions. Ult early when he gets 6 and u are low so you dont get bursted by his R. Let him push in so hes easy gankable cuz no escape Champ.”
SavagePridestalker says “This matchup is pretty easy from the start, but after an item or two he will start doing more damage than you do, he will be tankier than you and most likely more useful than you.”
Phrxshn says “This can be either a easy or hard-match up if you cannot dodge his skillshot. Juke out his Rupture(Q) and Feral Scream(W). Avoid fighting Cho'gath if you are low health as his Feast(R) can execute you. (Recommended Items: Blade of the Ruined King) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Sett or Cho'gath if he lands everything) (Outscaling Edge: Cho'gath)”
Savage_XZ says “This is a skill match-up that is decided on landing skills. Cho 'Gath presents a small threat with his execute ulti which prohibits sustained healing in a close fight but is also rather slow.”
Farmer Cleetus says “Extreme threat late game and mid game, he can kill you way to easy and is a tank with 5000 health. Poke him so much as possible in early game so he can't grind for stuff etc.”
Gospodin Bure says “Same case as with Sion, dodge his skillshots, reset your passive on him a couple times and you've got a roast roach. I wouldn't suggest fighting between levels 6 and 13 as he can outplay you by just rightclicking you and pressing R. Post 13 you can kite the hell out of him.”
SanLourdes says “Cho'Gath is a tough champion for you to deal with because of how much CC he has. His Q and his W can disrupt your Q, and they are both on relatively low cooldowns. His ultimate will shut you down in extended fights, and he can just use his Q to stop you from chasing him down after you are dead. He also is extremely tanky if he builds tank items. Even if you don't feed him, it will always be hard to kill him later on in the game. Thankfully he isn't played very much.”
slogdog says “Cho Gath is a pretty rough matchup, as you have to go for a very rough all in to kill him, as you cannot poke him, because he can sustain off the ghouls with his passive. He can also R your maiden, so don't just randomly throw it out, as he will take a free snack. Just play and look around for opportunities with your jungler.”
Byku2506 says “Skill matchup, you have to play agressive against him, if you will freeze lane, he will poke you with Q and beat you by eating you. So pay attation and dont stop attacking him. I prefer to slow push him 24/7 and you will probably win lane.”
a1a7s45 says “Cho'Gath can be an extreme threat if you don't have the team to burst him down. All in him every chance you get so he can't be the late game monster that he is. He stacks HP so go for the standard build but replace Stridebreaker for Divine Sunderer and get Blade of the Ruined King earlier say around after Black Cleaver
Cho is a 3 to 4 on the ban scale. He becomes close to unkillable late game so prevent his apperance is the best way to counter him if you're not up for him.”
oogoogerson says “Cho'Gath is horrible against singed. Your movement speed is too much for him later in the game and he cannot hit a Q on you. You can bully him hard early game as well. Take Teleport because you can kill him without ignite.”
Safolet says “A matchup that I love. Cho'gath has nothing to do with your E mobility, your percentage damage with W, and your slow with Q. The only tool for Cho'gath to do something to you in his R, but then you realize that if you are in MiniGnar, Cho'gath will not be able to approach you, and if you are in MegaGnar, as soon as Cho'gath approaches, you have many ways to move him away or stun him and then exit the fight with the E and have a trade favorable.”
Waros037 says “he is hard in early , like in late game , he has so much defense cleaver is helpfull against him, he don't have dmg but he is strong in long fights”
Bombabo says “Play carefully against Cho'Gath. Make sure that he does not poke you in lane without repercussions, and avoid using your W until after he uses his knockup.”
SethPRG says “His only real threat to you is his W silence and when he can ult you, but you should realistically never be low enough in lane to have Cho'Gath chomp you. Play aggressive against this million year old boy and freeze on him as much as possible. When you all-in him make sure to interrupt one of his E's AA animations with your E. Dodge his Q and you win, and it's even easier when you get level 6 as you can ult out of his Q. Just be careful when you're on low HP and don't save your W forever as he can ult you for a lot of true damage. Take Mercury Treads pretty early on to make your life easier, build Divine Sunderer as your Mythic and Black Cleaver as your 2nd item if he's armor stacking, or go Trinity Force into Abyssal Mask if he is running an AP build. If Cho'Gath ever walks up as the frontline for his team, just Alt+F4 his entire team by ulting him on them. ”
XtheZ115 says “Silences don't stop your gas, but your flings will suffer if you can't time them when you want. Avoid letting yourself get too low, as his ult makes your health bar suddenly disappear. ”
lol Wero says “Possibility one of the easiest match ups. you can rush Blade of the ruined king to punish him more for building health. he cannot out damage you.”
Lupus_ToplaneMain says “Id say its easy, because you can parry his q really easy or dodge it. He isnt really mobile but might have glacial augment. Its also a good idea to parry his silence, because that is a huge threat later on in the game.”
Sporkintahn says “Fairly easy lane.--- He can't fight you early, avoid his Q's and Kite away from his E procs where he has to Auto you.---Once he reaches 6 he becomes dangerous as his ult is an execute like yours that deals a large amount of flat true damage. So do not get below half hp around him if you aren't actively trying to all in him.--- Should be an easy lane but he does scale very well into the late game and can get very tanky. --- A Cleaver wouldn't be a bad option against him if you're struggling and he's stacking armor.”
El Leon Gnar says “Cho has fallen far out of meta, and even before then he wasn't a threat to Gnar. Play around mid-range v.s. him, abuse him with your W procs, and make sure not to get knocked up out of your E and it's an easy lane.”
joelspaho121 says “Heavily darius favored because of how immobile and bad cho'gath is earlier on.
d blade start with sorc tree.
cho gath is really easy to deal with because of how immobile he is and because of his incredibly low damage.if he get caught by your e, it most likely means hes dead which means you should be looking to freeze lane right after.dont allow cho'gath to walk up and proc grasp without going unpunished because if you let him do so continually it'll lose you the lane, so never hesitate to fight cho gath if he walks up too far.Try not to keep the lane even as he outscales you at 2 items so always try to be aggressive(similar to the camille matchup).”
doozy99 says “When he stacks his HP up, you can stomp their backline with this guy, pretty easy to deal with in lane. You can also go Flash and Ghost in this matchup.”
Unholy Vanity says “Cho'gath is nothing to be afraid of. Whilst he has a great amount of CC, you should be able to avoid any of his abilities and disengage quickly from any situation.”
UlisesFRN says “Any tank with HP/Armor stacking is going to be a pain. You will deal poor damage to them unless you rush either BOTRK or Sunderer. Try to not die early and hold the lane until you can trade with them. At lvl 6 you gain passive Armor Pen”
DaSticks says “Should be able to dodge his Q. Don't stand behind minions so his E splash hits you. Auto him when he goes for minions. All in is quite easy and cho is actually fairly squishy early game.”
Godidi says “Cho'Gath is one of Teemo's worst matchups... Well, kinda. You see, if you take the movement speed runes and spells and the proper anti tank items, you will see that Cho isn't as scary as he actually may seem (I'm saying not as scary, not saying that he isnt scary). With your high af movement speed, if you can kite Cho'Gath well, using shrooms and movement speed in your favor, you will see that he is just an oversized minion, as his Ult and Q are his main damage sources, so, if he cant hit any of those, he doesnt do damage at all. Take movement speed runes, spells and items.”
NPGRiven says “Get push priority so Cho'gath is unable to poke you under his tower with your Q. Level 1 all-in, you will win as long as you aren't in a minion wave. At 6 you can all-in him around 60% hp. If you are below 50% hp yourself, don't try fight him.”
Kaizin says “Be unpredictable in your movements so he can't land Q knock up. Take short trades from level 3 with e into q stun auto and w. Be careful of his level 6 all in.”
MikaeraKun says “Easy matchup before he hits level 6. You should be careful after that, as he is as tanky as many of the now broken champions, especially if he rushes Sunfire.”
deathwalker7119 says “One of your easiest tank matchups, simply parry his Q and poke with vitals whenever he walks up. Take Doran's shield into him usually so you don't get low enough to R. You should try and develop a lead before bramble vest, as once he has it unless you have a lead he might proceed to absolutely shit on you for rest of lane.”
SirGRC says “Worth a Ban: No
Odds are he will be missing his Q because of your W and E but other than that he will be landing everything else. He is also very hard to kill even with just a few ult stacks. A void staff is going to be a must. I played a game against a OTP Cho’Gath and something I noticed about him was that he was missing a lot of Qs when you are on top of him. Maybe that was just him or maybe it is something that a lot of Cho’Gath players do.”
ApollonATH says “Surprisingly easy lane for voli. You can 1v1 him easily for the first 6 levels and if you get a lead you can tower dive him with your jg with no risk. Dont let him outscale you”
PK Noob says “Trading with Cho'Gath in lane is nearly impossible with his silence (W), and knock up (Q). If you walk up he will do his W, Q, then walk away safely. You won't be able to stop him from scaling, but with your lane prio you can roam around the map. ”
Humitaxx says “The only things you must be careful of is getting abused by his knockup, since you are the most vurnerable at that time, going tank can help you reduce the chance of getting ulted, but you need to snowball fast and avoid getting tons of damage, even if you think you can use it to your advantage.”
JeanMichelBambi says “Dodging the knock up is the only thing to do against cho'gat, your abilities deal more damage than his in most situations and he should be easy to beat”
Nekosett says “Just like many tanks him playing this character just means more damage in teamfights when you ult a high hp immobile tank in the heart of there team dealing sometimes 1+ dmg its insane how one ult with a fed cho gath could mean a the team fight is won no matter how behind you may be ”
Jurgmund says “weirdest tank to go up against cuz if you fuck anything up ur gonna get hard punished cuz this champs damage is actually insane post 6
also he likes to eat the maiden, be careful”
Excuruseh says “Watch out for execute, although you can burn it with clone. You have multiple gap closing abilities for him to miss his knockup, and you can easily kill him with Divine Sunderer and Q. I recommend building the Black Cleaver in this case if it is tank Cho.”
gps1mx says “Hard lanning phase, try not to get poked by his E and Q, and post 6 never fight him if he has ult, unless you are really ahead, in this matchup there is almost nothing to do when behind.”
TwoKingzz says “Lethal tempo - max w - get tier 1 boots and blade of the ruined king asap. Play smart and look to dodge his Q and you can get free kills if he overextends. Splitpush him to death and track enemy jg.”
Womsky says “Scaling/mixed set up, El cocaracho, he is a fat champion, has no dashes, you can get fury and spin on him lvl 1 and beat him up especially if he doesnt start Q, later on just dodge his Q and you good, in mid game all u need is to watch out for his ulti, and use ur ulti sooner than usual, cause he can suprise u with his burst sometimes, outside of that, a fun matchup”
RealIreliaCarriesU says “This guy has a huge model so hitting your skills on him is super easy. He is also super squishy early on so you can start Q and look to build your passive and fight him early. You can also avoid all of his abilities with your Q granted you have minions around you. The only way you really lose is if you get hit by everything and he has minion advantages. Its also risky after 6 if you misstep as he can easily chase you down due to your low base movement speed and kill you. Fight with full passive and land your R and E, use minions to avoid his skill shots and you will win. Be careful of the jungler, it's the only way you really lose this lane.
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MagicallyDelish4 says “Try to get lane prio with a slow push. You're able to level one all in away from his minion wave. Use E and Qs to dodge W and Q. At level 6 you can all in around 60% hp if you're even with items and level. Step away from cs if he's using E. ”
tibs2 says “Don't trade autos unless you have shield and just kite him with q. Look to set up ganks because cho'gath cannot escape them. As long as you don't walk into his q's you are just hard chillin.”
SadmanV3 says “Cho'Gath whilst potentially deadly in the early game, can be slowly outscaled by Nasus over time, furthermore, baiting out Cho'Gaths Silence and stun makes him vulnerable.
Tips for laning Cho'Gath
1. Avoid his Stun
2. Avoid getting poked by his projectiles from his E
3. Avoid getting silenced and ganked.”
Ratakor says “go MR, pay attention to his ult, he regen at the last hit with passive, his silence is more important than your Q, his emp AA hits in max HP”
svjade says “He can scale to a tremendous amounts of health which will make it impossible to kill him unless Akali has high damage. It is very important to not let him get fed early game.”
XD001 says “You will nearly never die in this matchup until lv 8-9 or so when he gets item, so just focus on getting good CS. Even when he gets item its really hard to die to him. Cho'Gath has good gank set ups so make sure to ward river and track enemy jg. Use E to dodge his knockup. If he's building tank don't bother fighting him, you will deal no damage. If he built AP watch out for the Everfrost root or you will be CC chained into knockup + silence + R. 90% of the time its just a farm lane as Ekko and Cho'Gath don't have the tools to kill eachother. Grievous wounds is nice, but not necessary vs him. Mid-Late game look to match him in a side lane and TP to fights. In team fights, try to avoid/go around him and 1 shot the back line. Cho'Gath outscales Ekko.
Electrocute + sorcery + tp, If enemy team has 2 more tanks/bruisers take Conqueror + domination”
Cayteer says “Try to not get in a fight him since he wins, he cant abuse you that much if he misses his Q. Wait 6 and pull-combo him. When you are about to use ult , try to not misclick him in teamfights since he's so big.”
Noodles912 says “A good cho gath with spam Q at you. Stay away from minions to avoid W and E damage. Keep yourself healthy at all times, because his ult will destroy you if you are low. Recall if you need to . If he is low on mana, look to get him out of the lane to get some free guaranteed farm. If he goes AP chogath, mercs can help. ”
Buszman says “The only problem in this matchup is the initial sustain. by his passive skill. If you go into every his Q then you deserve to lose this matchup :))”
PiscesPomf says “SIMPLEST LANE FOR FIORA - DESTROY THE GAME !
Cho'Gath is the best champ to face when you play Fiora. His CC are really easy to parry and your passive detroys him. You can poke him for free, and when he's not to close of his turret parry one of his CC, ult, and get a kill ! You destroy him early, and it's worse in the late game: the biggest tank of the game is getting destroyed by your R.
abuses the character's weaknesses.”
OverlordOfTheLane says “too much slow hp damage and silence try to beat him early if ucant just wait for late game also i found something good if hes tank go crit with lord doms you can shred him ”
PoppingMoth says “Cho'Gath please stop healing and out scaling me by existing and getting a ruby crystal for eating my friend and me oh no please help”
SPJohnWD says “Cho in a duel loses nearly always as you can dodge his Q's with E1 and his silence does not last long enough to one shot you.
In this matchup sylas out scales cho as he can use his ult to scale his HP and become a menace to enemies team.”
TheShadowCotoco says “🇧🇷: MUITO CHATO, MUITO MESMO, JOGUE COM CONQUISTADOR, DESVIE DAS SKILLS E FAÇA MORELLONOMICON.
🇺🇸: VERY ANNOYING, PLAY WITH CONQUEROR, DODGE SKILLS AND MAKE MORELLONOMICON.”
PandoraPanda14 says “Cho'Gath can't really fight a Darius early on unless he's getting a gank. Be careful of his all-in at level 6. If you don't get hit by his Q, he can't really all-in you. Tank Cho is a bit of a pain to kill, but he shouldn't be able to kill you. Be careful of full ap-cho'gath all-in though.”
Urgodzilla says “His sustain makes it hard to kill him. If he goes Grasp, it becomes a little bit easier, if he goes Glacial Augment, it will be painful. Do your best to dodge his Qs and be careful about his lvl6 burst.”
teemodumbstupid says “He isn't much of a threat to you when you get Divine Sunderer, but he can be to your team. In teamfights W him so he can't reach your team. You will always win the 1v1 with Sunderer and Conqueror. Try to dodge his Q in laning phase.”
ZeruelOP says “Literally hard to kill from the Silence of his W to his Q knockup you cant really win unless you ask for a gank
its best to try kill him as early as lvl 1 go for the E 1st then try bullying him early when he goes for that juicy CS”
jmp_01_ says “Can be annoying at some point, if you don't get hit by his Q - Rupture, you pretty much win any trade. Care after level 6 - he can just silence you and eat you while you have your full-charged W - Haymaker. Also if he got some bonus HP - simply ult him into the enemy team for big damage.”
Kokob5 says “So long as you avoid his knock ups you'll win by the time you're level 6. If you are low don't greed because he'll just run you down and chomp you.”
negoZoma69 says “Just another farm lane where you have a small window to kill lvs1-6. After he gets his items you will mainly be dodging his abilities and trying to outperform him in teamfights.”
Draconic56 says “Cho Gath is not a problem for Mordekaiser he doesn't really stand a chance you beat him in all-ins pre 6. After level 6 your ult does wonders as he is just a big ball of stats for you to steal from”
KingFershid says “I feel like this is an easy matchup for Graves, try to dodge his Rupture and kite him, don't engage him after 6 if you think that he has R.”
Spacix6 says “You will most likely kill him under lvl 6, then he will probably build morello for anti-healing and start killing you with his ult
Avoid trading against Cho since he has sustain and have a lot CC after lvl 6”
Dorom says “Now Cho'Gath is pretty strong right now and Gangplank can't fight him that much, but early game level 2-3 you should win. Look out for his Q as it enables him a knock-up + silence and 3 slows in a row, leading to you being fairly easy to chomp down level 6 or easy to get ganked.”
SanLourdes says “Cho'gath is hard to deal with, especially after level 6. His ultimate being able to execute many champions on low health is going to be very tough for you, as most of your damage done and time spent dueling is when your health is below 30%. He also is a very tanky champion and his CC will constantly interrupt your initiations. Build Divine Sunderer and Black Cleaver. ”
SpartanDumpster says “He has more ranged abilities that you can potentially ignore with your W, and you can wear down tanks fairly well. The main problem is that his ult is a close ranged execute, and Gwen doesn't have much HP, so you need to get ahead of him early, before he hits level 6, to prevent it from being a threat. His E gives him stronger trading, so look to bait him to activate it then punish him while it's on CD.”
pioj12 says “Here's an easy matchup bc of all your slows and kite you can dodge a lot of chogaths kit.
In early try to dodge his skills and bully him.
The only threat is at lvl 6 when cho gets a power spike bc of his R.
You can try to all in him as mega but I don't think you can oneshot him.
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goblinKappa says “Just like Nasus, Cho'Gath is a farming champ, so when laning against one, you run the chance of playing against a passive (for the most part) Cho'Gath, use this to your advantage, but if the Cho isnt passive, just try your best to dodge his abilities and focus on your farming”
LaZyM says “Cho'Gath is difficult to make plays upon because of his silencing abilities so getting picks on him will only be possible with a jungler's assistance. U can still win lane however if u are able to CS better. Take teleport.”
The_Real_Wickd says “Cho'Gath is a champion you can beat. I would recommend to keep the wave exactly in the middle or to let him push slightly towards you. It's important that you don't push. If you push the wave under his tower he will have a super easy time staying alive, and healing with his passive every time he kills a minion. It's also super important that you're able to dodge his Q's in lane. The easiest way it to predict when he's going to use it to last hit minions and side step it at that time. That way he losses mana, and you have an easy time dodging.”
raede says “Cho'Gath can definitely be an issue if he gets to free farm or even gets fed but it's fairly easy to annihilate him in lane. A combo I use on him during tower dives is E Q W then Ring as soon as the knockup comes. This way you avoid the knockup and he can't W silence you since he's still stunned.”
jpaul2077 says “Rush boots early to dodge his Q more easily. You can also use your E to dodge it as well if you are slowed. Be wary of his burst when he hits level 6 as his ultimate does true damage. It may get difficult to duel Chogath late game if he has too many R stacks.”
KingNklaus says “He is got really good damage for a tank but he is a HP tank so he is countered by nature of how Mordekaiser works and his items should be easy ”
TrueAlimain says “Hes getting big over time and is annoying in general but you can literally fight any champ you want, as long as your will is strong enough. You counter nearly any champ!
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MrShykun says “LANE FACILE ESQUIVEZ LES Q'S MATCHUP FREE APRES LE LEVEL 3.PRENEZ CONQUEROR ET SORCELLERIE. Cho’Gath est un champion un peu ennuyeux à gérer. La seule chose que vous devez savoir dans cette lane est de savoir comment éviter ses Q's. . Son knock up ruine votre all in car il vous ralentit après et il lui permet de vous combo avec le z et de s'éloigner puisque vous serez réduit au silence. Faites attention level 1 si il start E. Lors de la phase de lane vous devrez vous assurez que vous gagner les trades car il va sustain avec son passif sur les sbires. Ne loupez pas vos Q. Si chogath joue ap et que vous esquivez le Q c'est un free kill. Et si il joue tank c'est une free lane. Ne pas oubliez également que chogath est un champion sans mobilité et que donc une fois a son corp a corp vous avez gagner. En late game si il devient trop tanky lors des teamfights, ignorez le juste mettez lui 5 stacks et courez dans son équipe.”
Lunarisen says “Cho'gath is your equal when build tank, he'll try to farm and outscale as the enemy team's tank; but as he relies on his ult while you just need to farm minions, you'll come out on top as long as he doesn't get too many kills early.”
Pawn Sacrifice says “Ok, he's annoying. If he builds tank, it will be not easy to kill, but he must know how to play the matchup against you... if he misses his Q, just go for it...”
Reformed Ravi says “he can chomp your maiden so be careful and dont fuck with him level one if he starts e. Take conq and rush cleaver into him and you should be ok despite the hard matchup”
Alekra says “Can go either way but if you time your trades correctly, it is Garen favoured i would say. Use your Q movementspeed to dodge his Q and avoid trading with him when he has his E up. Without his ult he doesn't really have killpressure and he has no mobility so you can stack your E for free.”
IkorasBadIdea says “Again can't do much if not in melee range. Be careful of the knock up and you should be fine. Cho'gath can't get the feast stacks from you if your healing on them from R-W. His large amount of health will be problematic late game so, you generally want the max health burn items such as Liandry's Anguish and Demonic Embrace.”
Erenando says “You both simply just farm. He will often try to deny your stacks, but he won't be able to fight you without his jungler. So just be sure to have lots of vision control”
czrmtz24 says “Do not fight Cho'Gath. He is too tanky late game and he can kill you early with his E slow. Take your free farm and use your gold to help your team.”
lulw says “Pretty easy. He can also be used as a bomb in teamfights. Only thing you should be scared about him is his R and silence. If your below half hp do NOT get knock up. You will get 1 tapped since you can't haymaker during silence. Once you get bork playing against him gets way easier. His hp scaling only helps you do more damage. Try to get a good R with him in teamfights. ”
ToinoEscaca says “Not so much of a threat, early game he can't do that much damage to kill you and if you can zone him early he does nothing in the team fights. Just be careful for his Ultimate.”
GrGamingTeo says “If you run full speed at Cho'Gath he will use his Q on top if him so just run either to you left or to your right and you are goo. Now a Cho'Gath after lv6, a coule of R stacks and maybe oen or two items is unkillable, he will always run away with 10 hp and it's the most annoying thing ever. Honestly just don't try to fight him at that point he is not worth your time.”
Olaf Only says “Difficult to kill but isn't a threat.
Try to freeze and deny him all the CS that you can. You win 2v2's with your jungler and Cho'Gath is easy to kite in teamfights.”
LunaticDancer says “Skill match up. You need MR. The main things to be wary of is that him killing your ghouls gives him health and mana, so don't waste them uselessly, and he can eat your Maiden with his R, which is an asshole move. But you do beat him in an even 1v1, so just don't get outpaced in the first 5 levels and you'll stomp the lane.”
lolkayleee says “SCROLL DOWN FOR DETAILED MATCHUP INFORMATION
Take Conqueror w/ bloodline + ravenous hunter.
Play aggressive early so he can't heal off minions with his passive.
I don't play this matchup too often but it's like any other tank matchup. Don't die to the jungler, farm up, get items, and you wreck him super hard late game in the side lane.”
SpyDaFX says “very annoying, go doran's shield, ask for ganks, get a lead before level 6 or you will probably lose the lane (his ult counters you). try to roam. you CAN win the lane before 6 if he decides to go ap, then it's very easy if you dodge his stuff (Q/W/E), if he goes ap and u run press the attack it's a free lane. but you cant predict what runes he goes so still, go Conqueror.”
tasie456s says “He has very good sustain with his passive, and good poke. be careful of the silence, can stuff you over in a trade. His silence into r is deadly vs you. ”
Ravenborne says “Depends on his build. If he goes AP, there is a chance he will just poke you down from afar with Q and then go for the final all-in, so be sure to try and dodge his Q. If he goes Tank, this matchup is very easy because he lacks the Damage to kill you early on and all you have to do is play around his cooldowns and his Q knockup - if you manage to to dodge his Q you will most likely get a free trade or even a kill.”
Rank_1_Idiot says “You won't beat him in lane, as he will outsustain you and scale, and he can all-in you rather easily with his large amounts of cc. However, Cho'gath is easily gankable, so get your jungler ahead.”
mobsterplatypus says “Build magic resist and try to prevent him from stacking. He has poor mobility similar to mordekaiser with high killing power, especially if he goes AP. If he's tank, rush riftmaker ASAP and if he's AP build spectres cowl quick and merc treads quick (also helps with silence). Try to cheese his ultimate with your W.”
Kil4fun says “I don't understand why people say he's good into Kayle. Use your movement speed to dodge his knockup. If he can't get to you you can poke him for days. He will out sustain you but you can still chunk him out with auto attacks. Don't fight him level 1 as you will lose.”
Bear24 says “Start q and run him down lvl 1, remember to dodge his q. At lvl 2 take w and flash q, w ignite. When tower diving him you can dodge his q with your ult ”
MarkFromSingedMains says “Q is easy to dodge and his W doesn't stop your Q toggle. Meme champ into Singed, just don't get R'd whilst trolling under tower.”
wff010 says “Your W blocks his ult. The only time his ult should kill you is if he saves his silence/knockup before his ult, which he will do if he's smart. However, as long as you dodge his q in fights, you should win. Plus, he's a cho'gath. Ult him onto the enemy carry and get a one shot whether you won lane or not.”
Devilofthewest says “Chogath is really difficult to deal with, They have a ton of built in sustain and a really great knock up poke skill that can ruin your farming experience. They will either build full tank or go Damage, either way really sucks because it will be really hard to kill him if they are tank and really annoying getting poked by damage cho. The way i deal with chogath is i take ELECTROCUTE and burst him everytime electrocute is up, you will have to beat him early game or he will out scale you and you'll lose lane. (DONT LET HIM EAT YOU also bring IGNITE xD)”
kingchas2 says “Just dodge his Q by using your W. A well-timed ult can block his R and you can just chop him down. Once you have Bork you can just kill him. If he build AP then you can kill him as soon as you are 6.”
xxskipskipxx says “You can go for a lvl 1 trade with fast Q combo but keep in mind not to get hit by his Q
Dodge his Q!
Dont go close to the wave when he is farming with his E active!
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LoLReal says “No threat to us at all. Spells can be annoying to dodge since we are immobile but we win at all points in the game. Straight forward match up. Trade hard.”
Dannala says “Cho'gath will easily consume your minions with his plethora of AoE, however he's big and slow which makes for easy poking. As long as you aren't hit by his Rupture you should be fine early, mid and late. Need anti heal ASAP, potentially starting first part, B and TP once you have enough if you aim to kill (not suggested).”
aurus666lol says “If he goes AP, go Phase Rush to get slow resistance, if tank, don't let him scale! His E is annoying and it deals big damage, so I recommend Hexdrinker and PTA, OF COURSE IF HE GOES TANK!”
Heckin says “This is a very tricky champ to put into a single bracket in. Early game it feels that you are winning, but after lvl 6 you just start loosing, but that's okay. SO JUST POKE SO THAT HE CANT HEAL OFF OF HIS PASSIVE.”
ineptpineapple says “Pretty tricky with that ult he can eat you before you really feel like you need to back off. And he can do that weird long rage knockup to interupt you and then eat you. STAY AWAY and you should be ok. If you feel he is going to ult you ult him first and get away or kill him.”
Hyzerik says “Nothing to worry about, dodge his knock up and punch to death. He doesn't have a good get away and if he silences you, keep punching. Bring tenacity instead of bloodline.”
lulw says “Don't let him land his knockup, it does a lot of damage early, and he will run you down if you get hit, Dont worry you have your dashes. Try to dodge his silence with your e. Take short trades. Try to fake all in and bait out his like autos with spikes idek tf they are but they do damage. CHO GOD IF ITS BALORI DODGE”
NoFriendsPlayLoL says “Extremely abuseable pre-6. Rush your mythic item as you want damage and to HP stack to reduce dying to his ult. Always pay attention to how many stacks he has and how much true damage his ultimate does.”
Raideru says “Very easy in early game u always try to bait him to auto so u press e and run him down try to dodge the q if u do the outtrade will be very big. Later on he becomes annoying because of his one shot ult lvl 11+”
TioKirb says “Ok, Cho'Gath may be kind of hard to deal with at level 1 if he has his E, but you can be aggressive enough to hit him and avoid his other abilities at level 2 onwards. If you do everything right, he has no way of getting close to you without receiving massive quantities of damage.”
LeSocair says “Abuse him or he'll abuse you, be quick to do this since his 6 is very strong.
Don't get knocked up, obviously. Your worst fear here is him building Hydra, it's actually so damn c*ncer.”
sauronkaiser says “Not usually a big threat. He can use his Q to prevent your engage and heals a lot with your ghouls but still not the big thing like most tanks. Care his ultimate, of course.”
RedNBlue says “Easy fight until the Cho'Gath decided to build Full AP and max his Q first to be pokey and annoying beyond the point of wanting to murder him.”
AmericanNut says “Cho' Gath's can be good or bad, be careful when trading low level, and at higher levels don't let him reduce your health below his threshold.”
PinjaPJ says “Proxy vs this guy if you can, depends on the jungler. He's literally all skillshots but will doo-doo on you if he gets a good Q. If he gets ahead get rylai's as that will instantly make you have more impact during teamfights.”
EU_Toxicity says “Tank cho'gath is a minor threat. AP cho'gath is a bit harder to face early on. Rush Cleaver vs tank Cho, Magic resist vs AP.
Regardless of his build, try to look for an opportunity to all-in (for example right after he misses his Q). Do not waste your time poking/short trading as his passive will just heal him back up again and he'll win the sustain battle.”
iZeal says “Cho'Gath's early game is pretty much entirely focussed around his sustain. Slowpush so he loses a lot of minions and is forced to farm from afar with his mana-intensive abilities or freeze the wave on your side of the map to deny Cho the ability to trade with you, then run him down. Don't get hit by his Qs. If he goes the Glacial Augment route he is extremely squishy but can deny you the ability to teamfight properly with his spammable slows.
DBlade or Dshield, Swifties are helpful vs Glacial Cho, otherwise proceed with Phage.”
bocchicken says “he out sustains you with his passive and out pushes you with his E, but he cannot kill you. Let him push you in and use your Q+W+R to set up easy ganks for your jungler.”
DarkNavarre says “Cho doesn't really present much of a threat as long as you aren't failing to dodge his knockup, as without it, he has no reliable way to get on top of you and you can kite him easily.”
NoxianBlood says “Cho Gath can be a Tank melter with his spikes, but he has little to defend himself, so kiting him and few stuns and slows, even though he has a lot of hp he won't be fast enough to burst you down, so in team fight just stun him allot of times, and he will drop, just try to protect your squishies he will certainly munch them if they get too close. putting your team in a rough spot by eliminating one of your teammates and it might be the ADC and will already take off your entire damage output. ”
byThiagus says “Freezeale la wave.. Sali con la segunda pagina de runas y espada de doran, DESTRUILO, chogath es un champ con mucho sustain pero no puede hacer NADA en all in contra vos. solamente no le pushees como un descerebrado y forzale trades largos SIEMPRE, te hace outsustain.”
Stijnzxz says “Chogath aint the biggest problem early.. however he can stack some HP and if he goes AP and he hits all hes abilities ur kinda fuckt so keep hes cd early in mind and if u play it cool u can 1v1 him be aware of hes JG.”
Leukasdf says “Literally doesn't harm you. You beat him early and you can burst him down with Serylda's Grudge. Use your q's for poking as you would do for every matchup and you'll win against him easily.”
AWierdShoe says “Contest the push level 1 with Q and try to hit level 2 before him. if you do, just taunt him and hard trade level 2, preferably with the 6-Emp auto trade if you can position the blade correctly before you hit level 2. Avoid getting into long trades where he gets to E-auto you 3 times (if you’re equal levels), and don’t get hit by Q’s and you should win this lane every time early on. Punish your lead hard, don’t let him free farm once you got one.”
TrinityForceYasuo says “He's pretty annoying to face. Has good sustain from passive,decent wave clear,annoying silence and tanky. Try to predict his Q, dodge it,while he uses E stay away from the minions or go in front of him use W and poke him while he AA's the minions. Buy bork against him, it helps sustain and is pretty good against tanks. Try to punish against any melee champs like cho when they go for minions especially early levels so you can have a good potential to all in them a bit later (if you have ignite the chance is even bigger) also on top against any match up I personally freeze and it helps me a lot to win the lane+when the enemy oversteps you have a good chance there to run them down since yasuo wins extended trades against most champs ( Especially tanks) and you can also set up ganks this way.”
viktoreeu says “Walking meat.
Build a bit of fury and kill him.
If you are not behind then having Kraken = you win any trade or fight against him.
Dodge his Q means a free kill.
Press your damn R
Lethal tempo”
NickCola Tesla says “Strictly a farm lane. Neither of you can really kill the other without Jungle interference. You'll both just be looking to stack HP, but he's more useful late game because of his True Damage nuke! Once he completes his build and gets the Gargoyle Stoneplate, he'll be able to one shot your backline with his ult.
If he goes the AP route, he'll be poking you down, but an Adaptive Helm will do the trick against his Vorpal Spikes. Just make sure you dodge his Rupture, and don't get cheesed early on. If your backline can dodge his skillshots against the AP build, his ultimate won't be scaling nearly as much!”
StrikeX114 says “With point-and-click CC anywhere near him in his Q, it is extremely difficult to play anywhere remotely safe to him. Add to that his low health execution ability in his ultimate, and any damage you take stacks the odds greater in your opponent's favor. Do not hesitate to utilize your summoner spells if you deem it necessary to do so.”
Saarlichenbog says “Cho'Gath is barely a threat in lane with his poor base armour. Take advantage of him missing his Q for an early lead. He has relatively poor CC, poor base stats but good scaling. Outside of his poor sustain through his passive, there isn't really a way for him to win outside of ganks. Kraken Slayer is a must in this matchup for the late game as his natural scaling overtakes past 6 stacks of his ultimate which is why you have to play the lane to stall it as long as possible and get your items as fast as possible.”
Captain Dantems says “Ele não tem tanto dano antes do 6, então tente acabar com o jogo dele ai. Grasp ou conqueror. Poção corrupta, anel de Doran, cristal de safira com 3 poções de vida ou com refil.”
ItsPaulygon says “Pretty easy match up for you, even if he knocks you up, you can just jump onto him and trade back. There's no way you can lose lane against Cho'Gath. Just be weary of ganks.”
llametekudasai says “dodgea sus Q listo ese es todo lo que tienes que hacer, el problema es que su ulti es mas rápida que la de darius, asique si tienes pensado hacer un diveo con menos de la mitad de vida, te recomendaría no hacerlo, ya que el puede que te muerda mientras casteas la ulti.”
TheMightyNinja says “Q: Spawns a circle on the ground that after 0.5 seconds knocks up any enemies caught in it and slows them by 60% for an additional 1.5 seconds, you can dodge that easily, just make sure you don't stand in the minion wave as they may block your retreat.
W: Cho screams in a cone, any enemies caught in it are silenced. Be aware of that when you engage as he may delay your abilities.
R: You should always be aware of your health bar since his ultimate deals true damage and can execute you. If he tries to use ultimate on one of your allies don't rush with your ultimate to save them, true damage will bypass any shields resulting in you wasting your ultimate.
The matchup itself is pretty easy, you can set him behind right from the start by either a level 1 cheese or a level 1 push contest, get level 2 before him and try an extended trade.”
LOLArfopi says “Even though you do good in lane, he will 99.9% of the time camp your bot lane for easy Feast Stacks (his R). He spirals out of control once he gets tanky enough to sustain himself in fights. Constantly pressured in lane with his Q. If you do go against him, there are 2 things you can do. One, you have to play your lane perfectly. You dodge all of his Qs. You last hit every single minion. And you play around his cooldowns (meaning when he wastes Q, you have a 7 second window to get on him, E, deal dmg, then jump out. OR, 2nd, is to dodge. Honestly not worth it. Because your teammates will just feed him themselves while you're split pushing. So just ban.”
Klappy says “- Tradeos de Q+Pasiva en early
- Usa la M/S de tu pasiva y habilidades para esquivar sus Qs, si logras darte una Q es casi 100% seguro que te hara una rotacion perfecta de combos
- Al 6 puedes matarlo de all in si gasta su Q o W, o si tiene un 60% de vida”
aiSky says “Champions able to execute Kled in its dismounted form can be hard to play against.
However is not the end of the world. You can still destroy them, and as far as you keep mounted, and they wont be able to kill you with their ultimate.”
MrGasYourGirl says “Can be pretty bad in lane and with proxy. Look to cheese him early and all in level 2 with Ignite. Once he has 6 he will likely kill you if you fail to dodge his Q. ”
wolfclaw3812 says “Don't walk into his Q. If it shows up under you, drop whatever you're doing and GET OUT OF IT. Congrats, you've won lane. On-hit for this one. ”
Nicklstherealone says “You wont really lose your Lane but it will be hard to kill him. If you Grab him which is easy you can just run around him and meanwhile dodge his Q and if your W is active it wont get Silenced. Just Remember his Ult is Exexute so your E-Shield wont save you. ”
clalobaciel says “Laning is annoying because of his E damage while farming, but fighting him is easy. Parry the knock up, the ult, and he is nothing to you.”
BluSpy says “Build Divine Sunderer if he is full tank with a bruiser in the team. If he's ap or the only tank in the team go Goredrinker and just outsustain him with it.”
daito Okami says “D blade conq with cut down dom.
Don't let him free farm and use your movment speed/e to dodge his abilities respect his ult dmg and try to kite him.”
Lenter says “Try to take first blood on him so he does not get that lead. Later try to outscale him. If Cho is builing tank then build Sunderer. Mind that he can eat you if your low so use W as much as possible.”
Frostyfps says “This guy has a huge model so hitting your skills on him is super easy. He is also super squishy early on so you can start Q and look to build your passive and fight him early. You can also avoid all of his abilities with your Q granted you have minions around you. The only way you really lose is if you get hit by everything and he has minion advantages. Its also risky after 6 if you misstep as he can easily chase you down due to your low base movement speed and kill you. Fight with full passive and land your R and E, use minions to avoid his skill shots and you will win. Be careful of the jungler, it's the only way you really lose this lane.”
Time1Save says “It is sustained on the line, which complicates the constant poke, and after getting 6 LVL, it all depends on your microcontrol . But as long as you play with an advantage, you have to give your team an advantage as well .”
elphias says “You can realistically only beat him at the first 3/4 levels if he doesn't hit his abilities, other than that he outsustains you and out damages you.”
NightSoar says “ As long as you avoid his q and w as uch as possible, always juking them out, then you will be fine and might even get a chance to kill him!”
Delvoid says “Do not let him poke you. Wait for him to use Q before using your W and try to poke him with AA's as much as possible tos top his passive”
Mordekaiserrrrrrr says “Although Cho'Gath may seem extremely weak to you early, if he is building AP he can do a decent amount of damage with Q early and is quite a threat late game, so just try to fight him often early and mid game to prevent him from having a chance to grab cs and regain health and mana. ”
TangoVallhala says “Ez matchup watch out for his Q and poke him as much as possible. You can still lose this matchup so don't all in him if he has all CDs up, he has better sustain, can cc you, and execute you.”
Luceris says “Standard Grasp Runes
Build Trinity or Divine Sunderer as Mythic. Would recommend early boots to help dodge his Q. Keep bushes warded and dodge Cho'Gath Q and the lane is super free. He has no kill pressure on you if he misses Q and even if he does you can root him and then turn the trade on him in the early game. Farm stacks as well as the enemy lets you and look to build a BLACK CLEAVER fairly early on. Trinity helps dodge Q's and Divine Sunderer is great vs Tanky Cho'Gath. Overall easy lane as long as you play around his Q and poke him early.”
ArmandChad69 says “His immobile nature makes him yet another easy target for your bullying. However his CC chain is incredibly strong, be sure to dodge his Q properly”
EternalBadPlayer says “Cho´Gath this season is OP. I find it hard as hell to play versus Cho´Gath because of the items he builds and how much he does dmg. If you dont feed him early you have a chance to destroy him late game but if you give him 3 kills and 2 stacks or R, you just need to relly on ADC with Kraken slayer. His kit is so annoying, dmg, knockup, slow, silence and to top it off R similiar to Darius except he doesnt need stacks of his passive. He can just Flash + R and eat ADC. And his passive is op too. The sustain he gets is crazy.”
LoL destroyer says “All you have to do to beat Cho'Gath is get to him, you shred his armor and your ult will demolish him, if you hit your combos right you can easily take him. Be careful of his silence if you are low health, he can airborne, silence and then chomp.”
YoungTact says “Take Conqueror here. Apply Lane harass combo and dodge his Q to the best of your ability. Apply 1 Lane Harass Combo once you are level 3 and then once its just about to tick out go for an extended trade. ”
qasddsa says “Dodge his Q and be careful about his silence if you're in melee range. Max Q and E - late game the execute on E will be incredibly useful in killing him. Try to time your ult to when you think he will ult you if you're low. Definitely rush a Blade of the Ruined King.”
KajiKumihoAkukei says “Cho'Gath is very good at pushing waves, but luckily so are you.
Your most important task in this matchup is to keep him busy in lane so he can't gank other laner.”
PH45 says “Sustains mana as well so you will run out of mana faster in this matchup. He has no escapes though outside his summoners so when your jungler comes just CC him and you should be good to go.”
PH45 says “He will sustain a lot due to his passive but shouldn't really ever kill you unless you misplay hard. Poke him with Q and when his Q is on CD you can try to all in him since that is his only disengage. Cho is really vulnerable to ganks so ask your jungler to come for free kills if he keeps extending a lot.”
ERNESTSAURUS says “CONQUEROR / SPELLBOOK SETUP - DORANS SHIELD / 3 REJUVENATION BEADS + POT =
Cho'Gath is an inmobile tank with a lot of CC that can deal with Nasus pretty well specially since he has a true damage scaling ultimate. In laning phase you should try to predict where he's going to Q whenever he smashes the floor with his "foot" and then look to dodge it, if you wait for the circle to appear, its going to become more difficult since Nasus doesn't have a dash and is also inmobile. Cho'gath either go for a full AP Build or a Tank Build. If he goes Full AP just be carefull of his poke, he can deal a lot of damage to you that if your not playing properly, you won't be able to outsustain him, the downsite for him is that he is not tanky at all, so whenever you get some items and some MR you will be able to run him down as long as you start the fight with your ult. If he goes Full tank is the complete oposite, he won't have enough poke to get you out of lane, but he will be able to fight you in the midgame and if player properly, kill you. Once you are both full build, in a late game teamfight look to peel your team, usually Cho'gath will go for your ADC or a Squishy target in your team.”
SkellyBirb says “Cho'gath has quite a bit of damage for a tank. If he knocks you up he can easily burn your flash or ultimate. He also has a silence which can block your charm and ultimate which are very important to AD Ahri.”
SubHuman Filth says “Get scaling runes and build. You will never really poke down cho gath enough unless he sucks. His passive simply heals too much.
Focus on farm and poke when he misses Q.”
Grayified says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start. Cho'gath has high sustain and a 7 second crowd control knockup in a circle aoe. His knockup is fairly easy to dodge if you are looking for his cast animation on it, and Cho'gath is immobile (no dashes or bursts of movement speed) so if you can dodge his Q you can get really solid trades on him. Early game look to build up fury without taking too much damage from his E (his empowered auto attacks) then look to trade. Force an extended trade, by starting off trades with an auto attack when he goes for a minion that way you can save your spin to dodge his Q or to stick on top of him when he walks away (position your spin in between Cho'gath and his escape path which will usually be his turret) In the mid-late game, Cho'gath will be extremely difficult to dive, but you can beat him if he is far up in lane with an effective all in OR you can shove Cho'gath in and outrotate him with your superior mobility. Cho'gath's ult is EXTREMELY high burst so make sure if you fall into his ultimate execution range that you press R a little bit early.”
sionsionsionsion says “just farm you scale as well as him and you can maybe kill him every now and then this matchup is more about who has better macro”
I Am Goliath says “Cho'gath is very strong right now just because the way his ult works, he will probably out scale you in teamfights but lane should be in your favor, he HP stacks hard especailly with his ult giving base HP each time he eats something so your W is always going to do a lot of damage to him, not only that but he will be eating minions most likely to get his 6 stacks in lane so he basically doesn't have ult for awhile. You can pressure Cho'Gath a lot in lane but I think he is easier and tankier then Gnar out of lane.”
Nabura says “Shouldn't be too much of a problem unless he takes Glacial Augment, which then he becomes a Major/Extreme threat. Remember that his Q is a fairly low cooldown so you will have to dodge it a lot.”
STIERNACKENTYP says “Cho can be a problem when he gets ahead since u wont deal damage to him when he got armor and his ult is busted. Try to farm as much as possible and dont trade him since his passive heals him too much.”
EntxRecoil says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start. Cho'gath has high sustain and a 7 second crowd control knockup in a circle aoe. His knockup is fairly easy to dodge if you are looking for his cast animation on it, and Cho'gath is immobile (no dashes or bursts of movement speed) so if you can dodge his Q you can get really solid trades on him. Early game look to build up fury without taking too much damage from his E (his empowered auto attacks) then look to trade. Force an extended trade, by starting off trades with an auto attack when he goes for a minion that way you can save your spin to dodge his Q or to stick on top of him when he walks away (position your spin in between Cho'gath and his escape path which will usually be his turret) In the mid-late game, Cho'gath will be extremely difficult to dive, but you can beat him if he is far up in lane with an effective all in OR you can shove Cho'gath in and outrotate him with your superior mobility. Cho'gath's ult is EXTREMELY high burst so make sure if you fall into his ultimate execution range that you press R a little bit early.”
ZergDood says “You might want to take Conqueror in this matchup. He scales really hard, but he doesn't have mobility, and if he misses his stun, it's fairly over. Rush Executioner's Calling/Bramble Vest, build health/MR, don't let him farm, try to push and roam and get the match over as soon as possible. Get this thing far away from your carry, don't be afraid to R him.”
qazx1427 says “If they're good, they won't let you get within 100 feet of them until their HP bar is the size of a small building. If they suck, you can just bully them by freezing wave and abusing Liandry's.”
Ayanleh says “Easy matchup at all stages of the game. You have so much health later on in the game so his true damage will take little of your health early is easy and conqueror + passive just makes it easier.”
Spection says “VERY RARE. Thank god this guy's almost never a support. He's a CC powerhouse who does best when you're in his face. He will silence and knock you up to kingdom come and you can't really stop him. Do not pick Pantheon onto Cho'gath unless you want to feed.”
HIGH TEST TOP88 says “Skill matchup, he deals quite alot of damage earlygame and he can CC you before you can W and burst you down.
However, you have 2 spells that scale off max hp and if you can stick on him he melts like butter.
You can dodge his Q knockup with your R or the Q in its entirety, he will use it when you get on him most often.
Take MR”
Twist21 says “Maybe one of the easiest matchups , standard build and runes , just dont be a dummy and don't get him by his q , you will win easily if he can't cc you.”
ERNESTSAURUS says “GRASP (SCALING) SETUP - DORANS SHIELD + POT =
Chogath is an inmobile tank, he has a lot of damage with ult and his abilities are annoying to deal with as Nasus. Chogath has 2 ways of building, the full tank or the AP way, If he goes full tank, he will eventually build bramble vest when he realises you have legend bloodline, so look to outplay his item purchase by autoatacking him so gets tower aggro, while he mostlikely will try to proc demolish, if you aer below certain ammount of health try to disengage, he will stack you and become stronge than you. If he decides to go for the AP build, you simply just farm get Mercury's Treads and look to dodge his Q and burst him right after with ult and sheen, if he goes ap, he will simply not have the health or resistances to beat you. In this matchup a to go item is Spirit visage, since it will improve your healing and and give you 450 health to stop him from oneshotting you with ult, gives also CDR, Health regen, overall a must to go item into this matchup. If you feel confident you can go ghost in order to dodge the Q Knockup.”
Shumair says “This champ will just want to farm out the lane against you as he has no kill pressure on Mordekaiser. You can simply freeze the wave, sit back and watch him get measly amounts of CS with his vorpal spikes. If he ever dares walk up and touch your wave, you should E-Q him and run him down. His escape is not the best so if you want to snowball, you can but do it before he gets tanky.”
stziswhatihave says “Most annoying matchup. Dodge his abilities ; focus on farm . Trust me, everything's going to be fne if you do what I said.”
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Twist21 says “Most players underestimate Cho's dmg but his damage is pretty good.Try to kill him before lvl 6.If you dodge his q and use your e before he silences you , you should win.”
ZzZ3DemonAngelZzZ says “Cho' Gath has no kill pressure, but u don't have kill pressure either. build some MR and you are ready to go. but he will out scale you really hard so try to be useful early game instead of endgame”
wallobear53 says “Cho’Gath is weakest during the early game when he doesn’t have a stacked Passive. He is very immobile so you should work with your team to poke him and kill him quickly.
His knock-up is his main CC tool and needs to be avoided at all costs. If you have any mobility spell on you, use it to dodge it as getting hit by it will allow him to use his Ultimate on you and possibly kill you.
Keep a track on Cho’Gath’s whereabouts on the map. If he leaves lane, he may be helping his Jungler do a Neutral Objective. Scout around and see if you can kill him before he can use his Ultimate on the Objective.
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DankFlyingCow says “Running him down is easy enough, unless he has glacial and GLP-800. either way, he can't really get close to you if he likes living.”
Ashookaa says “Cho'Gath is not a bad match up the only way he can kill you is when he lands his combo and than R but when you dogde his Q you can all in him level 3 and you will probably kill him”
oskii77 says “Cho'Gath has a lot of sustain and damage on lane. He can easily poke you to death and after going into him for a trade, he can fastly heal up. Rush Mercury's Treads to minimalize his Crowd control. You can try to fight with him after a BOTRK beacuse you will melt him pretty fast.”
ModxLoL says “2 if he goes tank, maybe a 1. 3 if he goes AP. It's easy to dodge his Q. Be careful of getting randomly hit by his spikes as he goes to auto a minion.”
Stiwy says “The key to beat this big dinosaur (or alien or whatever) is to dodge his Q and trust me, if you don't, it hurts a lot.
Don't fight him if you are low because his ult does a massive chunck of true damage.
If he falls behind there are very low chances he can ever come back.
Take Black Cleaver as first item because the 400 bonus health are very useful to resist his ult.”
Doktora says “Just dodge Cho Q and poke him when he die.the rune help you whеn hit basic hit to get extra speed to dodge easy cho Q and hit him whit your Q and basic hit : )”
Sir Obliterator says “Even though this is an easy matchup he has some nice base damage so make sure you're not missing your Q's. if you can't dodge his Q use E bfore it lands so he doesn't gap-create. You know the drill just all in him when he goes for cs cos it's just so free. You don't lose to him 1v1. AP cho players will stand at Caitlyn range and farm with Q so you'll just have to freeze and farm in that scenario.
TL;DR E when he Q's if you can't dodge his Q
Kryptonite: Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius and Adaptive Helm ”
gsaeyx says “Go full tank if he's going full tank and full AD if he's going full AP. Phrase Rush could work in both situations if you're not sure about whether it's a tank cho or a Ap cho, since you're a slippery motherfucker”
Kingarthur720 says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Long sword refillable potion start. Cho'gath has high sustain and a 7 second crowd control knockup in a circle aoe. His knockup is fairly easy to dodge if you are looking for his cast animation on it, and Cho'gath is immobile (no dashes or bursts of movement speed) so if you can dodge his Q you can get really solid trades on him. Early game look to build up fury without taking too much damage from his E (his empowered auto attacks) then look to trade. Force an extended trade, by starting off trades with an auto attack when he goes for a minion that way you can save your spin to dodge his Q or to stick on top of him when he walks away (position your spin in between Cho'gath and his escape path which will usually be his turret) In the mid-late game, Cho'gath will be extremely difficult to dive, but you can beat him if he is far up in lane with an effective all in OR you can shove Cho'gath in and outrotate him with your superior mobility. Cho'gath's ult is EXTREMELY high burst so make sure if you fall into his ultimate execution range that you press R a little bit early.”
BloodyDream81 says “C'est un match up pénible, il possède beaucoup de sort à distance pour farm sans se mettre en danger et son passif lui régénère de la vie à chaque fois qu'il tue des sbires. En revanche si tu évites son A, et le force dans un trade ALL in, tu gagneras à coup sur ! Pour ce faire y'a une petite astuce, tu te positionne entre lui et les sbires, et lorsqu'il tente de farmer les sbires avec son Q, tu utilises tout de suite ton fantôme pour lui foncer dessus, la première fois il ne s'y attendra pas, et tu auras de grande chose d'obtenir un kill.
Astuce : Essaie de l'empêcher de farm un maximum sans trop t'exposer au jungle adverse, Cho gath à un excellent follow up de gank, avec ton bump et son silence. Les bottes de mercures et le phage rapidement t'aideront bien.”
Dantheman81 says “The new Cho'Gath is really stong and this lane will suck. Just do your best to farm and try to get some jungler assistance before he becomes too tanky to fight.”
Twiggymocha says “He is beatable, but he is a tough matchup, his q cancels your q and he easily harasses you with his e. I always rush merc treads when I am vs Cho Gath.”
Xplor says “Cho'gath can win against you only if he lands all his skill successfully on you while you are getting ganked. Beware of that.
Other than that, although once upon a time, Cho'gath was one of the biggest Yorick counters, as now, I don't consider much of a threat. But of course, don't underestimate him.
If he gives you troubles, run some early MR.”
Lintaar says “If he lands a Q then a silence, it is going to hurt... but because we build lots of health/AP items on Lilia, it isnt going to be easy for him to one shot you with a combo”
Angela du Seithr says “Cho'Gath a beau se présenter comme un sac à PV qui semble faire une cible facile pour Lillia, un Q de sa part peut vous faire regretter d'avoir été en lane. Le max W est également problématique, car vous n'avez pas sa sustain et il peut nullifier vos trades.”
kurbart says “Cho'gath is a big ole snack ez kills but one thing i have to warn you about him .....DON'T GET HIT BY HIS KNOCK UP if your good at dodging them this would be a easy match up for you”
iTzToniOP says “I think Cho'Gath matchup is not so hard, the best way to counter the true damage is building HP, also, building tons of HP is what Volibear is all about.”
ForOrion says “Pyke can't burst down tanks very well, if they scale hard enough that is. Any large body champion has the potential to just steamroll right over him. Don't fight, dodge his q and e. If he goes AP however, you have a chance of an early lead. Freeze and out zone and wait till his abilities are on CD for quick burst engage with your HOB and commit.”
TotallyEclipse says “If he's building tank, you can smack him early if you dodge his q. If you can get a lead over him pre6, you'll destroy him forever. If he's AP cho and he knows how to play it, you're fucked, he'll zone you and 1 shot you.”
foxthrone says “Cho'Gath's Q ability is a problem for Morde because usually Mordekaiser does not have the mobility to dodge them, which makes him tank tons of damage. ”
JuarezLOL says “its a easy match up but you need to move as fast as possible when you use Q on him to avoid his Q and stun him
even if you get his Q try to stun him”
EveryMysticLimit says “Just dodge his Q's and and when low, watch for his ult, especially with his ult up. You won't win late game though. Abuse his early game with Grasp. (Flash and ignite)”
MateuszNH says “Hard matchup.
Like any ap tank he counter you, and his sustain is great so try to rather all unless you can control wave after trade. play around his q and jump on him if he does one. Your are fine the later.”
ACE4291 says “kinda even late/mid but
if he misses his Q then you can bully this guy early game shutting him down completely just watch out for jungle ganks and again his Q. ”
DirtyDishSoap says “He can't kill you, you can't kill him either. Farm lane basically. He'll heal off your ghouls, and his sustain is too fast for you to keep up with. He has no real way of closing the gap without burning flash, and he runs the risk of being killed for doing that.”
Sandaum says “At level 6, don't fight him anymore, you will lose. try stomparing him pre-six, then you can think about continuing to fight Cho'Gath. ah. and do Black Cleaver”
Sq_09 says “If he knocks you up you can just take the hit and continue. Same for the silence. He's pokeable and kiteable and you can get constant grasp stacks off of him. He also can't instachomp you bc you build kinda tanky. ”
Beatport Expo says “You're equal with him. Though he has much higher health late game due to his R but you have better roaming potential than him. He has better CC than you ”
SabinX says “Overall decent against Wu, his kit keeps him alive early game(his passive mostly) and the fact he is an Ap-ish Tank is a natural counter to Wu, but not unkillable. You should be fine after the core build.”
Kingarthur720 says “chogath is a champion that can scale with graves quite well with his builds, AP or health. Be careful when he hits 6 because he cann 100 to 0 you if you dont dodge his Q. Try your best to avoid his E or his Q since these are his main abilities to poke. i recommend grasp build to heal and get a little bit more health and maybe ”
TentiTiger11 says “Not that dangerous. The knock up and silence is bad in teamfights and in 1v1. Build some MR and merc treads if you can. Once he has warmogs, laning is hard. Try to destroy tower as fast as you can to stop laning.”
gabriel5ben9 says “As long as you don't get knocked up by his Q you're good to go. Be careful if fighting post-6, his ult deals a LOT of true damage. ”
VIP Titan says “Try to kill him ASAP. Make sure you get ruined king for this champion. He gets low of stacks in mid game and can potentially R you easily. So make sure control lane well.
Tips:
Try to kill him before 6. You will have to get ruby crystal no matter what. Or he can one combo you at level 6.
Your E is like his R so make sure spam it as much as you can
Max E not Q ”
ShaharKarisi says “You out-damage, out-tank and out-sustain Cho'Gath in the early game. Early on commit hard to render him useless later on in the game.”
SirDrPotato says “You can easily either dodge his abilities or riposte them. Be aware that he can silence you and once silenced you will not be able to Lunge away or riposte his Knock Up. Do not forget that his ultimate deals true damage.”
Subject3 says “chogath is easy to fight against prior to lvl 6, bait his skills and then go in once he reaches lvl 6 and if you arent fed dont engage.”
Starci says “Parry his Q and it's easy stun. He will then silence you but it doesn't last that long and shouldn't be a problem. He could silence you and then use his Q, but you should have enough mobility to easily dodge it anyway. Just be warry of his ult and don't get too cocky, even if you might have a lot of lifesteal and your ult is up.”
SuPIeX says “Pretty easy matchup. Dodge his Q and E quickly before he silences you. I like to trade by walking up without Q, auto attack, E, then activate Q toward the end of your E, hit him with Q, then run back. Your ult scales off missing health which will do wonders against his massive hp pool.”
Discord Rengar Mains says “He telegraphs himself a lot and his early levels are not that strong. He gains a significant spike once he gets 6, but if you manage to dodge his Qs and bait his W silence with your empowered W you will make mincemeat of him. If you ever get a sizeable lead on him just push as much as you can so you can take down turret fast and roam, since he will do jackshit for the rest of the match. Do note he can set up fairly good ganks, so watch out. If he gets ahead he just becomes a very annoying meatwall if he went tank, but he can give you trouble, so watch out. Either Ignite or TP works fine, and you can take most runes into this matchup.
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VictorDelRey says “Immobile and weak early, you can abuse his bad early game and can easily dodge his Q with your Q. He can set up ganks tho, so watch for the jungle.”
Itreallyhim says “Easy kill early on, He will get tanky but dont be afraid, His flesh isnt made of iron, Be careful about his ULT it can catch you off guard, otherwise Go for long trades, Should be a breeze.”
Circas says “Get stacks, all in him. BOTRK build just destroys him and you are so mobile.
Please do not lose this matchup.
It is a very simple match up :)”
classicnoob says “This is a skill matchup Like morde Look at his body language to win.look at his positioning cuz you can predict when he tries to do Q.Both ults are strong Cho takes the win Higher Execute damage.”
Cats4lyfe123 says “Try to bait out Cho'Gath's Feral Scream before going in because if he hits you with it, he can land his other abilities and chunk you. Be careful of his ultimate, it does a surprising amount of damage.”
ShinyEmo says “Melt him with BotRK and Guinsoo's Rageblade. Mercury's Treads are recommended. Dodge his Q's with your Q and use your E BEFORE he uses is W. Never fight with low hp. ”
Loki029 says “Pay Attention, it´s pretty difficult too fight a decent Cho Gath. His Ult Scales True Damage and his Lane Sustain is unbelievable. Furthermore when you got executed once he is more or less immortal with his Stacks. Try too stay cool and freeze the Lane near Tower, dodge his spells and ask for your jungler. When his Q is down you Need too all in him because he can´t push you away then, finish him with silence ult and ignite (from save distance) soo he can´t execute you faster. Be Aware! His Ult Animation is double as fast as yours!!!”
N3rdRag3_ says “Dodge Q, Your e will block and soak most damage from his E and W. Dont get eaten. wait for jungler and dont go for trades unless he tries to engage in your turret range.”
Death Rusofag says “Increíble CC y sustain. Puedes jugarle agresivo a los primeros niveles y se curará eventualmente farmeando, puede matarte rápidamente con su nivel 6 y tiene más daño que tú yendo tanque. Trata de pokearle constantemente, no dejarlo farmear y cuidado al divear.”
PrettyPinkPutin says “This dude turns tanky fast and can outsustain you with his passive, his R is also a heavy powerhouse in it's own and it's generally advised to not take him on if you can't kill him in time, lifesteal works wonders against him.”
lugzinho says “One of the easier tanks to fight against.
Dodge his Q, i guess.
If it gets too tanky to the point he wins fights, just push the leane and look for roams with your R or TP (if you brought it)”
Thr3shPrinc3 says “This is a lane you will most likely win if you keep dodging his Q. If Cho'Gath doesn't hit you with his Q he has practically no way of actually catching you and you can just kite him and poke him during laning phase. Don't shove the lane as he gets free healing and mana out of his passive and do not even think of coming near him when he has his ultimate. No matter how hard you are winning he will probably still be able to kill you if he has R and he lands a Q so be warned.”
ForgottenProject says “Cho’Gath takes Grasp of the Undying
When he uses his E spikes and autos you, that’s the main source of damage, so Parry the AA
I don’t parry his Q knockup because he can silence you before using it”
Braddik says “If he's building tank, you can smack him early if you dodge his q. If you can get a lead over him pre6, you'll destroy him forever. If he's AP cho and he knows how to play it, you're fucked, he'll zone you and 1 shot you.”
spaceriftmaster says “This match up mainly depends on how early in the game you are. Late game you won't be able to kill him on full ult stacks however early game he does no damage and is pretty squishy meaning you can easily beat him in duels early.”
Darkseige555 says “This is a matchup that is played early in the game. If you destroy him early, and it is very doable, his level 6 powerspike will be much weaker and you will be able to snowball. If you go even, he will be very threatening level 6 and you will need to give up on abusing cho'gath because the true damage is very strong against poppy.”
enderare says “dodge his q and you can normally win trades, watch out for his e on minions as it procs grasp. be smart dont over extend or stay in lane at low health, you demolish him mid late game. ”
Trial_By_Barrel says “Cho'Gath is a pretty easy match up overall. Mainly because you can bully him by poking him out of lane. You can also heal out of execution range. The only hard thing about Cho'Gath is his Q. Obviously the easiest route is to just dodge them. Basically, just abuse his bad early game and try to shut him down so he won't become such a threat later.”
Pedrokis says “Bota muita pressão e evita deixar ele escalar muito. / Toma cuidado com os ganks, nisso ele pega muita vantagem, principalmente se tiver buildando AP. / Dá vários Qs e aproveita que ele não tem mobilidade. / Cuidado com o knock up e o silence dele, além daqueles espetos que dão bastante dano enquanto você farma.”
The Lost Drawing says “Usa tu 'E' para esquivar su 'Q'
Usa tu 'Q' para evitar que te pegue basicos con su 'E' asi come daño y tu no
La 'W' solo sirve para escapar de gankeos o medio esquivar”
Daedralus says “Only problem comes from his Ult and his silence. If you do get combo'd you will die, so its actually not as easy as it seems at times. So be smart, and keep your HP up by using Q on minions if you must. This way, his 10+ seconds cool downs won't be able to catch up with his mana bar, leaving him wide open for the kill as he is also great immobile. He also stacks HP with his Ult, making you deal more percent damage towards him. If you do see that you are going to get hit by a Q + W combo, use your E immediately. If you are low enough for him to eat you, be ready to use the fear part, and possibly Q him after so that he can no longer do that. However, do not Q and simply run if your heal won't be sufficient to beat his ult. But if you also have your ult, use it after you Q, and you should have your entire HP back, plus your Q should be coming back soon. But do not use your Q immediately as he will use his in a moment. Use your 2nd Q to then counter his, by latching to the other side and dodging it, while also healing once again. Isn't this build just great xD”
Askio says “Has a lot of cc, and a dangerous ult. But most times his ult is being used on minions to build his HP. Once his ult is down and you have the engage on him, you can hit him hard before he gets his mid/late game tank king status. ”
VicGal96 says “He telegraphs himself a lot and his early levels are not that strong. He gains a significant spike once he gets 6, but if you manage to dodge his Qs and bait his W silence with your empowered W you will make mincemeat of him. If you ever get a sizeable lead on him just push as much as you can so you can take down turret fast and roam, since he will do jackshit for the rest of the match. Do note he can set up fairly good ganks, so watch out. If he gets ahead he just becomes a very annoying meatwall if he went tank, but he can give you trouble, so watch out. Either Ignite or TP works fine, and you can take most runes into this matchup.”
Split King says “He is very tanky and deals insane damage, he should have been banned. If he was not and decided to go top, dodge his rupture at ALL cost”
Valorkyrie Quinn says “He can't really kill you unless he hits 6. Just dodge his Q and W.
Tip: You can dodge his Q with your E.
If perfectly timed, you'll be in mid-dash when his Q pops. It can't interrupt your E unless you are in his Q area. ”
BeautifulWinter says “Like most other matchups play passive until level 6 and then push aggressively when your ult is up.
When He tries to Q you, you can dodge the knock up by ulting.
In a fight you want to land an E early and poke before moving in as Cho'Gath has a lot of burst and might be able to Ult you before you can finish him (later levels not so much 6-11)”
Big Belly Bop says “Dodge. The. Q!!! If he lands his Q on you, you're DONE! Other than that, this lane is CAKE. You can freeze the wave and deny farm, shove him in and poke, or keep ganking him over and over with a jungler since he has no mobility. Flash + TP, Doran's Blade + 1 HP, Sustained Damage rune page.”
ExfIamed says “This is probably the easiest lane you're gonna get toplane for Garen, just dodge the knockup and constantly poke him down, he runs out of mana fairly quickly. Hit level 6 and just kill his ass, but watchout his ult does the same thing yours does.”
Ends says “can be threatening and can do suprising burst damage and win losing fights with his ultimates insane damage, but is easily killed early/mid.”
9690 says “No threat to us at all. Spells can be annoying to dodge since we are immobile but we win at all points in the game. Straight forward match up. Trade hard.”
Loevely says “Tanky with ridiculous ability hitboxes. If the champ wasn't this broken game-play wise it would be an easier matchup. Wait out his E and dodge his Q's. Grasp is your best friend here. ”
Noc7urnalz says “Cho is one of the lanes that can get you pretty fed if he doesn't play passive in the early game. You can block his knock up and then really burst him down while he isn't tanky yet . NEVER go for a trade vs him if you fail to hit your Q as the trade will be in his favor. remember that you can also block his R with your W.
NOTE : If it's an AP cho , make sure before going for a trade to either block his W or his Q , as a full combo from him can kill you.”
LuxIsMyCrush says “just dodge his Q and you should be ok, just dont let him touch you and you should be ok, this thing have a lot to much cc and damage gathering together with that ult which do a lot of true damage and make him tankier and can also be more effective than a smite, but early you own, and if you can survive from the level 6 whenever the lane phase will go you should win, poke him lv 1-2 as much as possible tho and don't let him get close of you or minions, try to predict the q, even if you dont, if you are close enough you should easy dodge it”
Defensivity1 says “Be carefull to not get all inned and ulted by cho gath if you got poked down before he hit level 6, his ult does more damage the more health you lack always spam your e whenever you have ghouls to poke him and look to cage him up with your w when you hit level 6, as he is guaranteed to die if you just run at him with the maiden and some ghouls, if he doesnt flash out that is. against cho the conqueror page is recommanded, however the grasp page is okay too if you preffer that.”
Quezel says “Free lane and you outscale him very hard being a natural tank buster just be wary of his burst and dont try super hard to poke him down early unless you can zone him off the creep wave as his sustain from farming heavily out weighs the damage you can do to him early game from poking with q ”
Ends says “Builds Very Tanky which is good for sett because of his true damage and his max hp damage and helps in teamfights because he is easily suplexed into the backline.”
SNOBOY says “This match up sucks. Start flask and pots. Basically just use abilities to farm because he has crazy sustain. Fortunately you will contribute way more to the team than Cho in the long run so just hold tight through a not fun laning phase.”
mightydylan101 says “Cho is actually really annoying as his Q has a pretty long range. If he hits it then you get knocked up and he has enough time to combo you and you're dead before you know it. His W cancels you're W. Not played much so don't worry about the ban.”
ProgettoYorick says “Cho'gath personally has never caused me so many problems, hit him with the usual E-W-Q combo. The only problem that can cause you is the devouring of the R by its R.
OTP Tip: Try to kill him as many times as you can before he gets too tank”
Greekamol says “His w is very annoying and his e autos will mess you up. Cho gaths know that it's easy for you to parry the q so he will silence you before it knocks you up. try to dodge the q with your q and use w to slow him and fight him. You will feel useless if you let him snowball.”
ThisIsJustSad says “1. Cho'gath is a free matchup if he just tries to walk into you and 1v1 you. However, at level 5, he can just start spamming Qs every 6 seconds and that lets him sit back and farm the wave easily. At level 6, he has an execute that lets him kill your drain tanking aspect.
2. If you're not ahead, you will have to W his Q or w his R to kill him. Otherwise, he will usually beat you 1v1 until 25 minutes.
3. Be careful when you're low hp as he may silence you then press R and you won't be able to W. So, don't think you can walk up to him when you're low hp and you'll just W his R.”
Gedi says “He get's health with every cs so you should be carefull. Also his ult ist Pure which is pretty scary for you. But in generall you should be able to farm.”
Karnan says “Weak at the moment. Dodge Qs, early executioners to deny healing of minions and just outscale. Respect the enemy jungler as cho can set up very well. ”
DerpzGG says “Take Long Fights. Take Advantage of your sustain for him to jot Devour You. By Long Fights I Mean Make The Most out of your cooldowns and bleed duration.”
AlienMV says “Beware getting too close
As a tank, Cho'Gath doesn't seem that threatening. However, since you will not have resistances like other melee laners, he does a lot more damage to you than expected. Try to stay just far enough that if he lands a Q on you, you won't be punished hard (much of his damage will be from landing multiple hits of his E).”
spark2 says “Cho is not a fun matchup. You don't usually see him mid, but when you do it is not a fun day to be an assassin. His Q-E-R combo can basically one shot you if you get hit, so do your best to not get hit. Thankfully, he's actually pretty squishy early game and has bad mana problems if he can't farm well. Use this by predicting when he'll farm with basic attacks and using your W to either zone him or catch him by throwing it right in front of your minions. Once he gets some tank items he's a pain to kill (and his silence is the worst) so exploit your early game advantage.”
Asothin says “He has sustain but not a huge ton. Try to stop him from farming early. His ult does true damage though so consider building health and avoid going all in with your ult. He doesn't have any mobility though and gets bigger making him an easier target.”
The Apex Dealsman says “cho can get you easily when he gets 6 due to your squishy nature but before that he can be killed pretty easily ashe has a lot of skillshots.”
Nightblue33 says “Really easy pre 6. Easy to dodge his abilities with your e. You need to establish dominance early because once he gets his core, then you will have hard times. Silence can also be really annoying. Watch the animation for it and you can dodge it.
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moshy555 says “He does a ton of dmg and takes 0 dmg. Tank btw
TRUE DMG ULTI THAT SCALES OFF OF HEALTH, AND YOU GET HEALTH FOR EXECUTING WITH TRUE DMG ULTI!!!”
Ze mentira says “Max: E. Rune: Grasp.
start corrupt potion and back with magic resist items.
//adaptative helm is a good item against him. If he is a good cho'gath, he crushes you in lane.”
BearRider says “AP offtank Cho´Gath is beast. True dmg, heavy CC, Silence, bigger range, AOE skills. Your W will not help so much in teamfights. At the start he is killable. You are relatively safe when you buy some MR and HP, but .. it is hard to dodge his Silence and following Q. You have to waste E alot which and you have to wait long time for another.”
Her0mars says “True damage feasting and high ap ratios, be glad he isn't in meta. If a Cho is able to land his abilities you will have a very hard time fighting, or running, and really whoever he wants dead will die. try peeling the best you can.”
ineptpineapple says “If he is a good cho gath you will have to be a little careful because he can force you to shuriken flip into his knockup and then execute you with his ult. But generally even against a good cho gath you have the decided edge.”
ExtremeExplosiveTeemo says “ban him most of the times, he s a mage who won t die. Also he does pure damage. Also he slows you, he knockups you and silence everything.”
AsomeSonic says “its mainly the true damage from the ult, if the ult is down you should be good, just be careful when you get around half hp around him”
Polkadog says “Early-game, he can harass you very well. Just keep your distance and try to last hit minions with your Q and then summon them and throw E at him. This forces him to back off a little so you can farm for a second.
Later on, as he'll try to trade with you, hit him with your W and back off since you're not powerful enough just yet. When you get your R ready, don't pop it immediately. Wait until you've landed W on him, follow that with R, E, Q and AA. Now you've forced him to retreat and as he does: FARM! This is your chance to farm if you haven't got enough gold to buy Phage. When you have at least 1250 gold, go back and buy phage. While you're going back, if he gets to your turret, I'd suggest you teleport and stop him. Don't leave the lane if he has pushed far enough or if he's full hp.”
Chromuro says “It's difficult to understand which build he will go: if he goes full AP, it will destroy you and you need to level up first Q+you'll need some MR early; if he goes full tank, you'll need to level up first E+some early damage. If you fail to understand which build he will go, it'll be pure hell.”
Rhinoface says “Dominates you in the early laning phase, after 6, if you have nashor's and stack conqueror before you ult, you should win.
If you're about to be eaten, try E'ing behind yourself to push him away from you. ”
Poppu says “Cho will outscale in health and overall the game. Try to win early trades and get ganks to stomp his growth. Late game peel and tank for the team or splitpush.”
Aizo says “Cho'gath and Maokai are both fairly weak in the earlygame with the edge slightly to cho'gath in terms of the 1v1. However maokai is much more able to setup ganks for his jungler making this a very good matchup to get your jungler some free kills”
SoulHero says “Annoying matchup as he just heals everything up with passive, get dorans shield and second wind if hes just gonna poke you. Don't really fight him unless you can chunk him or all in kill him. Just out cs him and you outscale him hard.”
notlmaze says “This Dinosaur stands close to zero chance when you go Fleet to maintain health just equal to his passive. True damage will destroy him but be careful of his Q, nothing else only the knockup and the slow is annoying, any other abilities have close to no effect when fleet is in play.”
Vodka4Gaben says “Very easy lane just like Sion except at level 6. He has an execute ulti which will kill you at about 300 hp so be careful with that, but you should still win the lane majority of the time.”
Petethebossch says “Can pressure you early on stacks with his q and scales to be a monster but you win the 1v1 hard post 6 if you don't fall behind. Also can be ganked if the jungler has a dash to dodge the q.
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HarryCao says “Cho is one of those champions where you have to suppress him or he will get annoying to kill. After a trade he will most likely heal some back from his passive thats why you have to always be engaging and zoning him off. dodging his Q is essential to winning this lane. Keep in mind his 6 will do atleast 300 so don't go in if you think you can't kill him without falling that low in hp.”
PhoenixianSlayer says “He has high damage and long range pokes. They are dodgeable, but they can be annoying. His ultimate is your biggest concern though. You can't let him get close in an all-in, or he will deal a ton of true damage and kill you. Also, pokes make less of an impact since he can heal by killing anything. ”
Lynboe says “Commencer avec le Bouclier de Doran et prendre Second Wind rend son début de match très difficile.
Si vous parvenez à gérer correctement vos vagues de creeps, vous pouvez lui courir dessus, car une fois sur lui, sa seule issue possible est de toucher son Q, si vous l'esquivez c’est la garantie de lui faire utiliser ses summoner spells ou de le tuer. Assurez-vous de prendre Conqueror pour rendre ce match presque impossible à perdre en un contre un.”
Jnewbringspain says “Cho is a diffciult matchup, but not impossible. Much of this matchup is opportunity based. Do not leap in and engage, you will lose that trade. Instead, wait for him to try rupture on you. Dodge it, then consider going in. If he recently used his vorpal spikes and misses rupture, you now have the advantage. ”
Necrops says “This guy will tear you apart. He have way more damage than you, sustain and once he begin to stack armor you are done. I played 2 times, once as Pantheon, once as Cho'Gath, always the Cho'Gath Won. Just play safe, his damage output is insane.”
messketchup says “In early game Cho'Gath gets wrecked by Darius but be careful to dive him because his Q and W can definitely screw you over. Also watch out for his R.”
Codseus says “I think cho is the hardest matchup for Pantheon. Too tanky, you will get poked too much, start with corrupting potion and do not push the lane.”
Zofia the Fierce says “Using your spin and abusing his lack of mobility spells, you can easily win over a Cho'Gath- however, you have to avoid the damage he can output with his spells- therefore, it's best to know what he does before you fight him.
You may go for Hexdrinker, but it shouldn't be necessary.”
PandaSenpai101 says “Cho'Gath is very immobile. The only ability for his escape is his Rupture(Q). As long as you parry this, this lane shouldn't be a much of a problem, as your true damage and sustain can help you dominate this lane.”
Devitt45 says “This match up can go either way. Just avoid his Rupture and try to dodge his scream, and you should be fine to trade, just don't no near him if you are low unless you saw him eat a minion in the last 50 seconds.”
Zestysquid says “Basically if you don't kill him before he gets 6 you probably won't ever during laning. Ask for a gank before that happens since it's a bit of a Nasus like situation. Occasionally they will try to flash ult you, which can be beneficial if you have boxes, but you have to be extremely careful because of the burst.”
Jnewbringspain says “Definitely winnable early on. Eventually he will become too tanky to kill by yourself, but early on Cho has to worry about mana problems. Engage with E when your passive is up, land a quick two or three basic attacks with your Q, then run away and try to dodge his Rupture. Early on this trade will go in your favor, but he will have a large advantage after he gets some mana and level 6.”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “Against mostly all tanks, you simply deal a lot more damage that they can witstand early game. Those are MALPHITE, MAOKAI, NASUS, NAUTILUS, ORNN, SHEN, CHOGATH, SION, SINGED.”
Prince Afghan says “Cho'gath has good sustain just like you but doesn't have much damage. Grab Mercury Treads early to reduce his silence and slows and his overall damage. Your all in is stronger than his and you should be able to split very well.”
M2 Jizu says “Atraviesa tu Q en cada trade y deberías de ganar el 90% de los trades siempre y cuando lo hagas bien. puedes bloquear los ataques de su E con tu W.”
mahlightning says “dodge his q with your e if you have too. He has no escape you have more CC and more damage than him. Once he gets ult he's going to start getting hefty just make sure you farm your HP should get high enough he can't do anything. ”
Bombabo says “Play aggressively against cho'gath, or he will outsustain you off of his passive. His large hitbox and low mobility makes it easy for you to hit your abilities”
HAMMERSLAYER says “All in all a rare encounter, he is relatively slow at clearing the jungle compared to your average jungle champion and has severe mana problems at the beginning of the game so he has to recall back to base very early, just after the blue expires. He can be melted down by a Xin Zhao with a Cleaver/BoTRK, the only thing to be wary of is keeping him moderately away from your squishy teammates during fights.”
0mega best says “Dont go into his knockup and bait his silence, you should be ok but be careful since later on he will outtank you, your main goal here is to kill him as early as possible.”
RainbowNova says “Cho'Gath is one of the more annoying champions to play against as Teemo. Not only do you not have that much damage when going Tank on Teemo, but Cho'Gath's CC is very annoying to deal with. The worst part is if he's going AP/Tank hybrid, causing his ultimate to do lots of damage. I suggest poking him tons early and then playing very safe past lvl 6.
Honestly I'd just not even pick Tankmo against this guy.”
Lil Tidepod says “Cho'Gath doesn't really do much damage late game, as long as he's building tank. If he's good, he'll probably hit quite a few Q's, and he'll use his own Q when you're charging yours. His silence can be irritating if you have a situation where you've slowed him with E to get a nice Q on him, but Cho'Gath overall is more of just an annoyance than a threat. Watch out for his ultimate stacks, though: because he can and will become tankier than you if the game goes on long enough. He can heal off his passive, but as long as you play it smart he won't be able to push past you after your first tank item.”
zygiux says “Early game you can kill him but don't fight with low health when he is level 6, even if you ult him he would propably eat you when ur ult ends unless he had low hp.”
hipstersora says “You can't fight him, but you can sure as hell poke him for Klepto procs. E out of his knockup, beware the silence. Don't take free damage. Stay out of flash range when low. His waveclear is better than yours without your ult, so you'll have to ult and push him in that way before roaming to get you some kills bot. ”
ImpossibleLogic says “Cho'Gath really depends on who is playing him. Generally speaking, Cho'Gath will loss to Aatrox if non his abilities land. If you can dodge his E and Q combo, kite around, and keep him in one place you win.”
MasutaKokoBot says “Very immobile, but very tanky late game. Just try to use your movement speed to your advantage, keep a safe distance and dodge his abilities. Rely on your team to kill him while you heal them. Keep away from his Silence, as that can prevent you from being able to heal your team!”
DoABarrellRoll says “He can silence you and eat you or your easily, His W is extremely dangerous to you so dodge it or dont attack, he also has so much tenacity to your E in late game
Él puede silenciarte y comerte a vos o a tu adc fácilmente, su W es extremadamente peligroso para vos, así que esquiva o no ataques, también tiene mucha tenacidad contra tu E en el juego tardío-”
Nicram says “Cho'Gath is a champion who counters Urgot because of his sustain. This will be a farm lane but you have to respect his damage which doesn't seem to be enough to kill you but if you don't pay enough attention he will surprise you with his burst. In this lane your goal shouldn't be to kill him so you can focus on other things that I will describe later. Remember that you can easly time your E anytime he uses Q to counter it and move during CC. However, if fight is in melee range, he can use W before Q and prevent you from being able to use E. Keep this in mind.
Recommended items
Starter items
- Corrupting Potion - the only valid item for this matchup. Cho'Gath will outsustain you anyways but thanks to this item you will decrease the gap in a better way than if you went for Doran's type of item.
- Cull - is acceptable but not as a first item, you can buy it after Corrupting Potion to increase the health sustain while keeping mana sustain at a solid level. Your gold income will be greatly improved and there is not high enough risk of death not to build it.
Non-starter items
- Executioner's Calling - If you want to be agressive and look for a kill then it's a great item to buy against Cho'Gath. Remember to use Q or Autoattack right before he wants to last hit minions so you reduce the heal amount he gets from them.
- Null-Magic Mantle (Spectre's Cowl) [Adaptive Helm] - Cho'Gath deals a lot of magic damage and if you are too tanky for him then he'll use his ult for minions instead of on you. Add some Health to the MR that you have and you should be able to farm well and scale up.
- Don't try to fight him unless you plan to kill him in the early game. Just scale up and you'll be as strong or even stronger than Cho'Gath in the later phase of the game.
- Take runes that will allow you to scale up such as Conditioning, Overgrowth, Transcendence or Gathering Storm. ”
FunkySoul says “His Flash R is really unexpected sometimes, and his incredible scaling as AP or Thornmail rush is the only reason why he's a major threat. I sometimes bring Grasp into this matchup.”
Brentard says “Iv'e never seen anyone say that Cho is a counter to Garen but I feel like he is. Cho's E positioning can cause a surprising amount of damage early on. And his execute has a larger range and a quicker animation. Try to dodge the knock ups, W his E spikes, and if you are going to ult make sure you have the upper hand. cause he will eat you while your sword is in the ground and walk away like "Deal with it".”
Grewstadaroosta says “Cho has a lot of abilities that are annoying to deal with as nocturne. The knockup and silence are pretty bad. He deals a lot of damage so laning is very difficult.”
DrMoneybags says “This ugly bug can be a real pain with his %HP damage and true damage execute. But as long as you take conqueror and E past his knockup, he's not too bad of a matchup early on. Just don't let him knock you up when you're dismounted or you're going to die. Grabbing a BotRK lategame might help you rip through his ridiculous HP.”
Arcthunder says “With Cho'Gath being a tank, Kled shreds them with his W and Conqueror. However, if you find yourself dismounted, it may be an acceptable time to run, or else you get executed.”
Big Boy Matty D says “Difficult to stick to because of his Q and E.
He can all in you if he pokes you down because of true damage on ultimate.
Try to let him push in early levels and ask for ganks between level 3 and 9.
If he stacks his ultimate and gets too much health just try to roam and make plays instead of fighting him, only returning to catch minions under tower.”
noolan says “Oh god. Dont get me started on Cho Gath. If you dont kill him early, your lane will be a nightmare, because he will just become way too tricky to kill, and his ult was made for squishes like you.”
Shderen says “Now I know me some Cho'gath. I was a loyal full AP Cho one-trick back in season 5 and he never served me wrong. That being said, despite his AMAZING passive, you can likely outpoke that with your Q and Arcane Comet + Scorch. Your silence is also the bane of his existence. Consider a Liandry's + Morello, as he often gets health from RoA/GLP as well as healing from his passive. If he doesn't go full AP in the mid lane, all chat "im aboutta ice this fool" then style all over him and his baby mama.”
Maverickov says “Out-damages you after level 2 and out-sustains you as well. His ult executes you and negates your ult at 6. Do not feed, and once you get spirit and boots, you kite him and whittle him down until you can all in.”
LosAngeloser says “He can easily burst you down early and is pretty much immune to poke. You can go comet or grasp against him, depending on your confidence level. You want to build health against him asap.”
nuken507 says “there are few champions that can out punch vi but chogath has one of the strongest self buffs and will wreck vi once hes given a few assists or kills”
ApexDresden says “He shouldn't be much of an issue, dodge his Q's and poke him a lot with your Q's, you should be able to fight him with ease but don't underestimate his damage.”
The Lost Drawing says “No le haces 'counter', ni el a ti. Es facil ganarle. No cometas el error de armarte armadura, el pega daño mágico, no recomiendo el 'Rostro Espiritual' a menos que te armes en el futuro una 'Amadura de Warmog', mejor armate un 'Yelmo Adaptable' si tienen 2 o mas AP (Ability Power/Poder de Habilidad/Daño Magico) enemigos de DPS (Daño Por Segundo), o una 'Mascara Abismal' si tu tienes uno o mas aliados de AP ya que este objeto hace que los enemigos reciban mas daño mágico de parte de tus aliados.”
ElleryTheViking says “Once you learn this matchup it's relatively easy. Wait for him to overextend, dodge his knockup and then move in for the Q and E spam. Your grasp procs are important in this matchup to level out Chogaths inherent tankiness. If he extends to your tower when you have full health, if you ghost ult, there is no escape for him. ”
NocUout says “Very difficult to deal with as he is super tanky. Avoid his Q and don't go in unless you are healthy enough to not die to a chomp and he is low enough for you to kill him. He won't easily be able to kill you in lane so you are not under immediate threat. ”
SynergyXO says “Chogath match up, Dodge his knock up, and dont let his empowered autos hit you while he is farming wave. if you want to all in spin behind him after he uses knock up. and orb walk back to his tower so he has to use next knock up on you IN FRONT of him, and he wont get out of melee range before you can move again(if you dont dodge) dont miss ult due to his nom. i prefer to abuse him harshly after he ults a minion.”
Samas says “Pretty even matchup, he wins short trades early, but if you dont get scared and stand your ground and keep threathening all ins, any average chogath player will fall behind.”
E61K says “Trade with him whenever you can. Since Cho'Gath is a traditional tank you shit on him hard. Make sure to extend the trades as long as you can and zone him off of farm. Don't let him get any CS because his passive gives him unmatched sustain in lane.”
SwiftOblivion says “Strengths: True Damage, Tanky, AP, Silence. Weaknesses: Low Mobility, Health Stacks, Predictable knock up. Be sure to poke Cho'Gath down often to wither down their HP. Be sure to parry the knock up because it’s his main form of engage and start for his combo of silencing you afterwards. You could also Riposte his ultimate Feast, which could certainly turn a fight into your favor but this is very difficult to do. His base damage is a bit high but the same goes for most tanks. Once you hit your two item power spike you can deal with him easily so don't feel to pressured to kill him early. Same for most tanks.”
Suthafru says “Cho'Gath - Cho'Gath cant compare to your early game poke, he will be unable to cs or fight back as you zone him out of lane
but beware, once he builds a fair amount of armor, your damage will heavily fall off, once you stop doing damage its best to play back until you have the attack speed to properly kite him.”
Saiyan02 says “When Cho´gath wastes her stun. you can most likely all in her early level and get an easy kill lead. The thing is you need to win early on because otherwise Chogath will scale so much better than you”
drunken hunter says “Cho'Gath got a knock up and a scilence wich is very annoying. Rengar can dodge the knock up easily if he farms out of a bush -> go into a bush and do the minion last hits by jumping on the minions.
You can use the jumps to dodge Cho'Gath's abilities and engage after taht.
You can do the lvl 2/3 engage to get his flash because you will need some ganks against this very tanky and hard to kill champ.”
Pancaku says “General katarina counter. He heals too much for her to effectively harass making it nearly impossible to kill him if he decides to build MR instead of AP.”
Moccamasterpro says “6000 hp- no dmg. he can't trade against you and his early game is weak. be careful when low because of his ult an you'll be fine.”
TheNecromancerr says “Very easy matchup, try to dodge his knockup and you are good. Later he can a monster so try to destroy him since you are always stronger then him.”
Proxxecube says “Cho'Gath is typically an easy match, as his cc's are very easy to predict, and his knock-up literally gives you a few seconds to stop it or get out of the way. I prefer to parry the silence, and dash out of the knock up, but it depends your cooldowns and how strong he is.”
Tipurrs says “Tanky and can silence you. I hate this match-up but it's really not that hard. I suggest going tanky build and Rylai's + Liandries really helps a lot against him”
WhySoRengar says “Boring lane, you can kill him early but then he will just become tanky af. You cant kill him, he cant kill you. Just focus on roaming”
mcasterix123 says “Cho'gath has a lot of sustain, and can match you quite well. He will be scary around 6, but you can play around him. In the mid to late game, this is where you and your team really appreciate the % max hp damage.”
polarehare says “Basically you but with a sh*ttier ult and better access to cc and range. I advise you play safe against him and try to ambush him from bushes, if you try to get close t him he will airborne cc you to hell, but when you do somehow get close to him he's mostly yours.”
Bakiraka says “Pretty easy lane. You can poke him pretty freely, but you can't kill him. Just make sure to dodge his silence and knockup and the lane is yours. Watch out late game, and make sure to slow him so he doesn't eat you”
Trixelkour says “Percent Health Damage in general beat you if you go for a tank build. So just farm and harass with Grasp or Comet. DO NOT BRING Dark Harvest, you're just wasting time since he's so tanky. Get more AP than the amount of HP you usually get for Swain, with Liandry's being the core.”
lunarstaff says “Gets very tanky and can cuck you over with his silence / knock up. His 1k damage ult lategame is something to be careful of as well. You need to kill him early.”
heyitsRainex says “Easily punishable matchup as his only source of massive damage is E. His R would be scary only if you let him stack via kills/minions. Keep poking him and deny his CS so he can't regen from his passive.”
SirDeRp25 says “He can become extremely TANKY later on and will be able to OUTRADE you in most cases. Extremely annoying sustain from his passive. Dodge his Q's and attempt to kite!”
E61K says “This guy is a problem for Yasuo in lane. Pre-6 he is not a big issue but post-6 he is very dangerous in lane. He outsustains you if you don't build any sustain and his ultimate is very dangerous for Yasuo since Yasuo has low base health. He has an AOE silence which he can use to deny you your E in order to dodge his knockup. If he snowballs on you you are gonna have a rough time. However if you snowball on him you can turn the outcome of this lane around. Look to fight him after your core and some HP item like Mallet. Edit: Conqueror makes this matchup a easier now.”
undeadsoldiers says “Cho’gath - Conqueror
Early items (in order) - Phage, Boots (Mercs if he's ahead), Tiamat
- All in lvl 1-2 (passive stacked)
- Play aggressive in the early lane phase (lots of all ins with passive stacked)
- Wait for him to use vorpal spikes on wave before trading
- Zone him off minions (to keep him from recovering health)
- Bait his silence with your autos (best if passive stacked)
- Trade when his silence is on cooldown
- Your lvl 6 is stronger (if the fight starts even)
- Play safe around his feast, increasingly so as the game progresses
- Blade of the Ruined King as a 3rd or 4th item can help deal with his tankiness
- Ult cooldown: 80”
BreadyToCrumble says “Take the "Cut Down" rune from the precision tree, it'll help with Cho'Gath's tankiness. As long as you can dodge his airborne ability you should be good. Poke him with W and you can get some health back if you need it in lane, and because he's tanky you'll get a lot of health :)”
TehGuides says “Just destroy him in early game and you will be fine.Also never fight him when you are low cause he can just R you and gain free stacks
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ReformedLavahit says “Cant kill past 6 , careful. He can destroy you if he is good.Fight as much as you can early in order to make him killable post 6. Fight enough to deny him xp and gold just dont die to him. ”
Zachlikespizza says “His silence, knock up, and raw health make him extremely hard to kill aswell as the ever looming threat of his ult when your ult is about to wear off. Just make sure to kill yourself before your ult ends and disengage.”
macspam says “You basically need to dodge his Q so he can't land his combo, which is easier said than done because the radius is huge. Late game you can CC him to let your ADC whittle him down.”
TakeLPlease says “Cho'gath is very tanky late game. Take advantage of his health and armor early game. His armor and health will be so high to the point where it is hard to even damage him. He also has a knockup which can stop your ultimate and brush hop.”
LivesforOnlyOne says “Slow, lumbering tank. He never stood a chance. Conqueror isn't necessary to take in order to kill him and Grasp is not needed at all. Take Klepto and satisfy your own greed. Keep up constant pressure, not allowing him to utilize his passive and heal to safety. Riposte his Rupture knockup for the easiest stun of your life and all in him. Constantly.”
Rading says “His ranged AA's, his tankyness and his CC's.. give me cancer evey time. Try to set up traps for him and try to dodge his ult with your ult. Very difficult as a beginner.”
Trixelkour says “Chunks you out with his skill, but should be able to win in a 1v1. Dodge skill appropriately and all-in after the silence. Conqueror can mess him up during late game. Adaptive should be enough to deny part of his damage.”
iam colorblind says “You are very squishy.
So use it wisely and dont get hit by his Knock-Up!
You can kill him easy in Late game in some seconds even he is a tank!
Conjuerer will help you alot!
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Skullsunderer says “His silence and execute really hurt, Darius can sit at low health for a while because of his Q's heal. Try not to fight him when he activate his”
CaioOP1985 says “This beast is pretty dangerous against anything who isn't a tank, but Nasus is inherently hard to kill, so if you force him to waste his abilities you should have a pretty easy time, since he won't be able to kill you or you him, so use the time to farm.”
Ashnard says “Cho is a pretty boring lane. You can easily hit a combo on him since he's immobile and has a large hitbox. Don't let him cs freely since he will heal off each last hit.”
Aldebaran1918 says “He is a CC machine but has no movility and just as Nasus his early game is bad, abuse him and be aware of his R when close and with low health.”
JefferXpr3ss says “I personally do not think Cho is a problem for Ornn, Cho'Gath really does not have enough damage to kill Ornn early making laning phase very easy for you. In late-game you still outscale Cho'Gath very well.”
Dacnomaniak says “His damage isnt anything to worry about. Keep the pressure on him to prevent him from sustaining back to full HP and you should be fine. Watch out for ganks, his ult will still destroy you.”
Nechu2448 says “Cho'Gath is only difficult at the beginning with a meteor run. So do not get too close because it can stun you with Q and it's easy to kill you.”
Cyti says “More deadly than you think since he can sustain in the lane and has powerful wave clear. He can one shot you with Q+E+W+Ult if he builds even the slightest amount of AP, so be careful once he has ult. Unless it's on CD, don't auto poke him. I would consider getting ”
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Tips Against Cho'Gath in Middle Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Kippari says “Cho has abusable cooldowns early and is fairly squishy, if you zone him away from farm to deny his passive you can get early kills easily. Just remember he becomes a monster later on.”
Ambitieux says “Although Cho should seem easy, he does have a few tricks with silence. Play around this and try not to be to in his face. Poke him out with mostly autos under turret and have his lane pushed in. ”
Yeager says “You rarely see this guy midlane even though he can be pretty strong. AP Cho'gath has a lot of burst, so you want to focus on dodging his Q. It's the only way he can gap close (without flash) and engage. Banshee's veil is great since it counters his surprise engages.
Remember that AP cho doesn't care as much about stacking his ultimate. He can use it to burst you early on with his entire combo.
You can bully him a lot early game since he can't really defend himself, and you also outscale him really hard. ”
iZianni says “The more he eats, the easier he is to hit. The silence is annoying but as long as you're constantly moving (You can cast while moving, this is a really simple lane.) Perma farm or tank and spank.”
XayLies says “His Silence > Knock Up > One Shot with R combo is DISGUSTING. dodge his Q with E - Sweeping Blade and try to make an R if you have to fight him.”
Hullos says “CC, sustain, enough dmg to kill after 6. The only upside is that he is easy to poke and if you can force him off minions then he losses his sustain and you win the lane. After 6 he can almost one shot you so watch out if the lane is even or worse.”
Katawina52 says “In the long run Cho will always win cuz of his sustained passive. This is why u should always look for hard all in's once you're level 2/3+. This matchup is gonna depend enterily how u play the all in. For example at level 3 with ConQ you can kill him depending if he's pushing or not (U always want Cho to push so u can always look for the all in) If u go for the all in make sure he doesn't hit all his spells on you, u can make it easier by waiting for him to use Q/W or E on minions or waste to poke on you then u can also look for an all in and it should be easier. Mercs vs cho is really good if more ccs elsewhere.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Not much experience in this matchup but sounds fairly easy. Take conq in this lane bc he gets way too tanky to not have the extra damage. Would probably take Dom in this matchup bc the fight will be very extended and the extra omnivamp will be nice. Another easily ganked champion due to no mobility so freezing against him is very effective. Always keep moving to try to dodge his Q when he silences you. Respond with W when he Ws you.”
Yasukeh says “Chogath has little he can do to stop you from running him down. Bait out his [[Rupture]] and he is a free kill. Very useful lane to try to freeze in, since he is very unsafe without a tower to protect him. ”
Dr Eggmund says “Dodge his knockups and try and stand behind your minions. In trades you should win but don't fight when your too low as he will ult and gobble you to bits. Careful of his silence late game as it will allow the enemy to shred you in teamfights.”
Aethlo says “Cho'Gath has a slight wave clear advantage. ||
Cho'Gath loses pre-3 (Annie has to dodge his knock-up which should be pretty easy if you're expecting it) ||
Cho'Gath loses pre-6 ||
Cho'Gath is at a slight disadvantage post-6. ||
Cho'Gath out scales Annie. ||
TIP: Although rare - Cho'Gath mid usually builds AP - meaning you will get one-shot level 6 and above if he gets into melee range. This is why dodging his knock-up and keeping your advantage - being your ranged one-shot - is very important. Therefore it is recommended to rush sorc shoes for the movement speed (also helps one-shot the squishy AP Cho'Gath).
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WayOfTheTempesst says “Ever since conqueror, tank lanes are relatively easy. All you have to avoid when facing Cho is his Q and wait out his E. This lane is pretty free if the Cho goes tank, but if he goes pure ap it can be a lot harder. Try to abuse him before he gets lvl 6, that is the only time he can ever win an all in against you. Make sure to fight him when you have shield so he can't one shot you. Very easily gankable champion which is why you do not see him too often unless built pure tank.”
Kartagoo says “One of the hardest Tanks to beat. If he goes full Tank: "You are gonna have a bad time." His passive gives him insane Sustain and his trading Potential is insane with Grasp. My tip is either pushing him in and help your other Laners or ask for Ganks and get Spectre's Cowl and Cleaver. When hes 6 and you are below 50% respect his execute damage its much better at Lv 6 than yours because he has an Indicator when it kills you! In late Game you kinda the upper Hand cuz you easily gonna get an 2K Damage ult at Lv 11 on a 6K Cho, so save your ult for him.”
richardlized says “Chogath is a pick a lot of people take against Zed but it isn’t really a hard matchup for Zed. His Q is telegraphed and easily dodgeable, and you out range his kit. He is also very squishy early game, which means that you can hit free WEQs on him and farm for free. If there is a Q that you can’t really dodge by moving, try WEQWing the Chogath in order to damage him and dodge the Q. Once he uses his silence, it’s just a free kill post 6. Keep in mind don’t stay in lane if you are low, because Chogath can flash combo you and execute with R. After he gets his armor, It’s harder to kill him so you have to impact map with roams. If he goes AP he is retarded.
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Akali187 says “Just a big tank. Don't target Cho'Gath unless he is building AP. Cho'Gath is a grand tank, try to take out the squishy's around him and watch for his abilities. If he is fed his ult will one shot you, other than that just care for his silence and knock up in the team fights.”
Kirito OTP Xerath says “Rara vez me enfrente con Cho'Gath en Mid, pero si el sabe aplicar bien su CC será un problema, juega fuera de su rango al menos hasta obtener tu primer objeto, fuera de eso, mantente full pocke en lo que farmeas ”
Little Planet says “Cho is both melee and immobile, which makes him extremely easy to poke down and zone from the wave. If he's going tank you can't kill him eventually, if he goes AP you'll be able to wreck him for the rest of the game.
Shove waves and roam. don't waste your time mid.”
ahspaghetti says “You can look for short trades with your harass, and try to deny him cs as he will heal a lot by killing minions. his passive allows him to have incredible sustain in lane, so look for an all in at lvl3 -5, once he hits 6, you want to avoid fighting this guy, once you are low enough, you are dead.”
peytonqt says “[EASY/MEDIUM] [PR/Conqueror] [Tear] As Cho'gath is a tank it'll be a boring lane. Don't get agressive because he will easily outtrade you, especially with the new buffs. Just sit back and farm up and get that tear stacked. Build one armor pen item and 2 if its really needed.”
The Jhin Cena says “Take the Fleet Footwork Scaling Runes if you both are mid, and take the Conqueror Scaling Runes if you both are top. Most games, Cho'Gath should be an easy lane for you. His Q is very easy to dodge with Fleet Footwork, and he can't do anything if you jump on him with your E. His only threat is his silence, since it can prevent you from snapping back with your E, and his ultimate since it is a brainless click ability that will 1 shot you if you are too low of health. However Cho'Gath will rarely ever be able to get you low enough health to ult you unless he has his JG with him or you're letting his poke hit you, so overall you should be able to easily win this lane. Cut Down is also a great pick, especially if they have at least 1 other tank since Cho'Gath's ultimate gives him a ton of health over the course of the game. ”
pavelp420 says “He is really tanky, does quite a bit of damage. However, you are more mobile and after you build Lich Bane and Nashors, your burst will be very high, and you could kill him if he isn't fed.”
Lot of Wind here says “It is a difficult for Yasuo, as his W silences you and denies you from dashing into him. It can be a good counter to Yasuo mid if you're able to hit your Q and W on target.”
nZk01 says “(Top) Very easy lane, very easy to dodge his Q and if he doesnt hit that hes just useless, very easy to dive with jungler aswell, would recommend TP/Ignite.”
nZk01 says “(Top) Very easy lane, very easy to dodge his Q and if he doesnt hit that hes just useless, very easy to dive with jungler aswell, would recommend TP/Ignite.”
Tamatamo says “Early game, if you keep poking him out, you should win although mid game it'll be very hard to kill him. So take advantage of early game”
Hiimkata says “In the long run Cho will always win cuz of his sustained passive. This is why u should always look for hard all in's once you're level 2/3+. This matchup is gonna depend enterily how u play the all in. For example at level 3 with ConQ you can kill him depending if he's pushing or not (U always want Cho to push so u can always look for the all in) If u go for the all in make sure he doesn't hit all his spells on you, u can make it easier by waiting for him to use Q/W or E on minions or waste to poke on you then u can also look for an all in and it should be easier. Mercs vs cho is really good if more ccs elsewhere.”
KataTocDo says “He will beat you later into the game when he gets items. If he is Ap Cho, you beat him early, but if he is going tank you just have to roam with your jungler.
Runes: Conq-Dom.
Starting Items: D. Blade”
Elite500 says “Ff you're cleaner than Michael Jackson dodge his silence with your pool, if not just dodge his slowing aa and his knockup, rush cdr and CONSTANTLY POKE NON STOP”
ITSDEBEAR says “Killable in early but once he gets the stacks he will just be invincible unless you get some cdr. I recommend the phase rush here. The build path gives you more spell rotations, therefore more potential damage on a tanky cho.”
invalidd says “Should win most trades if he doesn't land his Q, don't let him abuse his regen from passive (constant trading), abuse roam timers vs chogath
since it's hard for him to keep up. Easy to setup ganks on.
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Aikairi says “You dumpster him as long as you dodge his skillshots, which is easy. Try getting 3 points into E so you can have enough time to dodge most of his skills. Be careful of his ult tho, it deals alot of damage. ”
Rauschel says “With your E you can potentually dodge every Q of him, and if you play a bit `weird` with small useless engages, its very hard to hit his Q”
Scyrine says “you win this lane but you might not win game if it's dragged out. Once you hit lvl 3 play agro and try to get good trades. When he has 6 only engage him when you know you're going to win.”
Chili Dog says “if you're cleaner than michael jackson dodge his silence with your pool, if not just dodge his slowing aa and his knockup, rush cdr and CONSTANTLY POKE NON STOP. Phase Rush recommended. ”
Sushi_Cat says “Don't get hit by his extremely slow Q and he will never kill you. That's literally it. Do not underestimate AP Cho'Gath's damage or the damage of his ultimate. ”
SkellyBirb says “Cho'Gath tends to stack health, but you can have percent health burst that will counter him as long as you don't get ran down. Kite back and stack blight popping it at full stacks. ”
OxiteoMyst says “if you dont get hit by his q you wont die. Just kite using phase rush and drop your W him if you arent silenced to win. He cant get to you.”
SkellyBirb says “Cho'Gath is quite tanky and has a silence and crowd control. He'll also build up a ton of health over he course of the game. Demonic Embrace and Riftmaker against him is better than burst.”
Katfire says “You don't see Cho'Gath in mid often, but when you do, you will cry. He takes less and less damage as the game goes on. (this might've changed with S11 since you can build BORK as a core item now. I will update this when I face enough Cho to form a new opinion)
Cho'Gath is extremely good against Katarina. He can silence you to ensure you cannot use your E to dodge his Q. His Q cd is surprisingly low, 7 seconds without Ability Haste. The biggest threat of all on Cho'Gath will be his R. He will be able to point and click execute you for half your health bar in midgame, or even slightly more if he is really ahead. You want to keep your distance from Cho in teamfights or try to catch him before fights happen with your team.”
Elhypersnyper says “Should you still be in mid game vs Cho'Gath mid you're practically effed. You do little to no damage vs Cho, he can eat you instantly, he's tanky as hell and if you don't take AP resist vs AP Cho you're effed and if you don't take AD resist vs Cho you're effed.
It's rare to see a Cho mid so when you do take AP resist, as he will most likely build AP I would say 90% chance of him going AP.
When it's a Cho top its going to be hard in team fights as you do little damage. I recommend building Morello's and Void Staff for him. ”
WolfRider01 says “He can definitely be a pain to lane into sometimes, however that being said the Kraken slayer build works decently against him. Avoid his knockup, ask for ganks if he starts winning. Take TP summoner. ”
Crypper says “It is sustained on the line, which complicates the constant poke, and after getting 6 LVL, it all depends on your microcontroller. But as long as you play with an advantage, you have to give your team an advantage as well.”
sweodigaming says “Just a monster, really snowbally. He also has a lot of damage, silence and knock-up. Just play passive and maybe rush merc threads so you resist some of his slow from his E and Q. ”
KormitLeFrag says “As long as he has not gone glacial augment this matchup is another shove and roam one. Theres no point in trying to solo kill him because of his sustain and CC. ”
Lunasta says “You can hard push the wave against him so he'll be constantly out of mana or you can stay safe and just all-in he when he tries to last hit, this lane is really easy”
TheCatOfCheshire says “In early game you destroy him. Poke him with AA, dodge his q , and wait a last hit to charm him. If you can kill him 2 or 3 times, you're going to win. But if not, he'll become to tanky to be killed and your game will be hard. Again, you're a better roamer so use it.”
Yeager says “AP Cho Gath: Poke him a lot with autos and aery procs. In the laning phase you have to focus on dodging his Q ability which is a knockup + slow. If he hits you once, he will combo and oneshot you. Get banshee's after luden's echo so he can't catch you off-guard.
He is a immobile melee champ, so if you manage to dodge his Q, then it's easy from there. Respect his burst though after 6, especially if he has flash and ignite. ”
xAsuta says “Skill matchup. Xin Zhao has to much all in potential for him to handle but a good Cho'Gath knows how to counter that. All in him and get an early advantage before he gets lvl 6 and gets his true damage. ”
Fadedreformed says “Pretty sad to play against he perma slows you and you can't press r because of the silence. Should be pretty easy if your jungler actually listens to your pings.”
Yuki H. says “Early game shouldn't be too much of a problem. Since he is melee as well, farming isn't too difficult in this case. Just watch for his E which can poke you down slowly. He starts winning trades if he lands his knock-up or silence in lane. Overall an annoying matchup since he dishes out damage while being tanky. Look for roams.”
fwii says “Start Corrupting Potion, look for trades against Tank Cho'Gath and avoid Poke from AP Cho'Gath. Be really careful of AP Cho'Gath's Q because he can one shot you at level 6. ”
Veralion says “HoB/DH, Long Sword/Dark Seal. AP Cho'gath is a very potent cheese pick to be feared and respected. Because of his ridiculous burst potential and low mobility, he is most frequently run mid over top. You will never be able to poke him down through his passive, so don't even try. Keep your distance and don't let him E slow you, which will force you to take his Q and W. Just farm it out until 6. After 6, you CANNOT get hit by Rupture. He will flash on you and kill you from full with his 1.0 scaling ult. You MUST flash or ult away if his Q might hit you. Save your W to dodge this one hit kill ability. I'll say it again; AP Cho's combo kills you from 100% health, and I've got the matchup at even because of how unforgiving the lane is. They will frequently push in at this point and fish for those instant death Q hits. Call your jungler while he's doing so and he should go down easy. Don't just ult at him without backup, as a good Cho will put his Q under your landing position and nom you. At some point, he will give up trying to kill you and will just use his ult on a creep to start stacking health. That's when it's safe to go for him, force a back, and regain lane priority. As long as you don't get hit by his Q while he has his ult available, you'll outscale him and contribute much more in fights than he could ever dream of doing.
Haven't had the chance to run Hail into him yet, his auto slow into combo may make trading unwise. Would be way more gank assist for an immobile champion though, probably worth taking. ”
Zoe Sparklepop says “Annoying especially if they're running Glacial
Knock up, silence, slows for days, true damage, health stacking, he's just not fun to play against.
You'll need to dodge his Q to survive and you should be good, probably get MR boots early to reduce his slows.
When his Q is down, you can carefree poke him down with yours until he gets his Q back then be wary again.”
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snukumz says “If you can dodge his pop up then this is a really easy lane.
If he pops you up then he can hurt you a lot, or eat/kill you at 6.
If you knock him up and dodge his pop up, then you can combo him and kill him.
If he builds super tank then you won't be able to kill him by yourself mid/late game. ”
nguyenbautroi says “Cho'Gath is hard to deal with because 1) His passive is hard to counter with your ult
2) His W can cancel your Q and your combo
But if you dodge his Q, you can have a good trade with him by E Q”
LightningTemplar says “Play safe and farm with Q and W+E. His sustain is too good and pokes too hard to go near. Eventually he'll also be too tanky to kill. He can easily Q once you ult which leaves you very vulnurable, so avoid ulting when he has Q up. ”
Art1val says “Been seeing Cho in mid lane more recently. Just be be ready to dodge his knock-up and don't get close to him so he can silence you. Also be careful at 6.”
Gageowago says “Basically impossible lane in my experience. If the Cho is good he will q you when you go for cs and then combo you for half your health. Also cannot be poked down because he heals so much from farming. Very annoying regardless of Cho's skill generally so call for a jungler gank.”
topal says “this muchup favours cho.His W is rly strong and if you try to all in him he will q onto him so you can't get melee range.Try your best to doodge his q and all in him if he uses it.Poke with q but his passsive give him insane sustain.”
serruh says “melee champion, just look to dodge rupture and you are good to go. wouldn't recommend poking him, as his passive will just heal him back up to full, but you can def just shove for free and scale”
t3rminated says “You literally just bully cho’gath so, so hard. You shouldn’t be hit by any of their abilities if you position correctly and react to their Q. They’re also super thicc so you can land your combo really easily. Make sure they can’t Q you out of your ultimate though.
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LONERlSM says “If you dodge his q you are ok ap cho is a cheese pick and usually is not executed correctly however play to scale against this champion he has good wave clear and can heal out your dps.
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EvilBird090 says “Cho'Gath can be surprisingly strong with a lot of AP, he has actually more oneshot potential than you have. If you get hit by his Q he is able to flash W+E+R Ignite and you are dead before you can go into pool, or do anything in fact. Try to pool his Q and buy Liandry's as he will have a lot of health later on. Be sure to be wary of his Q at any part of the game, if he Ws first you need to sidestep it. Otherwise you will outscale him and be more useful in teamfights. Cho'Gath will mostly rely on cheese killing your team and you so respect him and his damage so that won't happen too often.”
HeisendongNA says “He clears turrets fast from range, and has huge burst at lvl 6 and passive makes him heal off your turrets. You can build RoA to help against true damage.”
Cloud375 says “This is a nightmare to face against since regardless of if you beat him or not, he'll just tank your damage late game like it's nothing.”
Garybaldo says “High room for harass with grasp if you can dodge his Q, buy early HP so you don't get deleted when he has 6, always ult when all-inning him.”
Vispectra says “Same with most bruisers, this guy can out-trade you fairly easily by just silencing you and knocking you up. The CC makes him very difficult to lane against.”
Elejul says “He has better sustain and can fight you easily, but if you poke him hard enough, you always win. So if he messes up, you win, otherwise, just play the lane safe”
RagexAddict says “Chogath is not often seen in the mid lane anymore but I figured I'd make a quick guide for him. He's not too much of a threat seeing as you can move around through minions and other units with ease to dodge his abilities. The key to winning lane and snowballing against cho is to take him on early. If you can't do this safely either because of good positioning by cho or their jungler camping your lane, wait for jungle help or roam. Cho can't out roam a Fizz, so use that to your advantage.”
SrSuders says “Cho'Gath auf der Lane zu besiegen, ist ziemlich schwer.
Durch seine CC's hat er große Counter Möglichkeiten.
Auch wenn der Cho'Gath full AP geht, seine HP gehen aufgrund seiner Cho'Gath R in die Decke.
Das one-shoten nach Level 6 wird demnach schwer.”
PhoenixianSlayer says “He can't hurt you or stack properly if you stay out of his range. He will try to zone you on minions if he is aggressive. In that case, his roar can be annoying. Everything else is dodgeable. ”
OmegaSquadVeigar says “AP Cho'Gath is an interesting matchup (I know that you rarely ever see him being picked as an AP mid).
Early game he outshoves you and does more due to him having more damage and easier to hit spells.
After 6 he can just kill you from 100 to 0 if you aren't careful enough.
His silence and cc is really annoying to deal with.
Also his poke is really strong too with his Q having a 300 base damage (+1.0AP ratio).”
RemainingUchiha says “You can definitely poke him nicely, honestly , getting nashor's wouldn't be a bad idea vs Cho'Gath. But don't trade too much unless you want to go all in. He'll just heal all your damage.”
Jazzmonkey says “You are way stronger level 1 just go E>AA and proc your electrocute. Try to dodge his Q and always trade him. You are able to hold his sustian with Corruption Potion. ”
Sozzoh says “You may not see Cho'Gath mid, but if you do, it should be a somewhat easy matchup. Since Cho'Gath is melee, harass him as much as you can. Be careful of his Q and W. If he uses those abilities to farm, abuse him. Be careful of Cho'Gath post-6 when he Q's or W's you. If you and Cho'Gath are both low post-6, don't fight him. He will completely destroy you with his ult.”
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Tips Against Cho'Gath in the Jungle Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Smartest2 says “Cho sustain is high, just out farm him while harassing. Start corrupting pot. Try and freeze as much as possible, Cho pushes lane pretty quick. Don't eat his E autos. ”
Arfreezy says “Last Updated: Patch 11.14
Jungler Type: Tank Jungler
Cho'Gath is a tank jungler, but due to his kit he can't farm as well as some of the other tanks so he will struggle to scale. His early game is terrible similar to Zac and he is vulnerable in early fights. Look to path to the same side as him to deny crab and play for 2 scuttle to generate a massive exp lead.
Side step or dash his knock up during skirmishes.”
Scooltefan says “Care for W Silence, Knock up and his massive R Damage. Might be hard to kill if you're behind, he is tanky and you don't have Conqueror. Other than that - slice and dice.”
Kayn Mains says “Make sure to always save your Reaping Slash (Q) to dodge his knockup. Avoiding it wins you the fight easily early game. Cho'Gath's clear is painfully slow, so always look for opportunities to invade him.
Don’t fight Cho'Gath once he reaches level 6. His ultimate does massive damage and can kill you from half HP during mid game.
Once you reach the late game Cho'Gath becomes a free HP reset with your ultimate if you have chosen to go Rhaast. He is also very immobile, so as long as you have the appropriate itemization to fight his tankiness you win the fight.”
Suseri says “You win Level 1 after that it can be hard till you have items. You beat a Tank Cho very easy after Rageblade however an AP Cho can be very difficult depending on the player. If he times his abilities correct you won't be able to take trades with him because of his silence and damage. Try to dodge his knockup safe your Q for that it's very reactable.”
Amatzu says “Urgot is probably one of the most painful, but Cho'Gath is just one of the more prevalent champions with a tool you need to especially watch out for: executes. You aren't playing tank Volibear, so it's easy to get into the mindset that you're invincible, but ping uses and cooldowns. Play safe, and fight in favorable positions. A patient Cho'Gath with good cooldown management is one of the scariest things in lane.
Besides that, you can ban pretty much whoever you want. If you hate laning against a Teemo, ban Teemo. If your lanes like to feed the Master Yi you've solo-killed twice and snowballed into a nexus turret, ban Master Yi. ”
Riyad101 says “Dodge his W with your E and kite him. Buy LDR as a second or third item. He is killable with the help of your jgler so you can take ignite. End the game early before cho gets our of hand.”
SoSheolH says “Cho'Gath is strong at the moment, and given the opportunity he'll ult you and take you out of a teamfight early. Try and simply play around his ult cooldown and go in if he wastes it on someone else.”
LilPaniniUwU says “Make sure to always save your Reaping Slash (Q) to dodge his knockup. Avoiding it wins you the fight easily early game. Cho'Gath's clear is painfully slow, so always look for opportunities to invade him. Don’t fight Cho'Gath once he reaches level 6. His ultimate does massive damage and can kill you from half HP during mid game. Once you reach the late game Cho'Gath becomes a free HP reset with your ultimate if you have chosen to go Rhaast. He is also very immobile, so as long as you have the appropriate itemization to fight his tankiness you win the fight.
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StrangeRune says “Everything is easily shielded and he doesn't have good damage otherwise. You can easily lifesteal off him and burn him down with dps.”
liserith says “When he's fed, he becomes rather difficult to solo kil. Abuse his early game, but after level 6, his health is a bit of a problem. Build Kraken Slayer and dodge his knockup, and you will be fine.”
poopyOCE says “Lmao. This matchup is pretty easy if you dodge his knockup. You outdamage him, outscale him and outspeed him. Bully him early to get a larger lead.”
temple1997 says “Cho'Gath is an interesting lane, he can be difficult if he gets fed and you don't have much time to trade thanks to his ult execute. You probably want to focus building life steal so you can try keep your health up in a fight.”
Ninjona says “Hes not a problem early, but he gets really hard to kill later, so you have to try to shut cho out early or he will outscale u so hard he will eat your ff button.”
SirGobogi says “1v1s against him early in the game suck. You will counter his Q from afar but when you are trying to fight up close it is up to you to dodge the Q. Also his ult completely ignores you clutching on low health.”
ChaseMorePlz says “He can get pretty tanky after a while, however the downside to that on his end is that it's only health. You can stick onto him very easily by avoiding his ruptures.”
Sq_09 says “Cho is almost unkillable for anyone in the lategame and he is generally hard for you to kill by yourself at any stage of the game. If he gets caught out early though, him being immobile makes it easier to connect a combo on him and with the help of your team, you can punish him for every misstep he makes early.”
RedNBlue says “Just like Amumu he will just tank your damage and he will also cc you while you try to do things and that is never fun and will be an annoying problem if he can utilize your weakness.”
Prof Harambe says “See, cho'gath is a threat because he doesn't care about your damage at all. This goes for most tanks that can shrug off your damage. This is not your responsibility, go for the backline or cause chaos with your ms.”
Karthus man says “Not many people play Cho'Gath jungle anymore but he is stilled played occasionally. Your best bet is to build a Demonic Embrace and a stopwatch and have your team engage while you just do a lot of damage.”
Chaddy Chapstick says “Cho'Gath is not really much of a threat unless he gets fed where he will be very tanky and a nuisance in fights. Dodge his cc and focus him and you and your team should be safe.”
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