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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Teleport
Exhaust
Ability Order
Carnivore (PASSIVE)
Cho'Gath Passive Ability
Introduction
- adding teamwork/stragety section (I should really start on that section already)
- adding jungle section

Hello everyone I’m AkaiSwift and this is my



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Runes



Greater Quintessence of Health:Useful in early game and when not stacked, most of my HP comes from
Feast with a extra bonus from
Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Late game you'll probably have those items but in early game you won't so then this rune gives you more of that early game tank status.
Greater Seal of Armor:More survivability against AD DPS-ers and also helps for that early game tank status.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist:More survivability against AP DPS-ers and also helps for that early game tank status.
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: It makes sure your abilities do more damage and since my item build does not contain any magic penetration items this is most useful. Of course you won't need it with
Feast, but the burst combination attack of
Rupture
Feral Scream and
Feast with this rune it will do greater damage. I'll give more explanation of the use of this combination later on.

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Greater Quintessence of Health:Well of course for this early game survivability, since you're the tank they'll target you first and from level 6 they'll really start focusing on you because they don't want you to get too much
Feast stacks.
Greater Seal of Armor:More survivability against AD DPS-ers and also helps for that early game tank status.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist:More survivability against AP DPS-ers and also helps for that early game tank status. (Well those last 2 should sound really familiar by now, sorry for the repeating but it's just to explain the choice.)
Greater Mark of Health:It was quite hard to figure out what rune to place here aiming for primary and defense in the end it became
Greater Mark of Health as you noticed of course. The reason I chose this 1 is the same as with
Greater Quintessence of Health.

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Greater Quintessence of Ability Power:Well it's quite obviously why I've chosen this rune I guess, the early game damage and for in late game that little bit extra damage. I'd get this rune and
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration as first, because of the fact that with your
Vorpal Spikes deal extra AP damage.
- Greater Seal of Replenishment:I've chosen this rune for it's mana regeneration what you'll really need as an AP
Cho'Gath because early game you'll run out of mana very quickly.
Greater Glyph of Mana:Hello mana bonus, of course the same reason as with the greater seal of replenishment. I guess i've repeated it enough now you have mana trouble in begin and as and AP mage we cant have that.
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration:Well magic penetration you won't really need it with
Feast but it empowers the other skills and since you'll be in trouble if the enemy tank is going to be smart *** and take much magic resistance we can better take some magic penetration.

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Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: Magic penetration guess I've explained this enough times
Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction: Cool down reduction. Getting your
Feast max in least time possible is a must
- geater seal of resilience: Armor for the tank status and early game survivability in jungle.
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: Ability power, makes your
Vorpal Spikes stronger early game
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Flash: it can help you greatly when you run into a group and have to get out quickly. Or whenever you want to chase an enemy and want to close in quick to slow him/her with
Rupture.
Clarity: it will help out greatly in early game when you ran out of mana, what will happen quickly if you spam your skills too much early game
Ignite: like I mentioned earlier
Cho'Gath isn't the quickest champion so when an enemy is about to escape you might want to quickly use
Ignite to secure the kill
Cleanse: if choosing this one I'd choose it in the tank build and replace it with
Exhaust. It can be useful to escape from a group of enemies though I don't use it much.
Surge: alright I know this seems a bit weird, but in fact it's more useful then you'd think on first sight. Because from
Surge you get attack speed and AP, using these bonuses in combination with the combo of
Rupture
Feral Scream and
Feast it will be more powerful but mainly I've chosen this 1 because of this: using this skill in combination with
Vorpal Spikes you deal more damage because of 2 reasons: 1) you deal more damage with your
Vorpal Spikes. 2) you deal more damage because of the higher attack speed. Remember its alternative it has a reason it isn't chosen in the main set,
Exhaust just has more potential. If you decide to use it I'd recommend using it in the AP build.
Smite:Well obviously for in the jungle build. Every jungler needs
Smite even if you got an awesome ultimate like
Feast.















tip:When enemies are running use











tip: When attacking a tower while enemy champion is near- toggle off else you might hit champion and tower will target you.







tip: If you're having trouble getting enemy champions to low enough health

tip: Many people forget that after you've got the maximum bonus health you can use

As people who read my guide before I updated it might have noticed I decided to make skill sequence and skill explanation 2 different chapters this is because the skill sequence was getting too long.




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Item Sequence














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Doran's Ring: +80 Health +15 Ability Power +5 Mana Regen per 5 seconds
item for that early game ability power and a small mana regeneration boost so you can use your skill more often, of course the health bonus is never bad onCho'Gath. This all together makes a fine starting item.
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Boots of speed:UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 1 (does not stack with other Boots)
It gives you bit more mobility which gives you more chance on successful escape and chasing -
Tear of the goddess: +350 Mana +7 Mana Regen per 5 seconds UNIQUE Passive: Each time you use an ability, your maximum Mana increases by 4 (3 second cooldown). Bonus caps at +1000 Mana. Does not stack with Archangel's Staff or Manamune
From now on you can spam your abilities a lot more because of the mana regeneration and every time you use a spell you get an extra 4 maximum mana. -
Mercury's treads:+25 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 2 (does not stack with other Boots) UNIQUE Passive: +35 Tenacity (Tenacity reduces the duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, silences, blinds and immobilizes. Does not stack with other Tenacity items.)
So obviously these are tank shoes, magic resistance and tenacity. Well this quite much reduces the effect of all skills both in damage and in special effects like slow stun etc, don't think I need to explain more. -
chain vest:+45 Armor
So I noticed after playing for a while that early game you just don't have enough armor to survive against AD carries so I’ve decided to put this item here to build up some armor while concentrating on the main items. -
Abyssal scepter:+70 Ability Power +57 Magic Resist UNIQUE Aura: Reduces the Magic Resist of nearby enemy champions by 20
A double effect item at once since you deal more damage and the enemies take more magic damage because of the magic resistance reduction! -
guardian angel:+68 Armor +38 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: Revives your champion upon death, restoring 750 Health and 375 Mana (5 minute cooldown).
Great item for tanks, gives more survivability with extra magic resist and armor and once in the 5 minutes revives you! Give everything you have to protect your team you'll have a second chance to escape, got killed in 1 vs 1? Don't worry just get back up and take revenge! And you won't lose any stack when being revived. -
archangel's staff:+400 Mana +25 Mana Regen per 5 seconds +45 Ability Power Passive: Grants Ability Power equal to 3% of your maximum Mana. UNIQUE Passive: Each time you use an ability, your maximum Mana increases by 4 (3 second cooldown). Bonus caps at +1000 Mana. Does not stack with Tear of the Goddess or Manamune
Mana, mana regeneration, ability power AND a passive that gives you extra ability power equal to 3% of your maximum mana. I buy this item this late because I think the other items have more use and this item will only come to it's full potential when it's maximum mana passive is stacked as high as possible, this is why I boughtTear of the Goddess earlier too, when you buy this item the stocked bonus mana in
Tear of the Goddess gets transferred to this item.
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warmog's armor:+920 Health +30 Health Regen per 5 seconds Passive: Minion kills permanently grant 3.5 Health and .10 Health Regen per 5 seconds. Champion kills and assists permanently grant 35 Health and 1 Health Regen per 5 seconds. Bonuses cap at +350 Health and +10 Health Regen per 5 seconds.
So this is your source of health en health regeneration in this build, very useful specially with yourVorpal Spikes since you'll farm minions fast you'll be able to stack this item quite quick, where much champions take it early game for the stacks you can fill it up so quick you can easily get this late game
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rabadon's deathcap:+140 Ability Power UNIQUE Passive: Increases Ability Power by 30%
Well extra ability power +another 30% ability power. Your resource for damage, nothing more to be said.

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regrowth pendant:+15 Health Regen per 5 seconds
early game health regen, I've got magic resist armor and health in my runes but no health regen so it's the first thing we take. -
mercury's treads:+25 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 2 (does not stack with other Boots) UNIQUE Passive: +35 Tenacity (Tenacity reduces the duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, silences, blinds and immobilizes. Does not stack with other Tenacity items.)
So obviously these are tank shoes, magic resistance and tenacity. Well this quite much reduces the effect of all skills both in damage and in special effects like slow stun etc, don't think I need to explain more. -
Glacial Shroud: +425 Mana +45 Armor UNIQUE Passive: +15% Cooldown Reduction
This item you'll most likely get around level 6, so armor to deal with AD DPS-ers a little mana bonus which will help stay in the lane longer. And most useful too 15% cool down reduction, this will greatly help getting the stacks forFeast faster what of course is important for your health boost being a tank and all.
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Force of Nature: +76 Magic Resist +40 Health Regen per 5 seconds +8% Movement Speed UNIQUE Passive: Restores 0.35% of your maximum Health every second.
Well beingCho'Gath with his great health bonus is fun and all, but what use has it when once you lose a quarter of your hp you'll hardly get it back? Of course you can get your health back using
Carnivore but
Force of Nature will also help a great deal. So easily said: great item for health regeneration. And of course the magic resist helps too.
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Frozen Heart: +99 Armor +500 Mana UNIQUE Passive: +20% Cooldown Reduction UNIQUE Aura: Reduces the Attack Speed of nearby enemies by 20%
Well armor, mana, cool down reduction, I don’t think I’ve to explain those things. The thing that caught my attention too when choosing item is how you help your whole team thanks to its attack speed reduction, this will lower the damage greatly with a team that depends on attack damage. -
Banshee's Veil: +375 Health +375 Mana +50 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: Gain a spell shield that blocks the next incoming enemy ability (45 second cooldown).
So first: health, I this gives a small bonus I know I got quite a lack of it in my build but that's because ofFeast it gives great health bonus, so I concentrated on making sure you don't loose your health to quickly. Further, obviously great tank item, magic resistance and once in a 90 seconds it blocks a ability completely (fun when the enemy uses his ult exactly when you got this effect). And a small mana bonus always useful for a mage like
Cho'Gath because even though you play like a tank don't forget, you're a mage
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guardian angel:+68 Armor +38 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: Revives your champion upon death, restoring 750 Health and 375 Mana (5 minute cooldown).
you're a tank not immortal, at least that's what they say. With this you might be able to convince them otherwise. Great item armor magic resistance, and a revive once every 5 minutes. Using this revive you can go all rampage for getting that 1 kill or give everything to save an ally, and the best you won't lose any stacks upon dieing. -
abyssal scepter:+70 Ability Power +57 Magic Resist UNIQUE Aura: Reduces the Magic Resist of nearby enemy champions by 20
As last but not least:Abyssal Mask giving using this to catch up the magic resistance with armor and give you AP, wait AP!? Didn't see that before in this tank build. That's right, at the end I thought lets at least give you a little damage, and a double effect at once since you deal more damage and the enemies take more magic damage because of the magic resistance reduction!

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Doran's ring: +80 Health +15 Ability Power +5 Mana Regen per 5 seconds
item for that early game ability power and a small mana regeneration boost so you can use your skill more often, of course the health bonus is never bad onCho'Gath. This all together makes a fine starting item.
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boots of speed:UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 1 (does not stack with other Boots)
it gives you bit more mobility which gives you more chance on successful escape and chasing -
tear of the goddess: +350 Mana +7 Mana Regen per 5 seconds UNIQUE Passive: Each time you use an ability, your maximum Mana increases by 4 (3 second cooldown). Bonus caps at +1000 Mana. Does not stack with Archangel's Staff or Manamune
from now on you can spam your abilities a lot more because of the mana regeneration and every time you use a spell you get an extra 4 maximum mana. -
sorcerer's shoes: +20 Magic Penetration UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 2 (does not stack with other Boots)
this will of course give you more mobility and it empowers your abilities great because of the +20 magic penetration. -
Sheen:+250 Mana +25 Ability Power UNIQUE Passive: After using an ability, your next basic attack deals bonus physical damage equal to your base Attack Damage (2 second cooldown). Does not stack with Trinity Force or Lich Bane.
SoHextech Revolver was here earlier but I noticed it's not as useful as it seemed since the passive
Carnivore gives you enough survivability. I had to think of something new and then the
Sheen came in, it's a nice item for the mana and ability power boost, but except those two it also strengthens your basic attack since because of
Vorpal Spikes your basic attacks still are a great source of damage.
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rylai's crystals scepter:+500 Health +80 Ability Power UNIQUE Passive: Dealing spell damage slows the target's Movement Speed by 35% for 1.5 seconds (15% for multi-target and damage-over-time spells).
I think this item is really necessary not only because of its extra health and ability power, but also because of the fact that with this combined withVorpal Spikes even your basic attack slow.
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rabadon's deathcap:+140 Ability Power UNIQUE Passive: Increases Ability Power by 30%
well extra ability power plus another 30% ability power. Your resource for damage, nothing more to be said. -
Lich Bane:+350 Mana +80 Ability Power +30 Magic Resist +7% Movement Speed UNIQUE Passive: After using an ability, your next basic attack gains bonus physical damage equal to your Ability Power (2 second cooldown). Does not stack with Sheen or Trinity Force.
Replacement forWill of the Ancients. Upgrade of your sheen futher empowering your damage output and it works just find with
Rylai's Crystal Scepter since the movement speed let's you catch up to your slowed enemies even faster
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archangel's staff:+400 Mana +25 Mana Regen per 5 seconds +45 Ability Power Passive: Grants Ability Power equal to 3% of your maximum Mana. UNIQUE Passive: Each time you use an ability, your maximum Mana increases by 4 (3 second cooldown). Bonus caps at +1000 Mana. Does not stack with Tear of the Goddess or Manamune
mana, mana regeneration, ability power AND a passive that gives you extra ability power equal to 3% of your maximum mana. I buy this item this late because i think the other items have more use and this item will only come to it's full potential when it's maximum mana passive is stacked as high as possible, this is why i boughtTear of the Goddess earlier too, when you buy this item the stocked bonus mana in
Tear of the Goddess gets transferred to this item.
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void staff:+70 Ability Power UNIQUE Passive: +40% Magic Penetration
last but not least void staff, fitting with the terror of the void i think, it gives +70 ability power and plus another 40 magic penetration, now you'll be sure you can destroy any thank that approaches you.

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cloth armor &3x
health potion :+18 Armor , Click to Consume: Restores 150 Health over 15 seconds
we'll make a standard jungler start, cloth to defend against the monsters and health potions for when you get below 50% health. -
tear of the goddes :+350 Mana +7 Mana Regen per 5 seconds UNIQUE Passive: Each time you use an ability, your maximum Mana increases by 4 (3 second cooldown). Bonus caps at +1000 Mana. Does not stack with Archangel's Staff or Manamune
to get that extra mana pool that we don't really have asCho'Gath and since you can get the blue buff you can spam your
Rupture and
Feral Scream to stack it up quick.
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boots of speed :UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 1 (does not stack with other Boots)
movement speed. Nothing more to say. -
malady :+25 Ability Power +50% Attack Speed UNIQUE Passive: Your basic attacks deal 20 bonus magic damage and reduce the target's Magic Resist by 6 for 8 seconds (effect stacks up to 4 times).
ability power and attack speed goes great with yourVorpal Spikes especially in jungle.
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Mercury's Treads :+25 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: Enhanced Movement 2 (does not stack with other Boots) UNIQUE Passive: +35 Tenacity (Tenacity reduces the duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, silences, blinds and immobilizes. Does not stack with other Tenacity items.)
magic resist and tenacity, the tenacity can really save your *** when counter jungled or can give you more success rate in counter jungling -
rylai's crystal scepter :+500 Health +80 Ability Power UNIQUE Passive: Dealing spell damage slows the target's Movement Speed by 35% for 1.5 seconds (15% for multi-target and damage-over-time spells).
to make sure your targets won't escape when ganking or just when trying to flee -
guardian angel :+68 Armor +38 Magic Resist UNIQUE Passive: Revives your champion upon death, restoring 750 Health and 375 Mana (5 minute cooldown).
to give you more survivability and give you that second chance in a team fight or when escaping giving your team maybe just enough time to get to you. -
Archangel's Staff :+400 Mana +25 Mana Regen per 5 seconds +45 Ability Power Passive: Grants Ability Power equal to 3% of your maximum Mana. UNIQUE Passive: Each time you use an ability, your maximum Mana increases by 4 (3 second cooldown). Bonus caps at +1000 Mana. Does not stack with Tear of the Goddess or Manamune
well by now yourTear of the Goddess should be stacked up quite good and will give you quite the ability power boost when grading up into this, also more mana regeneration.
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lich bane :+350 Mana +80 Ability Power +30 Magic Resist +7% Movement Speed UNIQUE Passive: After using an ability, your next basic attack gains bonus physical damage equal to your Ability Power (2 second cooldown). Does not stack with Sheen or Trinity Force
movement speed and ability power plus the fact that it's passive (next basic attack deals bonus damage equal to 100% of ability power) works great with the fact that even though your a mage your also a melee character
- 15-april-2012, Slight adjustment build.
- 15-april-2012, Adding a tank build.
- 15-april-2012, Adding an AP build.
- 15-april-2012, temporary deleted teamwork section
- 15-april-2012, added video
- 15-april-2012, added banner
- 17-june-2012, added jungle build
- 17-june-2012, added LoL secrets section
- 17-june-2012, removed a note
- 17-june-2012, slight adjustments in some sections
- 17-june-2012, replaced picture that got deleted somehow
- 22-october-2012, adjusted builds a bit.
- 22-october-2012, righted a few mistakes.

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