yes and no. His abilities are fairly straight forward, but they are somewhat hard to land if you aren't good at predicting enemy movement.

the ad cho seems cool

One too many potions on your laning cheet sheet, bro. Otherwise, it looks good!
I play Cho'Gath a lot, and I never thought of him as a bruiser, even though I'm a right click and win kind of guy. Although in your guide you say that you use a bruiser Cho'Gath because that way you won't rely on rupture, It's still a good idea to initiate with rupture if you're ganking so that there's a bit more time to run in. Also, could you consider adding all of the elixirs at the end of you cheat sheet? A common misconception about the elixirs is that many people don'y know that you can still buy them when your slots are full, and for the new players who just read a cheet sheet and go into battle, it'd be a good idea to remind them that. Finally, I'd like to say that it's not letting me vote and you should add the thingy that tells them to vote if they want to comment (stops trollvoters)

This a pretty boss guide dude and Cho'Gath is definitely one of the funniest champions to use. I really love how indepth you go with the enemy champions you may encounter in your lane, rate how difficult they can be against Cho'Gath if they are competent and what you can expect from them and how to be as effective as possible when in lane. +1 vote for me :3

Hey just a quick note. On the cheat sheet you should move a point from tough skin to indomitable (or whatever its called). That way that point of damage reduction can also apply to champs.

The build order is pretty situational really. If you feel like you need more damage rather than defensive stats, then getting a black cleaver earlier can be a good idea. If you feel you're not tanky enough in teamfights, you get defensive items.

is cho gath easy to play?

Thanks a lot for this usefull guide!!!I had lots of fun playing Cho´Gath this way because solo top melees always underestimate Cho´Gath when he is low on mana and then they get facechecked in close combat and finished with the ulti :D its funny how teammates consider i am stupid for buying 2 dorans blade at the beginning but its ok as long as i show them the real power of AD Cho during the game ;) the chance of getting the first kill on solo lane is just much higher, because people think u are a weak cho without mana and ap.many underestimate the power of the vorpal spikes and Cho´s ability to hunt down an fleeing opponent who realizes that he has no chance in face to face duell.i powned an darius easily and that has to mean something ;)
To your build:i get the black cleaver right after the frozen mallet to keep dealing a good amount of damage in mid-late game.after that i get the frozen heart and then the force of nature.
would you say its more valuable to follow your build strictly??
thx again for this good guide and for the time spend reading this :D

Did you know, that Cho'Gath only needs his abilities for the CC? It's not silly at all. Cho'Gath is tied with Skarner for the highest base damage in the game, why not build AD?

AD items on a hero with no AD scaling ? That is pretty silly.

why do you have 2 points in "tough skin" and only one in "indomitable" it seems kinda weird, you can change one point from "tough skin" and move it to "indomitable" and it would make more sense.

I enjoy the AP tank more, still good guide. Maybe you could try and add it.