"Welcome... I have been expecting you!"

Lets start with some trivia?

1. Cho'gath was the first hero i ever played in league of legends.
2. Cho'gath is my current main hero.
3. Cho'gath has the most awesome skin in the game.
4. Only hero that can do over 1000 true damage.
5. Gentleman Cho'gath have the best taunt in game.

Before you read this guide i am sorry for any grammar errors or misspellings, English is not my native language so i apologize now.

And if you find the skill order weird, i explain why in the skill order section!

So lets get started shall we?

Thanks to Searz for the awesome guide format! You can find it here.

I will not go through what the abilities do. It can easily be learned by reading the ability tool tips and simply using the spell.

Mouse-over any items or abilities to see their tool tip.

Legend

(for any abbreviations you don't understand)

Why not go all out tank cho'gath with Warmog's Armor and allot of magic and armor?

Pretty simple, you don't add any thing to the team more than a big fat target. The problem is that no one is gonna attack this target if you don't generate any aggro!.

Yes i said aggro, it does not only exist in MMO's. The biggest threat will most of the time be the biggest target for the enemies. /Ninja poke

The best part with Cho'gath is that he don't need that many health items to be tanky, mostly because of Feast.

This combination of Damage, CC and Health makes Cho'gath a powerhouse! And i think this is the best way to use all his powers!

Dunno what to do with the new ones yet, take this generic tank mastery setup.

The modern build, the solo lane buildPro's

• More reliable damage.
• Greater CC
• Bigger teamfight pressence

Ye old nuking build,the duo lane buildPro's

• Strong nuke
• Long range damage
• Great for a duo lane.

I didn't wanna make a cons list. But the problem with this build is bassicly, if you miss your Rupture you just missed tons of damage. This is why i would only recommend this when you lane with some one that can CC.

So you don't wanna follow the gentleman's way of playing Cho'gath? Fine, let me tell you about the forbidden builds... The fun builds!

What do i mean with fun builds? Well... Maybe i shuld give you the names of them!

AP Cho'Gath

AND

Snowball Cho'Gath

With other words, it is not in my eyes the way to play Cho'Gath, but it is hell of alot of fun to play him like this! And it is a game after all! Games = Fun right?

Rupture Is your bread and butter skill, it is the your innovation move and escape move, it is your catching move and saving move. To learn cho you need to learn to hit this spell!

Some basic tips to learn: First off always cast it with the 0.75 delay in mind, with other words, always cast it were the enemy will be when the 0.75 is over. Remember to count in slows and stuns.

A good idea is to wait until your teammate stuns or slows the enemy, this will greatly increase the hit chance of this spell.

You make a really clear animation when you cast this spell, try casting it from the bush to reduce the chance of enemies taking note.

It also shows it self really clearly, a good idea is to try to make the little dust animation that comes out happen under a tower, cliff or even a creep. The chance of people not noticing will be even bigger.

Never use your Q to herras, or with other words, never waste this skill! This rule is even more important in teamfights! A miss or hit on this spell can be the difference between life and death! It is a great spell, don't miss it!

Be careful with Vorpal Spikes. They can push the lane really hard if you are not careful, it is not always optimal to have this spell on. This applies to when attacking towers also. They will damage the enemy hero and you will get tower aggro.

At lvl 5+ if you started with a Doran's Ring you shuld be able to kill the ranged creeps with a Rupture and a Feral Scream combo, remember to attack them one time to let Vorpal Spikes Finnish them off!

Remember that Feast does TRUE damage, it penetrates skills like Valiant Fighter and Unbreakable Will

When you know you are gonna die, always try to take someone with you, you will be surprised how much damage you can do with a full combo of spells!

Remember that killing creeps heals you! If you got some DoT on you or Requiem coming, Kill some creeps and laugh at the enemy.

WARDS! You are a really good farmer, with other words, the perfect ward buyer. Always buy wards for the remaining cash you got when you blue pill home! Put Sight Ward at common warding spots. See the enemy placing a ward? Got pesky stealth heroes in the lane? Don't be scared to buy an Vision Ward

For a more in depth guide about wards an places to place them? (That sounds weird, i am sorry) go this this awesome guide by Panglot

If you want a strong jungle guide. Give this guy a check: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/junglin-cho-holy-shyt-dont-eat-me-63383

All cred goes the the author.

For a awesome video check:

All cred goes to Stonewall008

Enjoy

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Cho'gath should always solo lane if he gets the chance, he does great both solo top and mid! Cho'gath does great against most about any champion because of his awesome staying power from: Carnivore.

Pre lvl 6 you should mostly focus on last hitting, remember that you can do some Ok herras with Vorpal Spikes by just last hitting.

When you get level 4 you should look at your enemy and judge if it is worth harassing him, will he just regen it? Or will he slowly go down? If you decide to herras always try to last hit creeps at the same time as you herras with Feral Scream.

Remember to watch out for ganks, it is very easy to push the lane with cho'gath if you are not careful. But with the setup i recommend you should be kinda hard to kill, and a gang would only set you back some hp that you later easy can regenerate. (If you don't get killed that is!)

When you hit level 6 look at your enemies health, do the math, will a spell combo kill him? If yes do it! If not? Feast on a minion and continue farming and herrasing!

You can also duo lane with him, but i would only recommend going with a strong killer or some one with a stun! But i always never does this, and i can't give special feedback on how to play in a lane.

Remember that you should always aim to have 6 stacks of Feast

Your Job in teamfights is a hybrid one! You are both a tank and a nuker! You should use your two CC spells ( Feral Scream and Rupture) to stop the majority of the enemy team to get to your back line of teammates, aka mages and ranged carries.
But at the same time you should use your Feast to kill of critical targets.

Position is key here, and without it you will probably fail. You can do 2 things here, and it all depends on the enemy setup! Situation 1. The enemy team got 3 melee dps.

In this situation you will mostly always wait to use Ruptureuntil the melee enemies clump up at a position, if it hits you should most of the time follow up with a Feral Scream to make them worthless for 2-3 seconds. Look for a weakened target and NomNomNom him up with Feast! This target should never be a tank type.

Situation 2. The enemy got 1 support, 1 ranged carry and a mage type char standing in the back.

This situation is a bit tricky if you are lonely tank. If you are you should try to hit at least 2 of the ranged types with Rupture and then try to silence the support and mage type. If you can silence the carry type it does not hurt either!Feast the ranged carry to either kill her or make her be critically wounded! Either way you will make her back off, now change target to either the mage or support. What you now have done is splitting the enemies up, giving your own team a chance to kill the other 2 enemies. Try to pick up stragglers and or wannabe heroes.

If the enemies got strong channeling abilities like: Death Lotus or Nether Grasp save you god dam silence! My golden rule is: Never count on your team to do anything.

I will not go so in depth, it mostly boils down to hit as many people with your spells as possible and feast the high priority target.

Example of Carry types: Ashe Miss Fortune Caitlyn

Example of Mage types: Malzahar Annie Veigar

Example of Tank types: Amumu Shen Rammus

Example of Support types: Soraka Janna Sona

Example of Meele dps types: Xin Zhao Gangplank Jax

Well i guess thanks for taking you time reading this guide ;) After allot of rageing at other cho'gath players i think it is about time i show em how things is done!

Have fun and keep that belly happy!

Feel free to check out my Kennen build ;)

And i have an archived Swain guide!

Just realeased a guide for MANTHEON Take a look ;).

If you find any error in this guide please tell me and i will get it fixed!

I didn't keep track on dates, but things added since i started writeing:

I always add more indepth descriptions on item and other choices when i can.

Changing item orders after popular demand (i am not listening to idiots) and personal experience.

Added Starteing items and builing order.

Fixing spelling errors all the time!

Remade skilling order

Added Fun builds.

Linked to a great jungle guide.

Working on right now:

Gonna add Wit's Endso stop telling me to add it ;)

An indepth skill section.

Some minor changes here and there


Looking for:

Nothing right now.