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Spells:
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Items
Ability Order
Carnivore (PASSIVE)
Cho'Gath Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Warwick
(In-depth explanations further down).
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
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Introduction

Welcome to my build on Cho'Gath, The Terror of the Void.
Cho has been my main since the start of Season 3 and it gives me great pleasure to create a guide for him. I'm currently in Silver 2, and still working hard to make my way into Gold 5 or even better.
I hope that this guide will be somewhat useful to you as a Cho'gath player going in to Season 5 and maybe who knows...maybe you might be inclined to make him your main champ as well!
I've been a Cho'Gath main since the start of Season 4 and I intend to get even better on him throughout Season 5 while also learning other champs and adapting to the patch notes updates.
It's still a work in progress, so be sure to give it a read if you're interested and maybe he can become one of your favourite champs as well.
Hope you enjoy!




PROS: - Excellent Farming skills thanks to ![]() - Very good sustain from ![]() - Possesses a true damage ultimate, ![]() - Gets extremely tanky over time. |
CONS:
- Vulnerable to constant poke from ranged champs/skills.
- Requires practice of landing

- His healing factor from

- Quite mana hungry if you don't know how to make use of


















When I play Cho'Gath, I usually take my


Always leave this skill toggled on while in lane except if you are attacking the enemy turret with an enemy champion in front of you, then you will pull tower aggro unto yourself.
At levels 2 and 3, I take


Since


If you are using skills to farm, be mindful of the mana costs and your ability to utilize

Not much else to add here in this section except that



SEALS





GLYPHS



MARKS

QUINTESSENCES





























catalyst the protector: I rush this item about 90% of the time on Cho. It's passive provides even more sustain when you level up, and the mana you get from it is not bad either. It almost gives you a good health boost so you can absorb more damage in lane and laugh at the enemy while you heal back with last hits and levels. Excellent item choice I'd say.


OR
























You're a tank. You want to be at the front line of your team. Your role is simple, given that you know Cho's skills and need to utilize them on the right targets. As the tank, you want to be a distraction for your team in fights, you want to land good

Here are some good tips to consider in fights:
- Never place
Rupture at the front line of your enemy team when your minion wave is pushing with your team let's say in a 5v5 situation mid lane. If your team clears the incoming minions wave quickly, and your minion wave is pressing on while you are harassing their team alot more so that they retreat with the excessive pressure your team is causing, place your
Rupture BEHIND their team so it lands whilst they are moving away from you.
- Remember,
Rupture is a good Area-of-Effect damage and harass which also opens up an initiation for your team to follow up if enemies are low. Generally, if you hit 2-3 targets with
Rupture, you should follow it up with
Feral Scream especially if you are in range to silence the enemy's AP mid laner so that 2.5 second silence can buy your team time to annihilate that champion quickly. If you can reach the enemy back line to soak up as much damage as possible while using your skills and preventing those hostile damage dealers from reaching your back line, then you'd be at an advantage.
- Depending on the situation as well, using your Crowd-Control abilities on the enemy front line can be useful too if their tank(s) push too far so that their enemy ADC an mage(s) have to push even further to assist them. Remember that
Rupture can also be used to disengage any surprising attempts on the enemy's part so if you have to focus the tank to get them off your squishy teammates, then use it.
- If your team has enough peel to protect your primary damage dealers, let's say from something scary like
Wukong
Cyclone or
Thresh
The Box then you can take this initiative to jump on the enemy's back line and do as much damage as possible. It's said that wards win games...well CC too.
- Remember, team fights can occur unexpectedly so you only have split seconds to choose targets, jump on them, switch targets, disengage, or retreat...many different options depending on the situation. It's these sort of decisions that define what kind of player you really are, and how you go about making these decisions can really lead you to victory or can cost you the game, even if you are miles ahead in gold.


Against these champs, max















These champions can still hurt you even if you silence them from


Against these champs, max










These champions require their skills to deal their main source of damage, as well as intiate, escape, or shield some of Cho'Gath's damage. Silencing them will prevent them from using their skills and almost guarantees that you land




***Champions in the red text are considered good picks against a Cho'Gath and are highly dangerous or can hold out against him well.***


Summary: Stay out of his melee range (or a bit further) especially when






Summary: Farm with AA's, harass him from time to time and when you hit level 5, push your lane quickly so that you hit level 6 first then go in for the kill to have an advantage in lane.


Summary:Max






Summary: As usual, last hit to heal, use skills to farm if losing. If the lane is pretty much even, max





Summary: Focus on healing with last hits from Auto-Attacks, harass him so that he burns his potions and go in for the level 6 kill, but keep an eye on your mana and his HP.


Summary:: Renekton's







Summary:: Maxing





Summary: Last hit minions with your Auto-Attacks but keep your skills in hand since Shyvana will try to force you out of lane with her strong early game harass.




Summary: Focus on FARMING, not killing Singed. If he misclicks his



Summary: Last hit to heal, poke with




Summary:: Harass with



Summary:: Wu's combo has low mana requirements so he will spam them early game on you as he has safe harass with his





Summary: Max



More champs coming soon!

As usual, I want to give thanks to jhoijhoi for her guides on Ashe and BBCoding which helped me with this guide as well as Astrolia's guide on how to use columns properly. I've looked through Icecreamy's guide on dividing columns as was done in his Lux guide but I've yet to implement it into mine for now.
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