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Cho'Gath

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Bans, presence and fearless: Cho'Gath across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.4%#72 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.7%picked in 1,402 of 18,318 games
Ban: 3.7%637 bans over 17,353 games, against 1.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Top52.1% between 47.8% and 56.5% over 349 gamesSoloQ 50.3%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 26.5 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 341,014 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthBuild
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Dead Man's Plate: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 100% of top laners.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.9%
SoloQ
0.7%
0.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.6%
SoloQ
1.4%
3.6% ban rate in amateur play over 11,485 games, against 1.4% in soloQ over 148,633 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
26.5 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 26.5 min in soloQ.
BuildHeartsteel, Unending Despair, Jak'Sho, The Protean instead of Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Dead Man's Plate
Amateur
10%
SoloQ
5%
Played in 10% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Dead Man's Plate (5%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Dead Man's Plate: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying50% · 2,377

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport70% · 3,306

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 97% · 29 games

Core (3 legendaries)5% · 75

5%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Dead Man's Plate

≠ Amateur: Heartsteel, Unending Despair, Jak'Sho, The Protean instead of Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Dead Man's Plate. 10% · 168 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 100% of top laners.

Crowd control (CC)top1%2.6 · top laners: 0.8
Absorbs damagetop12%1,449 · top laners: 970
Plays teamfightstop12%57% · top laners: 53%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other top laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 17 in lane, 51 in mid game and 64 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

537-62 vs 599

870+2 vs 868

1,115+36 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Cho'Gathtop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 78% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 17 of 100 among top laners537 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 51 of 100 among top laners870 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 64 of 100 among top laners1,115 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 22 of 100 among top laners-305 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 22 of 100 among top laners-406 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 88 of 100 among top laners1,449 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 88 of 100 among top laners57% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 12 of 100 among top laners22% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 81 of 100 among top lanersrank 81 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 100 of 100 among top laners2.6 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 50 of 100 among top laners20% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

With

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara62.2% · expected 55.4% · 37 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

Caitlyn57.6% · expected 55.6% · 33 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +3.7

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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