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Cho'Gath

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

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

Tournament presence · pick + ban

14.0%#58 of 173 champions

Pick: 9.6%picked in 2,750 of 28,542 games
Ban: 4.4%1,014 bans over 23,108 games, against 4.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Top50.4% between 47.5% and 53.3% over 786 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 27.8 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthRunes
How to play itHail of Blades, 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 / againstBetter than expected against Malphite in amateur play: +24.1 pts over 32 games, range above zero.+24.1 pt32 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.3%
SoloQ
4.6%
4.3% ban rate in amateur play over 15,385 games, against 4.6% in soloQ over 431,272 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
27.8 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 27.8 min in soloQ.
RunesGrasp of the Undying instead of Hail of Blades
Amateur
56%
SoloQ
52%
Played in 56% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Hail of Blades (52%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesHail of Blades52% · 13,135

≠ Amateur: Grasp of the Undying instead of Hail of Blades. 56% · 843 games

SpellsFlash + Teleport68% · 17,201

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 94% · 91 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 1,476

15%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Dead Man's Plate

Same in amateur play

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?

Better than expected against Malphite in amateur play: +24.1 pts over 32 games, range above zero.

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

Malphite75.0% · expected 50.9% · 32 g+24.1 ptSoloQ +5.6

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV55.0% · expected 51.8% · 40 g+3.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Lee Sin54.8% · expected 50.6% · 31 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +1.9

Midgap to expected

Ahri52.8% · expected 48.4% · 36 g+4.3 ptSoloQ -0.5

ADCgap to expected

Ashe70.6% · expected 49.1% · 34 g+21.5 ptSoloQ +2.5

Jinx57.8% · expected 48.5% · 45 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Ezreal61.1% · expected 53.9% · 36 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +0.1

Kai'Sa52.5% · expected 50.8% · 40 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +0.8

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine56.8% · expected 49.5% · 37 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -1.8

Leona58.1% · expected 51.3% · 31 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +1.7

Nautilus52.1% · expected 50.3% · 48 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +2.6

Braum48.8% · expected 48.8% · 43 g+0.1 ptSoloQ -3.5

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV54.5% · expected 49.0% · 44 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -0.6

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara63.5% · expected 52.5% · 74 g+11.0 ptSoloQ +1.5

Ezreal62.5% · expected 46.8% · 32 g+15.7 ptSoloQ -1.7

Supportgap to expected

Leona62.5% · expected 49.4% · 32 g+13.1 ptSoloQ -1.8

Lulu51.9% · expected 48.0% · 54 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.6

Karma54.5% · expected 47.9% · 33 g+6.6 ptSoloQ -4.0

Milio52.6% · expected 48.6% · 38 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +0.7

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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