Champion sheet · Jungle

Cho'Gath

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

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

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.1%#29 of 173 champions

Pick: 13.4%picked in 931 of 6,926 games
Ban: 6.7%230 bans over 3,430 games, against 5.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle52.6% between 49.2% and 55.9% over 601 gamesSoloQ 50.5%: no clear gap

Median length28.9 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 6,931 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 372,957 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 Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itHail of Blades, then Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 98% of junglers.FrontlineCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.3%
SoloQ
2.7%
4.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.6%
SoloQ
5.4%
6.6% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 5.4% in soloQ over 166,064 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.9 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 28.9 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Hail of Blades, then Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesHail of Blades99% · 20,847

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite99% · 20,955

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 68 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 2,148

20%of soloQ games

Heartsteel
Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature

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 98% of junglers.

Crowd control (CC)top2%1.8 · junglers: 0.7
Absorbs damagetop9%1,259 · junglers: 855

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

What marks it

Frontline
CC

Like other junglers

Damage in late game
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
Stays home

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 8 in lane, 22 in mid game and 62 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

320-64 vs 383

741-55 vs 796

1,094+39 vs 1,056

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

Cho'Gathjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 75% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.3takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 8 of 100 among junglers320 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 22 of 100 among junglers741 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 62 of 100 among junglers1,094 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 22 of 100 among junglers-182 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 25 of 100 among junglers-309 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 38 of 100 among junglers4.3 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 91 of 100 among junglers1,259 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 60 of 100 among junglers53% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 33 of 100 among junglers19% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 58 of 100 among junglersrank 58 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 98 of 100 among junglers1.8 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 40 of 100 among junglers16% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 78 of 100 among junglers69 · median 66
Invade · rank 20 of 100 among junglers6% · median 7%

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

Wukong58.3% · expected 52.6% · 72 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +4.8

Midgap to expected

Viktor55.3% · expected 52.2% · 47 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -4.5

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus52.4% · expected 49.3% · 42 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +1.0

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Viktor54.0% · expected 52.9% · 50 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -1.8

ADCgap to expected

Yunara56.9% · expected 54.7% · 51 g+2.1 ptSoloQ 0.0

Supportgap to expected

Rakan77.4% · expected 55.0% · 31 g+22.4 ptSoloQ -2.3

Lulu60.4% · expected 49.5% · 53 g+10.8 ptSoloQ -0.6

Seraphine56.7% · expected 51.0% · 30 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -1.6

Nautilus61.3% · expected 55.8% · 31 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +1.2

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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