Champion sheet · Jungle

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%#71 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.7%picked in 1,406 of 18,159 games
Ban: 3.7%629 bans over 17,222 games, against 1.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle50.4% between 47.7% and 53.0% over 967 gamesSoloQ 49.0%: no clear gap

Median length29.4 minsoloQ 26.5 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 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 / againstBetter than expected against Ambessa in amateur play: +16.5 pts over 32 games, range above zero.+16.5 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 Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.4%
SoloQ
1.9%
2.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.5%
SoloQ
1.4%
3.5% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 1.4% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.4 min
SoloQ
26.5 min
Median of 29.4 min in amateur play, against 26.5 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% · 13,097

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite99% · 13,156

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 92 games

Core (3 legendaries)34% · 1,691

34%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?

Better than expected against Ambessa in amateur play: +16.5 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

Ambessa68.8% · expected 52.2% · 32 g+16.5 ptSoloQ -3.5

Jax59.4% · expected 50.4% · 32 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +2.2

Zaahen54.5% · expected 50.1% · 33 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +2.6

Aatrox52.9% · expected 50.9% · 34 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +1.3

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin55.6% · expected 52.9% · 72 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +1.4

Wukong48.2% · expected 47.2% · 83 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Jarvan IV54.4% · expected 53.5% · 68 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -2.6

Trundle50.0% · expected 47.5% · 34 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -7.5

Xin Zhao52.8% · expected 51.2% · 36 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

Midgap to expected

Sylas56.9% · expected 53.6% · 51 g+3.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

Viktor51.9% · expected 51.3% · 54 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -2.4

Ahri49.1% · expected 48.7% · 55 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +4.3

Orianna58.3% · expected 55.5% · 36 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +1.7

Hwei52.8% · expected 50.2% · 36 g+2.6 ptSoloQ -6.2

ADCgap to expected

Miss Fortune66.7% · expected 51.3% · 36 g+15.4 ptSoloQ -3.1

Jhin60.0% · expected 55.8% · 65 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -0.7

Lucian58.1% · expected 52.0% · 43 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +1.2

Aphelios61.5% · expected 56.0% · 39 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +3.3

Kai'Sa52.2% · expected 51.1% · 90 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

Supportgap to expected

Leona60.3% · expected 51.0% · 68 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -1.4

Nautilus58.4% · expected 53.0% · 101 g+5.4 ptSoloQ -1.4

Seraphine57.7% · expected 50.2% · 52 g+7.5 ptSoloQ -5.9

Rakan60.5% · expected 52.1% · 38 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +2.2

Alistar54.1% · expected 50.5% · 37 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -3.2

With

Topgap to expected

Renekton67.7% · expected 51.9% · 31 g+15.8 ptSoloQ +0.9

Zaahen67.7% · expected 53.1% · 31 g+14.6 ptSoloQ +2.4

Gnar61.1% · expected 50.5% · 54 g+10.6 ptSoloQ -2.4

K'Sante55.3% · expected 49.6% · 47 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

Sion56.7% · expected 51.3% · 30 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -6.9

Midgap to expected

Aurora66.7% · expected 50.7% · 39 g+15.9 ptSoloQ -0.7

Yone64.6% · expected 55.0% · 48 g+9.6 ptSoloQ -0.4

Sylas58.7% · expected 49.6% · 46 g+9.1 ptSoloQ +1.1

Akali60.0% · expected 50.6% · 35 g+9.4 ptSoloQ -2.7

Twisted Fate60.6% · expected 53.2% · 33 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +3.7

ADCgap to expected

Jinx65.2% · expected 55.7% · 69 g+9.5 ptSoloQ -0.2

Jhin53.0% · expected 47.4% · 66 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +0.7

Miss Fortune61.3% · expected 52.0% · 31 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -0.2

Lucian54.2% · expected 51.2% · 72 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Sivir52.5% · expected 51.7% · 40 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.1

Supportgap to expected

Alistar66.7% · expected 52.7% · 30 g+13.9 ptSoloQ +3.0

Blitzcrank62.5% · expected 52.2% · 48 g+10.3 ptSoloQ +1.7

Milio60.0% · expected 50.1% · 50 g+9.9 ptSoloQ -6.3

Lulu53.8% · expected 49.3% · 91 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Thresh58.2% · expected 53.2% · 67 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +2.3

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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