How to beat Cho'Gath

Common role: Top

A scaling tank who grows infinitely and true-damage executes with a bite.

What makes Cho'Gath dangerous

Cho'Gath stacks permanent max-health on champion takedowns with his ultimate — a point-and-click true-damage execute — becoming a giant. He knocks up (Q), silences (W), and slows, providing frontline CC while being nearly unkillable late. His threat is his scaling and the execute bite.

How to play against Cho'Gath

• 1Stay above his ultimate's execute threshold — his R is a true-damage bite that ignores your resistances. Don't sit low in melee range.
• 2Dodge his Q (a delayed knock-up) — sidestep the circle and his combo has no lockdown.
• 3Deny his stacks: don't let him get takedowns with his ult, and pressure his weak early game before he scales into a giant.
• 4Low mobility — kite him. % health and magic damage beat his stacked HP better than raw damage.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓No mobility — kiteable.
• ✓Q knock-up is a dodgeable delayed skillshot.
• ✓Deny ult takedowns to stop his scaling.
• ✓Weak early before stacks and items.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Cho'Gath's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Carnívoro

  Cho'Gath recupera vida y maná cada vez que elimina a un enemigo. La cantidad aumenta con el nivel de Cho'Gath.

• Q
  Ruptura

  Resquebraja el suelo de un lugar determinado y lanza por los aires a los enemigos, lo que les inflige daño y les ralentiza.

  Strong: a delayed knock-up that sets up his combo. Weak: sidestep the circle and his combo has no lockdown.

• W
  Grito salvaje

  Cho'Gath lanza un terrible grito a los enemigos en un cono, lo que les inflige daño mágico y los silencia durante unos pocos segundos.

• E
  Pinchos mortíferos

  Los ataques de Cho'Gath liberan pinchos mortales que dañan y ralentizan a todas las unidades enemigas frente a él.

• R
  Festín

  Devora a una unidad enemiga e inflige una gran cantidad de daño verdadero. Si el objetivo muere, Cho'Gath crece y aumenta su vida máxima.

  Strong: a point-and-click true-damage execute that also stacks his max health. Weak: stay above its threshold and deny his takedowns to stop the scaling.

Itemization

Cho'Gath is a scaling tank with a true-damage execute. % health and magic damage beat his HP, stay above his ult threshold, and dodge his Q. Deny his stacks early.

This guide covers Cho'Gath's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.