Cho'Gath

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

49.3% Based on 225 games wr in Top

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Boots of Swiftness

   1000 gold

   55 Move Speed
   
   Fleetfooted
   Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.

   Boots of Swiftness

   51% pick · 54.2% Based on 107 picks wr
2. Item 1 2 options
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     Doran's Ring

     400 gold

     18 Ability Power
     90 Health
     
     Drain
     Restore 1 Mana every second, increased to 2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana, heal for 45% of this value instead.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     Doran's Ring

     81% pick · 50.0% Based on 182 picks wr
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     Doran's Shield

     450 gold

     110 Health
     
     Enduring Focus
     Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
     After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     or Doran's Shield

     11% pick · 54.2% Based on 24 picks wr
3. Item 2 2 options
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     Hextech Rocketbelt

     2650 gold

     70 Ability Power
     300 Health
     20 Ability Haste
     
     Supersonic
     Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
     Hextech Rocketbelt

     61% pick · 50.4% Based on 133 picks wr
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     Heartsteel

     3000 gold

     900 Health
     100% Base Health Regen
     
     Colossal Consumption (0s) per target
     If an enemy champion is nearby for a few seconds, your next Attack against them deals 70 plus 6% of your max Health as bonus physical damage and grants 10% of the damage as max Health.
     
     Goliath
     For each 1000 max Health, gain 3% increased size, up to 30%.
     or Heartsteel

     13% pick · 48.3% Based on 29 picks wr
4. Item 3 2 options
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     Riftmaker

     3100 gold

     70 Ability Power
     350 Health
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Void Corruption
     For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 8%. At maximum strength, gain Omnivamp.
     
     Void Infusion
     Gain 2% of your bonus Health as Ability Power.
     Riftmaker

     55% pick · 55.9% Based on 102 picks wr
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     Dead Man's Plate

     2900 gold

     350 Health
     55 Armor
     4% Move Speed
     
     Shipwrecker
     While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed. Your next Attack discharges built up Move Speed to deal bonus physical damage.
     
     Unsinkable
     Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 15%.
     or Dead Man's Plate

     12% pick · 56.5% Based on 23 picks wr
5. Item 4 2 options
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     Dead Man's Plate

     2900 gold

     350 Health
     55 Armor
     4% Move Speed
     
     Shipwrecker
     While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed. Your next Attack discharges built up Move Speed to deal bonus physical damage.
     
     Unsinkable
     Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 15%.
     Dead Man's Plate

     30% pick · 51.5% Based on 33 picks wr
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     Force of Nature

     2800 gold

     400 Health
     55 Magic Resist
     4% Move Speed
     
     Steadfast
     Gain 70 Magic Resist and 6% bonus Move Speed after taking magic damage from Champions 8 times.
     or Force of Nature

     11% pick · 66.7% Based on 12 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

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Teleport

After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.

Teleport 61% · 47.4% Based on 137 picks wr

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Q Rupture

Ruptures the ground at target location, popping enemy units into the air, dealing damage and slowing them.

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W Feral Scream

Cho'Gath unleashes a terrible scream at enemies in a cone, dealing magic damage and Silencing enemies for a few seconds.

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E Vorpal Spikes

Cho'Gath's attacks release deadly spikes, dealing damage and slowing all enemy units in front of him.

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R Feast

Devours an enemy unit, dealing a high amount of true damage. If the target is killed, Cho'Gath grows, gaining maximum Health.

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Domination

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Hail of Blades · selected

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Cheap Shot · selected

Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.

Sixth Sense

On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

Grisly Mementos · selected

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep, gaining Health and Duration.

Level 9: Wards in the river are also Deep.

Treasure Hunter

Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.

Relentless Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.

Ultimate Hunter · selected

Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.

Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist · selected

Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Celerity · selected

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Waterwalking

Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.

Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed · selected

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).