Cho'Gath Items · Mid

26.22 (latest)Emerald+ Tank · Mage

The core Cho'Gath build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Dead Man's Plate and Thornmail. Jak'Sho, The Protean is the most common fourth item.

Win Rate−0.3 pts vs average (50.3 %)
50.0 %
Pick Rate
0.5 %
Ban Rate
8.7 %
Games
8K
KDA
2.25

Win Rate: −0.3 pts vs average (50.3 %)

Core build

Item 1 Hextech Rocketbelt 50.6 % WR 5,373 games
Item 2 Dead Man's Plate 56.5 % WR (+6.5) 2,462 games
Item 3 Thornmail 52.3 % WR (+2.3) 1,629 games
4th item
Jak'Sho, The Protean 64.0 % 238 games
Force of Nature 55.3 % 127 games
Unending Despair 63.0 % 109 games
5th item
Jak'Sho, The Protean too few games 48 games
Randuin's Omen too few games 33 games
Unending Despair too few games 21 games

Win rate per item counts every game it was bought in. Items bought late (4th to 6th) read higher partly because players who got that far were often ahead already, not only because of the item.

Item combinations by build stage

Share of games that built exactly these items first, win rate from 100 games.

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Hextech Rocketbelt + Dead Man's Plate18.6 %56.0 % (+6.0)1,243
Heartsteel + Hextech Rocketbelt8.3 %47.1 % (−2.9)555
Hextech Rocketbelt + Rod of Ages4.7 %48.2 %317
Hextech Rocketbelt + Force of Nature4.4 %47.6 %295
Thornmail + Hextech Rocketbelt4.2 %49.1 %279
Heartsteel + Hollow Radiance3.9 %51.3 %263
Thornmail + Heartsteel3.5 %51.4 %235
Kaenic Rookern + Hextech Rocketbelt2.7 %51.9 %178

Starting item & boots

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Doran's RingStart81.1 %50.3 %6,910
Doran's ShieldStart10.8 %47.7 % (−2.3)917
Doran's HelmStart6.0 %49.6 %515
Dark SealStart1.2 %55.3 %100
Boots of SwiftnessBoots34.2 %51.7 % (+1.7)2,915
Mercury's TreadsBoots32.1 %48.6 % (−1.4)2,733
Plated SteelcapsBoots17.2 %51.3 % (+1.3)1,463
Sorcerer's ShoesBoots10.0 %49.9 %851

Starting items and boots: shares of the 8,524 newest games with an item timeline.

Early order

ItemsPick RateWin RateGames
Doran's Ring › Amplifying Tome › Hextech Alternator › Ruby Crystal7.5 %47.2 % (−2.8)638
Doran's Ring › Amplifying Tome › Hextech Alternator › Kindlegem5.1 %49.3 %432
Doran's Ring › Dark Seal › Amplifying Tome › Hextech Alternator2.7 %57.4 %227
from the 8,524 latest games with an item timeline

Summoner spells

Summoner spellsPick RateWin RateGames
Flash + Ignite52.9 %50.4 %4,285
Teleport + Flash34.2 %48.7 % (−1.3)2,772
Flash + Ghost12.9 %50.7 %1,044

Skill order

Skill orderPick RateWin RateGames
E › Q › W45.7 %49.4 %3,860
Q › W › E19.5 %49.7 %1,647
Q › E › W15.0 %48.4 % (−1.6)1,266

Build variants

BuildPick RateWin RateGames
Hextech Rocketbelt › Dead Man's Plate14.6 %56.0 % (+6.0)1,243
Hextech Rocketbelt › Heartsteel6.5 %47.1 % (−2.9)555
Rod of Ages › Hextech Rocketbelt3.7 %48.2 %317

Win rates are colored only when they are at least 1 point above or below Cho'Gath's average (50.0 %) and based on 500 or more games.

From ranked games ggez.gg collected through the Riot API.