Champion profile

Cho'Gath in draft

Played at Jungle in 69% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Ban, presence, fearless and patch by patch: Cho'Gath, all builds combined. In a comp, with / against and build: the chosen build.

Presence (pick + ban)

11 %

picked or banned · 75th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.4%

Picked 8% · 1,392 of 18,449 gamesBanned 4% · 615 of 17,444 drafts with bans

Win rate at Jungle

Everything below reads on 962 games at Jungle. · 491 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (17,444 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 28, 2026, 1:42 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Maokai

Kindred

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other junglersFrontlineCCNo pokeStays home

03 · With / againstGood against Ambessa, bad against Jinx.Good against

Ambessa70%33 gamesBad against

Jinx35%58 gamesBad duo with

Jax35%34 gamesGood duo with

Jinx67%67 games

04 · BuildOne path: Heartsteel.

Hail of Blades

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Read on Cho'Gath, all builds combined.

Where it is played

Share of Jungle picks taken by Cho'Gath, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

1.9%11,623 picks out of 597,136banned in 1.4% of games · 1,446 of 106,200patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

2.5%535 picks out of 21,472banned in 3.6% of games · 362 of 10,152patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

3.4%75 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 3% and 16% since 16.12 · 12.2% on 16.21 · 13.3% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	12.2%	2,671	Hail of Blades100% · 153
16.20	13.3%	7,858	Hail of Blades98% · 502
16.19	15.2%	6,733	Hail of Blades99% · 429
16.18	15.6%	5,762	Hail of Blades99% · 410
16.17	9.1%	5,728	Hail of Blades97% · 228
16.16	3.4%	5,992	Hail of Blades90% · 18
16.15	2.6%	5,530	Hail of Blades71% · 5
16.14	3.6%	5,702	Hail of Blades73% · 8
16.13	3.8%	7,391	Hail of Blades86% · 19
16.12	4.3%	5,118	Hail of Blades80% · 16

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

615 bans of 17,444 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: taken at any point of the series.

G15.5%
G25.0%
G3+6.0%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Vi23

Jarvan IV21

Wukong18

series, of 230 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (230), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Jungle when Cho'Gath is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Jungle, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Maokai
1.7% → 3.6%
Kindred
2.0% → 3.3%

615 games where it is banned · 15,499 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Cho'Gath ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on Cho'Gath, tank build.

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

Phase by phase

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

Damage / mintick = the junglers

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min4.3 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · junglers: 4.7

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itjunglers
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on junglers: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itFrontlineCC

What it is notNo pokeStays home

Split-push — Not applicable to this position.

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 6:54 (7:00), 1st item at 11:12 (10:42), 2nd at 20:30 (18:54), 3rd at 26:24 (25:24).

891 games · median minute of each milestone, junglers in brackets

Its jungle

69 jungle CS at 10 min · junglers: 66
6% of the time in the enemy jungle between 2 and 14 min · junglers: 7%

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Read on Cho'Gath, tank build.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
NautilusSUP	101	Favourablebetween 51% and 67%
LuluSUP	92	Leans its waybetween 45% and 62%
YunaraADC	90	Leans against itbetween 36% and 53%
Kai'SaADC	87	Evenbetween 44% and 62%
WukongJGL	86	Evenbetween 39% and 57%
Lee SinJGL	77	Leans its waybetween 45% and 64%
CaitlynADC	69	Evenbetween 41% and 60%
Jarvan IVJGL	68	Leans its waybetween 46% and 65%
SylasJGL	68	Evenbetween 42% and 61%
JhinADC	66	Favourablebetween 51% and 70%

show 165 other pairs

LeonaSUP	66	Favourablebetween 52% and 71%
EzrealADC	65	Leans its waybetween 44% and 64%
JinxADC	58	Unfavourablebetween 25% and 45%
ViktorMID	55	Evenbetween 38% and 60%
AhriMID	54	Evenbetween 39% and 61%
ViJGL	53	Leans against itbetween 31% and 53%
SeraphineSUP	53	Leans its waybetween 45% and 67%
BlitzcrankSUP	50	Leans against itbetween 29% and 52%
SylasMID	48	Leans its waybetween 49% and 71%
BraumSUP	48	Leans against itbetween 33% and 56%
LilliaJGL	43	Unfavourablebetween 26% and 50%
ThreshSUP	43	Evenbetween 39% and 63%
K'SanteTOP	42	Leans against itbetween 31% and 56%
AsheADC	42	Leans against itbetween 31% and 56%
LucianADC	42	Favourablebetween 52% and 75%
KarmaSUP	41	Evenbetween 36% and 61%
OrnnTOP	40	Leans against itbetween 28% and 53%
SyndraMID	40	Leans against itbetween 28% and 53%
XayahADC	40	Leans against itbetween 33% and 58%
ApheliosADC	39	Favourablebetween 51% and 75%
ZeriADC	38	Evenbetween 40% and 65%
MilioSUP	38	Leans its waybetween 45% and 70%
RenektonTOP	37	Unfavourablebetween 21% and 46%
RakanSUP	37	Leans its waybetween 49% and 74%
NocturneJGL	36	Unfavourablebetween 24% and 50%
AlistarSUP	36	Evenbetween 39% and 66%
RyzeMID	35	Leans against itbetween 33% and 59%
Miss FortuneADC	35	Favourablebetween 55% and 80%
RellSUP	35	Evenbetween 38% and 65%
AatroxTOP	34	Evenbetween 39% and 66%
GnarTOP	34	Evenbetween 36% and 64%
OriannaMID	34	Favourablebetween 51% and 77%
AmbessaTOP	33	Favourablebetween 56% and 81%
ZaahenTOP	33	Leans its waybetween 41% and 68%
TrundleJGL	33	Evenbetween 38% and 65%
Xin ZhaoJGL	33	Leans its waybetween 43% and 71%
HweiMID	33	Leans its waybetween 43% and 71%
MalphiteTOP	32	Leans against itbetween 30% and 58%
JaxTOP	31	Leans its waybetween 47% and 74%
MordekaiserTOP	31	Evenbetween 34% and 63%
NasusTOP	31	Evenbetween 34% and 63%
SionTOP	30	Leans its waybetween 39% and 67%
LissandraMID	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
LockeMID	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
YoneMID	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
TristanaADC	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
OlafTOP	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
LeBlancMID	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
MelMID	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
SivirADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
BardSUP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
AuroraMID	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
VarusADC	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
CamilleTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
GwenTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
SettTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
AkaliMID	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
GalioMID	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
XerathMID	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
NeekoSUP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
TaliyahMID	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
JayceJGL	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
IreliaTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
KalistaADC	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
ZiggsADC	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
PykeSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
YuumiSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
ViegoJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
GravesJGL	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
VexMID	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
JayceTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
VeigarMID	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
CorkiADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
YoneTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
YorickTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
FioraTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GragasTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ShenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
KaynJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
DianaMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GalioMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GarenTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
HecarimJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
NidaleeJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ZacJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
IllaoiTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
TrundleTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
VayneTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AniviaMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
FizzMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ZedMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
LuxSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AatroxJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Aurelion SolMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
MalzaharMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
VayneADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
PoppySUP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AkaliTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
RumbleTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
GwenJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Rek'SaiJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
TaliyahJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
TalonJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
AzirMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
GangplankTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
MaokaiTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
VarusTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AnnieMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
KennenTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SylasTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
VolibearTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
EkkoJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
KindredJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
KassadinMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
NasusMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
YasuoMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Kog'MawADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ViktorADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
MorganaSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
DariusTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SejuaniTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZedJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZyraJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AmbessaMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MalphiteMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SmolderADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MaokaiSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NamiSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SorakaSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Tahm KenchSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SingedTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VolibearTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
YasuoTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
EliseJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LuxMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
TristanaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
DravenADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
CamilleSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GalioSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PoppyTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
UrgotTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PantheonJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
RammusJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZaahenJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
BrandMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
CorkiMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
OrnnMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SeraphineMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SmolderMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SamiraADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PantheonSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ShenSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZileanSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZyraSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 175 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 891 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

Read on Cho'Gath, tank build.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 62 games
Patch16.21 · 123 games
2 patches505 games
Window891 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Hail of Blades+

Sorcery

100% · 62 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite

100% · 62 games

First maxed skill

100% · 62 games

show 2 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orHail of Blades+Inspiration8% · 5 games
orHail of Blades+Resolve2% · 1 game

62 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Heartsteel97% · 11:00
Dead Man's Plate74% · 21:00
Force of Nature39% · 25:24

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).