Cho'Gath Wild Rift Build — Patch 7.2e

How to play Cho'Gath — Wild Rift guide, combos & tips

Cho'Gath, the Terror of the Void, is a melee Tank who literally gets bigger as the game goes on. The whole kit revolves around Feast (R): every target he devours leaves a permanent stack worth +80 max health, +6% size, +4.7 attack range and +2.5 cast radius on Feast (R) itself. Growing is not cosmetic — the bigger he gets, the wider the spikes from Vorpal Spikes (E) come out, and the further his basic attacks reach. Meanwhile Carnivore (P) keeps him standing by restoring health and mana on every kill, while Rupture (Q) and Feral Scream (W) hand him a knock-up and an area silence that very few tanks bring to a fight. Difficulty 2 out of 3: the mechanics are simple, the hard part is deciding when to spend Feast (R) on a stack and when to hold it to finish off a champion.

Combos

• Q → E → AA ×3 → W: land Rupture (Q) under the target, switch on Vorpal Spikes (E) while they are still airborne, and unload all 3 basic attacks during the 1 second knock-up and the 60% slow that follows. Keep Feral Scream (W) in hand for the exact moment they try to answer with an ability.
• W → Q → AA ×3 (E): open with Feral Scream (W) when you see the escape ability coming — 1.4s of silence is enough to fit Rupture (Q) in without them dashing out — then finish with the spikes.
• E → AA ×3 → R: turn on Vorpal Spikes (E) before you commit, chip them under the threshold with the spikes and their 30% slow, then close with Feast (R): 300 pure damage that resistances do not reduce, plus a stack if the kill is yours.
• R on a minion or a jungle camp: when Feast (R) is up and there is nobody worth eating, spend it to grow — 1200 damage to minions and monsters is a guaranteed kill, it is worth a stack up to the cap of 6, and the kill itself feeds Carnivore (P).

Skill order: E > Q > W (level R whenever it's available)

Early game

The early plan is simple: farm cleanly and hand over nothing. Carnivore (P) returns 18 health and 4.35 mana on every unit you kill, so each clean last hit is free sustain — one more reason not to swing at the wave at random. Vorpal Spikes (E) is your pushing tool: switch it on when the minions are bunched up, because the spikes come out in front of you and catch several units at once. Against a poke lane never chase — Rupture (Q) is your only answer and it is better saved to punish whoever steps forward for a minion, since 1 second of knock-up plus 1.5s of 60% slow is all the time you need to land the 3 spiked attacks. The moment Feast (R) comes online, make a conscious call: if the lane is calm, spend it on a minion or a camp (1200 damage, guaranteed kill) and bank the stack, because +80 max health and +4.7 attack range are permanent advantages nobody can take back; if the enemy is pressuring you, hold it as a 300 pure damage execute instead. And remember Carnivore (P) doubles on towers — taking the first tower hands you a chunk of health and mana back.

Mid & late game — teamfighting

From mid-game on, Cho'Gath is the tank who breaks other people's engages, not the one who starts them: you have nothing to jump in with, so stand in front of your carries and let the enemy come to you. Feral Scream (W) is your strongest play in a grouped fight — 1.4s of silence over a whole area, timed for the instant the enemy is about to press their abilities, is worth more than any damage you could deal. Rupture (Q) is pure peel: a 1 second knock-up plus a 60% slow on whoever dives your backline. Keep Vorpal Spikes (E) running on the biggest bodies, because the extra damage is calculated on THEIR maximum health — you are the one who melts the enemy frontline, and the 30% slow from each spike helps you stay attached with no dash of your own. Late on, Feast (R) is saved for the enemy carry: 300 pure damage is a finisher resistances cannot stop, and if the kill is yours you grow in the middle of the fight, which widens your spikes for everything that follows. At full stacks you also carry up to +75 attack range and +25 cast radius on Feast (R), so hit from the edge of the melee and eat the carry from further out instead of walking into the middle.

Pro tips

• Decide in advance what your ultimate is for in this game: minions and non-epic monsters hand you stacks up to 6 (1200 damage is a kill on basically anything), and past that threshold you only grow by devouring champions and epic monsters. Early on a safe stack is worth more than a risky kill attempt; later, when the squishy dies anyway, Feast (R) is worth more held for him.
• Switch on Vorpal Spikes (E) BEFORE you go in, not after: it is only 3 basic attacks, and every second spent activating it mid-fight is an attack you did not throw. Remember the bonus damage is based on the TARGET's maximum health, not yours — stacking health makes you tougher but does not add a single point to the spikes. What actually improves them is size: every stack from Feast (R) makes them come out wider.
• Feral Scream (W) is used in advance, not as a punishment: 1.4s of silence stops neither footsteps nor basic attacks, it exists to keep an ability from being cast at all. Pressed half a second after the enemy already used theirs, all you did was 80 magic damage.