Cho'Gath

Arena changes

• Q: Base damage changed to 100 to 340.
• Q: Slow strength changed to 70%.
• Q: Cooldown changed to 5 seconds at all ranks.
• E: Base damage changed to 32 to 80.
• E: Slow strength changed to 40 to 60%.
• R: New Effect: Gains 1 Feast stack per round after learning this ability.
• R: Champion base damage changed to 300 to 600 3.
• R: Bonus health per stack changed to 100 to 200 3.
• R: Cooldown changed to 60 to 40 3 seconds.²

• Cho'Gath's damage can make up for lacking strong crowd control.³
• Cho'Gath's Q has a very low cooldown early.⁴

• Cho'Gath's ultimate can critically strike with Jeweled Gauntlet.⁵
• Choosing Wolf can be more fun for Cho'Gath and can be more useful when he dies last.⁶
• Cho'Gath's ultimate benefits from health-scaling augments.⁴
• Cho'Gath can reach very high health and deal high true damage with his ultimate.⁷
• With ultimate haste, Cho'Gath could essentially instakill one champion and then use flowers to instakill another.⁸

Earlier formats

• Cho'Gath's ultimate can kill a target before Pyke can finish it with repeated Q hits.¹⁰ 8x2 duos
• Cho'Gath's ultimate can kill Pyke after repeated Q hits fail to finish him.¹¹ 8x2 duos
• Apex Inventor can make Cho'Gath very strong when taken early.¹² 8x2 duos
• Reaper's Toll and Blade of the Ruined King can shred Cho'Gath, but they need many attacks to ramp up.¹¹ 8x2 duos
• Detonation Orb is as effective against Cho'Gath as against Ashe or Sivir, and is useful against healing.¹³¹⁴¹⁵ 8x2 duos
• Lethality Sett can use his ultimate to throw Cho'Gath into his teammates.¹⁶ 8x2 duos
• Slow Cooker can pair with Cho'Gath and another health-gaining augment such as Tank Engine or Steel Your Heart.¹⁷ 8x2 duos
• Slow Cooker with another health-gaining augment such as Tank Engine or Steel Your Heart can give Cho'Gath more than 20,000 health.¹⁷ 8x2 duos
• Cho'Gath can threaten a late-game Talon or Rengar carrying Hellfire Hatchet if they close in on him.¹⁸ 8x2 duos