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Cho'Gath matchups

Tier 3#30 Top9Full build
You playCho'Gath

Tier 349.4% win · #30 top

An even matchup51.5%Cho'Gath wins 51.5% of games into Malphite, well above the 49.4% Cho'Gath wins overall.
AgainstMalphite

Tier 152.0% win · #1 top

51.5%48.7%

1,268 gamesSample A 50.9%Sample B 52.7%Sample C 51.5%Gold at 15 +446Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Cho'Gath: Gold 50.0% · Plat 49.9% · Emerald 49.7% · Diamond 49.1%Malphite: Gold 51.4% · Plat 52.6% · Emerald 52.1% · Diamond 52.5%

Lane plan

Use [Q] when he steps in to use (Q). Manage your health with [P] while using your skills to contest lane to gain the upper hand.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play even
  • Heartsteel

    You complete Heartsteel at ~11 min; Malphite completes Sunfire Aegis at ~14 min. 3 minutes where you're ahead.

  • Level 3: Malphite's Thunderclap (W) is 10s, your Feral Scream (W) is 11s, so Malphite is back first. Level 6: Malphite's ultimate 130s, yours 80s.

  • Teleport

    Malphite takes Flash + Teleport in 74.3% of games. You take Flash + Teleport (73.4%).

Build into Malphite

Sample B · Emerald+ · 477 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

  1. Start0:00

    Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion

    Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

    69.6% of games · 50.3% win
    • Doran's ShieldHealth Potion51.2%
    • Doran's HelmHealth Potion58.3%

  2. First back

    Ruby CrystalGiant's Belt

    Ruby Crystal, Giant's Belt

    Bought in most games

  3. 1st item11 min

    Heartsteel

    Heartsteel

    65.6% of games · 53.3% win
    • Hextech Rocketbelt46.8%

  4. 2nd item20 min

    Hollow Radiance

    Hollow Radiance

    24.1% of games · 53.9% win
    • Riftmaker45.7%
    • Unending Despair50.0%

  5. 3rd item26 min

    Unending Despair

    Unending Despair

    12.8% of games · 59.0% win
    • Dead Man's Plate51.0%
    • Thornmail52.5%

  6. Boots14 min

    Mercury's Treads

    Mercury's Treads

    46.5% of games · 50.0% win
    • Boots of Swiftness56.9%
    • Plated Steelcaps50.0%

Runes

Most played page, 271 games

ResolveResolve

  1. Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undyingpicked in 56.8%
  2. DemolishDemolishpicked in 56.4%
  3. ConditioningConditioningpicked in 50.9%
  4. OvergrowthOvergrowthpicked in 56.0%

SorcerySorcery

  1. Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanistpicked in 36.1%
  2. CelerityCeleritypicked in 32.9%

Shards

Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth ScalingAttack Speed · Health Scaling · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Pick a keystone with a full page to see that page above.

Skill order

Most played order, 202 games
Q28101213
W31415
E14579
R611

Max

  1. EQW68.9% pick · 326 games51.5%
  2. EWQ21.1% pick · 100 games46.0%

Malphite: Q start, max QEW7,175 games

Summoner spells

FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport73.4% pick

FlashTeleportMalphite: Flash + Teleport, 74.3%21,511 games

Play against Malphite

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Malphite's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana
  1. P Granite ShieldPassive
  2. Q Seismic Shard8s cooldown · 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 mana · 625 range8s8s8s8s
  3. W Thunderclap10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8s cooldown · 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 mana · 400 range—10s10s10s
  4. E Ground Slam7s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 400 range—7s7s7s
  5. R Unstoppable Force130 / 115 / 100s cooldown · 100 mana · 1000 range——130s115s

Thunderclap (W) is the long one early: 10s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Cho'Gath's abilities

You · uses mana
  1. P CarnivorePassive
  2. Q Rupture6s cooldown · 50 mana · 950 range—6s6s6s
  3. W Feral Scream11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9s cooldown · 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 mana · 300 range—11s11s11s
  4. E Vorpal Spikes8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4s cooldown · 30 mana · 40 range8s8s6s4s
  5. R Feast80 / 70 / 60s cooldown · 100 mana · 175 range——80s70s

Feral Scream (W) is the long one early: 11s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 31 top matchups

Cho'Gath's win rate into each one · green beats Cho'Gath's average, rose falls short
42.0%44.0%46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.