Champion sheet · Jungle

Cho'Gath

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Bans, presence and fearless: Cho'Gath across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.0%#29 of 173 champions

Pick: 13.4%picked in 965 of 7,218 games
Ban: 6.6%237 bans over 3,566 games, against 5.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle52.6% between 49.3% and 55.9% over 629 gamesSoloQ 50.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.9 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 6,931 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 376,433 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itHail of Blades, then Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 95% of junglers.CC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.3%
SoloQ
2.7%
4.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.5%
SoloQ
5.5%
6.5% ban rate in amateur play over 2,247 games, against 5.5% in soloQ over 169,540 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.9 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 28.9 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Hail of Blades, then Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesHail of Blades99% · 20,545

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite99% · 20,648

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 96% · 47 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 2,148

20%of soloQ games

Heartsteel
Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 95% of junglers.

Crowd control (CC)top5%1.5 · junglers: 0.7

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

What marks it

Like other junglers

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Team damage
Invade

What it is not

Little map pressure
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 63% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

3.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Gold at 15 min · rank 41 of 100 among junglers-43 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 37 of 100 among junglers-86 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 13 of 100 among junglers3.5 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 60 of 100 among junglers914 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 49 of 100 among junglers51% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 31 of 100 among junglers18% · median 20%
Crowd control (CC) · rank 95 of 100 among junglers1.5 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 28 of 100 among junglers15% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 93 of 100 among junglers71 · median 66
Invade · rank 25 of 100 among junglers6% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.