
League of Legends: A Comprehensive Guide to Cho'Gath, The Terror of The Void
Cho'Gath is a melee champion in League of Legends who is primarily played in the top lane. He combines tank durability with powerful crowd control abilities and unique scaling.
Core Abilities:
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Carnivore (Passive): Cho'Gath restores health and mana when killing units.
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Rupture (Q): Creates a delayed ground explosion that knocks up enemies and slows them.
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Feral Scream (W): Emits a cone-shaped scream that damages and silences enemies.
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Vorpal Spikes (E): Empowers next 3 basic attacks to deal bonus magic damage and slow enemies.
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Feast (R): Devours target enemy, dealing true damage. When killing units, Cho'Gath gains permanent health stacks and grows in size.
Key Features:
- Infinite scaling potential through Feast stacks
- Strong crowd control with knockup, silence, and slows
- Flexible build paths (can go tank or AP)
- Excellent objective control with Feast execute
Strategic Strengths:
- Excellent lane sustain through passive
- Strong teamfight presence
- Good at securing objectives
- Scales well into late game
- Natural tankiness from R stacks
Strategic Weaknesses:
- Vulnerable to kiting
- Telegraphed abilities
- Large hitbox when stacked
- Loses stacks on death
- Mana intensive early game
Cho'Gath excels at controlling space in teamfights while steadily growing stronger throughout the game through his Feast stacks. His mix of crowd control and true damage makes him a threat to both squishies and tanks alike.
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