What are the best runes for Cho'Gath Jungle?

Hail of Blades in Domination with Sorcery secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (50.7% win rate).

What is the best build for Cho'Gath?

Rush Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate and Force of Nature. It wins 57.4% of Jungle games on patch 26.20.

Is Cho'Gath good on patch 26.20?

Cho'Gath has a 51.5% win rate in Jungle this patch, which makes it a strong pick.

Who counters Cho'Gath?

Ivern, Taliyah, Lillia are among the strongest counters to Cho'Gath Jungle this patch, by ranked win rate.

Cho'Gath build

Jungle · patch 26.20

Cho'Gath is currently a strong Jungle pick on patch 26.20, holding a 51.5% win rate across 95,323 games (6.3% pick rate, 7.7% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 54.9% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

51.5%

Pick

6.3%

Ban

7.7%

Games

95,323

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 57.4% win ratevs 51.5% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start50.4%−1.1

First back

Core · in order57.4%+5.9

The whole build

Boots53.0%+1.5

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

50.7% win rate

Domination

Sorcery

Skill Order

Max order:

E→

Q→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min48.6%

25-30 min50.3%

30-35 min53.4%

35-40 min54.8%

40+ min54.9%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

51.0%

51.5%

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// Matchups · who beats Cho'GathAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Gustwalker Hatchling and Health Potion and rush Heartsteel, Dead Man's Plate and Force of Nature; this core wins 57.4% of Jungle games; Hail of Blades is the keystone of choice; most players max E → Q → W.