Cho'Gath
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW- Pick
- 13.4%picked in 867 of 6,489 games
- Ban
- 6.8%222 bans over 3,246 games, against 5.4% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
- How to play itHail of Blades, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Dead Man's Plate: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 100% of mid laners.FrontlineCC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.2%
- SoloQ
- 0.3%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 6.9%
- SoloQ
- 5.4%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Hail of Blades, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Dead Man's Plate: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesHail of Blades90% · 2,185
SpellsFlash + Ghost39% · 943
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Hextech Rocketbelt
- Riftmaker
- Dead Man's Plate
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 100% of mid laners.
- Crowd control (CC)top1%2 · mid laners: 0.7
- Absorbs damagetop19%841 · mid laners: 489
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Frontline
- CC
Like other mid laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Map pressure
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
What it is not
- Little damage
- No poke
- No split-push
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 74% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 27 of 100 among mid laners-172 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners-256 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners2.6 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 81 of 100 among mid laners841 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 53 of 100 among mid laners55% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 49 of 100 among mid laners22% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 100 of 100 among mid laners2 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 22 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 21%
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.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.3%2,112 picks of 672,394ban 5.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.2%20 picks of 9,366ban 6.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
12.2% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as MidNot enough series yet: published from 30.