- His scaling doesn't depend on gold: Feast stacks come off minions, so a rough lane doesn't cap his power curve the way it would a carry's.
- Vorpal Spikes' percent max health damage climbs 0.5% per stack: at 6 stacks he stays relevant into the tankiest compositions on the patch.
- The 2-second silence at rank 4 is one of the few reliable answers to combo assassins (Katarina, Akali) that doesn't rely on an ultimate.
- Feast deals true damage: on a patch where tanks stack health and resistances, an execute that ignores both keeps its full value.
Cho'Gath Wild Rift — Build, Counters & Tier
Cho'Gath is a Baron Lane tank in Wild Rift, a Void terror whose body literally grows with every devoured victim.
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Cho'Gath's win rate has dropped -0.29 pts over the last 30 days, now at 50.46%. See the full Wild Rift meta trends for more biggest movers.
Cho'Gath lands on August 7, 2026, mid-cycle 7.2, as a solo lane tank with permanent scaling: every successful Feast adds health, size and attack range kept for the rest of the game.
Cho'Gath is a Baron Lane tank in Wild Rift, a Void terror whose body literally grows with every devoured victim. His kit combines an area knock-up, a cone silence, spikes dealing percent max health damage, and a Feast that executes with true damage. He excels in compositions seeking an evolving frontline able to lock down an entire corridor. In Wild Rift, his defining trait is permanent scaling outside of items: every Feast stack adds health, size and attack range kept for the rest of the game.
Cho'Gath excels alongside allies who convert his knock-up into damage — Yasuo first and foremost. Compositions with overlapping zones (Orianna, Miss Fortune, Seraphine) turn his control into decisive combos. He thrives on teams playing objectives in tight terrain, where both of his zones are worth double.
Cho'Gath struggles against true damage and percent max health damage (Fiora, Vayne, Gwen) that turn his health pool into a liability. His complete lack of mobility makes him vulnerable to compositions that kite or lock him out of fights. Ranged harass during laning prevents him from stacking his ultimate, and without stacks he is just an average tank.
With Cho'Gath, stack Feast on minions whenever it is off cooldown: it is a scaling resource, not just an execute. Chain the knock-up into the silence to guarantee the cone connects. In teamfights, look for corridors and save the ultimate for the first enemy carry dropping below the true damage threshold.
§ 06 — The matchup wallCho'Gath Wild Rift counters and synergies
§ 02 — Strengths & weaknesses Cho'Gath Wild Rift strengths and weaknesses
- Into a true damage or percent max health composition (Fiora, Vayne, Gwen): his health pool stops being an asset and becomes a target.
- Against a ranged laner able to deny him last hits: no farm means no stacks, and without stacks he is just an average tank.
- In a composition that already has its engage and needs damage: he brings control and mass, not a sustained damage threat.
- In a game decided by split-pushing: with zero mobility he loses every map trade and cannot rejoin fights on foot.
§ 03 — Game planCho'Gath Wild Rift game plan: early, mid and late game
Patient farming phase
Patient farming phase. Cho'Gath has neither mobility nor burst: he soaks damage, stacks last hits with his passive and only takes trades where Q lands. The first real goal is level 5, when R comes online.
The champion changes nature from 3-4 Feast…
The champion changes nature from 3-4 Feast stacks: the HP, size and attack range he gains make him impossible to trade with 1v1. That's the window to take fights around the first Dragon and convert them into plates.
Frontline with a permanent execute threat
Frontline with a permanent execute threat. In 5v5 he opens with Q in a chokepoint, silences the regroup, then saves R for the first enemy carry who drops under the true-damage threshold.
§ 07b — Advanced MechanicsCho'Gath: combos & tips Wild Rift
The first ability knocks up for 1s, which guarantees the cone from the second connects; the third chains all three spikes during the 60% slow left behind by the first
Land the crowd control first, check the remaining health, then release the ult: 300/450/600 TRUE damage is reduced by no resistance whatsoever
Here the silence goes first, not second: it cuts the assassin's spell chain before it even begins
In the river or at a pit entrance, both zones overlap and hit the entire team
§ 08 — DialoguesCho'Gath Wild Rift FAQ
Q.01 Is Cho'Gath a tank or a mage in Wild Rift? +
A tank whose damage happens to be magic. He is built with health and resistances, but all three of his offensive abilities deal magic damage and scale with ability power. Damage-leaning builds (Riftmaker, Liandry's) work because they convert his health, not because they replace his frontline role.
Q.02 How many Feast stacks can you get at most? +
Six through minions and non-epic monsters. Kills on champions and epic monsters are not subject to that cap, so the total can go higher late. Every stack grants 80 to 160 health depending on ultimate rank, up to +100% size, up to +75 attack range and up to +25 cast range.
Q.03 How do you counter Cho'Gath in solo lane? +
With true damage and percent max health, which negate his single advantage — Fiora, Vayne and Gwen are his worst matchups. And with ranged harass: every wave he cannot farm is a stack he will never get, and his scaling is a countdown you can actually stop, unlike a carry's that a single kill can restore.
Data — Stats per levelCho'Gath Wild Rift base stats per level (1-15)
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| Lvl | HP | AD | Armor | MR | Mana | HP regen | Res. regen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 690 | 62 | 46 | 40 | 380 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | 818 | 66 | 50.5 | 42 | 430 | 8.8 | 12.8 |
| 3 | 946 | 70 | 55 | 44 | 480 | 9.6 | 13.6 |
| 4 | 1,074 | 74 | 59.5 | 46 | 530 | 10.4 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 1,202 | 78 | 64 | 48 | 580 | 11.2 | 15.2 |
| 6 | 1,330 | 82 | 68.5 | 50 | 630 | 12 | 16 |
| 7 | 1,458 | 86 | 73 | 52 | 680 | 12.8 | 16.8 |
| 8 | 1,586 | 90 | 77.5 | 54 | 730 | 13.6 | 17.6 |
| 9 | 1,714 | 94 | 82 | 56 | 780 | 14.4 | 18.4 |
| 10 | 1,842 | 98 | 86.5 | 58 | 830 | 15.2 | 19.2 |
| 11 | 1,970 | 102 | 91 | 60 | 880 | 16 | 20 |
| 12 | 2,098 | 106 | 95.5 | 62 | 930 | 16.8 | 20.8 |
| 13 | 2,226 | 110 | 100 | 64 | 980 | 17.6 | 21.6 |
| 14 | 2,354 | 114 | 104.5 | 66 | 1,030 | 18.4 | 22.4 |
| 15 | 2,482 | 118 | 109 | 68 | 1,080 | 19.2 | 23.2 |
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Data — Balance historyCho'Gath Wild Rift buffs and nerfs, patch by patch
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Buff
Cho'Gath hits harder with Vorpal Spikes and gets Feast back more often, making every stack count and raising his teamfight threat.
- Vorpal Spikes · Base damage: 15/35/55/75 + (2.15/2.5/2.85/3.2% + 0.5% × Feast stack) of target max health20/45/70/95 + (2.3/2.7/3.1/3.5% + 0.6% × Feast stack) of target max health
- Feast · Cooldown: 80/70/60s70/60/50s
- Feast · Bonus health to damage ratio: 8%10%
Sources: our patch files, checked against Riot's official patch notes · measured effect: median win rate before and after the patch · All patch notes
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