Cho'Gath/Strategy

Skill usage

 * Getting at least one rank of is a good way to farm minions. Because of the line-damage with each auto-attack, this is good for triggering.
 * It can sometimes be a good idea to toggle off to prevent yourself from pushing the lane too far and thereby opening yourself up to ganks. If you don't toggle it off when attacking a turret, an enemy champion can stand near the tower where you will hit them due to  area of effect damage, causing the turret to attack you.
 * If you're having difficulty upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger, as the true damage you deal exceeds the health of most minions. It is advisable to gain 6 stacks first by  on minions and using it to last hit enemy champions that are too close, since the damage to minions is significantly larger (particularly in early-mid game, since the damage to minions is a constant 1000, regardless of 's level).
 * If you want to push your lane faster, it's better to a Siege Minion for an instant minion kill since they're harder for your smaller minions to kill.
 * and allow  to jungle, also he is less susceptible to jungle ganks with his.
 * Using on Golem or Lizard Elder is a good way to gain an early advantage, since it deals 1000 damage to minions regardless of ability power or level.
 * Even if gets 6 stacks before level 11, he can still heal with.
 * allows him to maintain his health and mana, making him a great solo or 1v2 laner.
 * When an enemy is low on health, a good combo is followed immediately by

Build usage

 * Buying a or a  along mana regen masteries allows spamming of  and  without risk of mana starvation, in addition to allowing him to gain health with.
 * If your team has a tank already, can switch to an offtank ability power build in order to do more damage. Since  already increases  maximum health, he will still be difficult to take down.
 * Buying a will make  very hard to kill if he stacks and ( knock-up and slow will help you run after being revived.
 * Getting damage mitigation (armor and magic resist) instead of health is a good idea, since already grants a hefty amount of health.
 * Items such as and  are excellent for this purpose, as they increase magic resistance and armor, respectively, and ability power.
 * Since deals true damage to champions as well as minions, a caster build on  can allow him to deal heavy damage to single targets.
 * Grabbing a synergizes with . It also provides a cheap defensive soultion.
 * Spell vamp synergize well with and will allow you to heal more effectively.
 * A good starting item is a and a  allowing  to stay in lane along with.

Countering

 * Try to zone when he is low on health/mana from getting last hits, to prevent effective use of.
 * can also be avoided by watching for the animation on the Rupture ability. Before the spikes and the smoke appear, Cho'gath stomps his foot on the ground.
 * Save your channeled spells until he uses his two CC spells.
 * Build magic resistance to mitigate his damage, but know that deals true damage, not magic damage.
 * When facing an enemy as a DPS, consider getting a  to help kill him quickly, as he gains health naturally due to his.

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