Talk:Cho'Gath/@comment-8733289-20150424014143/@comment-24496127-20150506013739

As I said, it's a skill that works with instant hit detection scanning before the animation. Basically, if you're in range on cast, it hits. Only thing that makes it not is if you're inulnerable (note that it even hits if you go untargetable). You can't avoid it unless you aren't in the range when the person decides to scream.

Here's some rather recent video proof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhwxyf_wfFQ The only counterplay to the W is being out of it's range, or hoping that the cho is bad. When considering it's a 2.5 second silence in aoe, with decent damage, I really don't think it's a fair ability.