Development
- Main article: Cho'Gath (Development)
- is voiced by J. S. Gilbert.
- Cho'Gath's Japanese voice actor is Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, who also voiced Japanese and .[1]
- The original icon of shows an inner maw, similar to that of the xenomorphs from the Alien film franchise.
- During development, his champion title was GreenTerror, which then moved to his title as "the Black Terror" before finally changing to "the Terror of the Void".[2]
- The first design space for his untargetable for a few seconds in the process. This was later changed because it led to player frustration over enemies getting saved from skillshots.
- This was later implemented to .
was to devour the enemy champion and make them - Cho'Gath is the only Voidborn whose name has more than six letters.
- Cho'Gath likely comes from Shoggoth from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos;
- Other influences might be the Ogre Magi Cho'Gall from Warcraft and Ku'gath from Warhammer 40,000 (whom Cho'Gath resembles).
- Cho'Gath resembles the aforementioned Ku'gath, a Carnifex also from Warhammer 40,000, Destoroyah from Godzilla, and Malebolgia / Violator from Spawn.
- He is 72 Teemo tall.[3]
Universe
- Main article: Cho'Gath (Character)
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Cho'Gath (League of Legends)
- Cho'Gath is one of 15 champions that have an ability that infinitely stacks an effect:
- In Cho'Gath's case, health. infinitely stacks his
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .
- Cho'Gath was the first champion to receive a second Legendary skin (though has two skins both of which are Legacy and has also two skins although one is Legacy and the other one is available).
- Cho'Gath's dance references Fantasmic! by Mickey Mouse.
- Riot created an Adobe Flash minigame dedicated for him called Cho'Gath Eats the World for April Fools' Day 2013.
- Another minigame released on the same date, Astro Teemo, which was unlocked by playing to a certain point in this game.
- The depiction of Cho'Gath in the icon of was based on his pose in his .
- In the now-removed official League of Legends forums, the original icon of was used to represent the "General Discussion" section.
- In the official League of Legends game trailer from 2009, Cho'Gath was given generic T-Rex sounds.
- In the V1.0.0.115 April Fools' Day patch;
- The following changes regarding Cho'Gath were jokingly listed:
- The following joke item was listed to be added:
- NEW Yordle Saddle: Any yordle champion can buy this new item to ride Cho'Gath.
- Cho'Gath was given a retexture and features as a monster called the "Big Stompy Monster" (along with its huge variant) in Invasion, a featured game mode.
Quotes
- Main article: Cho'Gath (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Ah, the tangled webs we weave." references Marmion by Walter Scott.
- He shares this quote with ▶️ .
- When using Omnomnomnom referencing the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. he will sometimes exclaim
- In Co-op vs. AI matches, Cho'Gath Bot's line upon the players' victory, "Guess you had the last bite.", is a play on the phrase last laugh.
- ▶️ "I'll bite your legs off!" references the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- ▶️ "It's funny, isn't it? How your best friend can just, blow up like that!" references either a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus or .
- ▶️ "What, what… What?!" references Sheila Broflovski from South Park.
- ▶️ "I like a man who grins when he fights!" references the phrase spoken by Winston Churchill.
- ▶️ "One can survive everything nowadays... Except death!" references Oscar Wilde.
- ▶️ "Cake or death?" quotes Eddie Izzard in Dress to Kill.
- The answer given was "Uh, death, please. No, cake! Cake! Cake, sorry. Sorry..."
- ▶️ "Anything less would be uncivilized." references Gillette's Right Guard deodorant commercials.
- In Co-op vs. AI matches, in the rare chance that Cho'Gath Bot is wearing his skin, he may say the following special greeting line: "Thank you for this auspicious game!".
- ▶️ "Maximum Cho'Gath!" might be referencing Crysis.
- ▶️ "Blue screen resolved." references the Blue Screen of Death from Microsoft Windows.
- He shares quotes with:
Skins
- Main article: Cho'Gath (Collection)
- The scene depicted has him fighting several soldiers geared like Helmet Bro.
- His was directly tweaked for the first splash art of his skin.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- ...and others
- This skin shares the Fables theme with:
- ...and others
- He references the Loch Ness Monster.
- The mention of a blurry photograph in his skin bio references the Surgeon's Photograph of the Loch Ness Monster.
- This skin shares the Day Job theme with:
- ...and others
- A banner reading 'Cho'Gath Rules' can be seen in the background.
- This skin shares the High Society theme with:
- He references a stereotypical 19th Century British gentleman.
- He was the first to get a new voiceover with a skin.
- He has his own dedicated section in the Latin American server.
- He discusses (in extremely old-fashioned and correct Spanish) the proper use of game terminology, going so far as to warn players to avoid English-Spanish mutations such as gankear ('ganking') and instead use the actual term emboscar ('ambush').
- This skin shares the Battlecast theme with:
- ...and others
- and pre-rework can be seen in the background.
- He is voiced by J.S. Gilbert.
- , , pre-rework , and are also voiced by the same voice actor. ,
- He resembles Machinedramon from Digimon.
- He is the Tokyo miniboss in Cho'Gath Eats the World.
- According to promotional art for this skin, his is powered by '451 Exawatt Omnisonic Speakers'.
- That amount of power has more energy than 2000 Tsar Bombas / 100,000,000,000 Tonnes of TNT in a single second.
- This skin shares the Prehistoric Hunters theme with:
- ...and others
- He was released in celebration of the premiere of Jurassic World along with:
- He is based on the movie's Indominus rex.
- He is most definitely thematically tied to his self considering the only difference is the presence/lack of flesh.
- A figure resembling the cancelled champion can be seen in the background.
- This skin shares the Dark Star theme with:
- ...and others
- Prior to the official release of the skin, there were fan-made concepts for a Dark Star skin for Cho'Gath.
- This skin was made by Riot in collaboration with an individual known as Bryan, a League player who visited Riot in 2017 through partnership with The Make-A-Wish Foundation. Bryan’s wish was “to meet the creators of Riot Games and create a skin with them.”
- During development, there were three concepts for this Make-A-Wish skin: Elderwood, Dark Star, War Drake[4]. Dark Star eventually passed due to Bryan liking the space concept the most.
- Bryan's clarinet performance was used for the final version of the skins theme.
- This skin was initially sold for nonprofit organizations around the world until the end of 10 August 2018 when it became a Hextech Crafting exclusive skin.
- The charity campaign raised over $6.1 million for 21 different nonprofits around the world, giving Riot Games Inc. the Golden Halo Award.[5]
. All of the proceeds from this skin went to
- This is the first skin of Cho'Gath's where the cast animation for is a single bite instead of multiple ones.
- This skin shares the Shan Hai Scrolls theme with:
- This skin shares the Broken Covenant theme with:
- This skin shares the Toy Box theme with:
- He celebrates April Fools' Day 2024 along with:
- His appearance is a parody of the titular character from Dibo the Gift Dinosaur.