# Cho'Gath Counters Who counters Cho'Gath? Best and worst picks against Cho'Gath by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Cho'Gath in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) ## Page Content [Cho'Gath guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) [Play against Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/how-to-play-against/) [Cho'Gath counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/counters/) Best and worst picks against Cho'Gath in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Ivern, Dr. Mundo and Gwen beat Cho'Gath most often. Talon, Briar and Warwick win the laning phase against Cho'Gath by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Cho'Gath Highest win rate versus Cho'Gath in Jungle. - 1 [Ivern](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ivern/) 187 games 58.8% - 2 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 134 games 57.5% - 3 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 256 games 53.5% - 4 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 656 games 52.6% - 5 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 324 games 51.9% - 6 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 933 games 51.3% - 7 [Lillia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lillia/) 1,368 games 51.2% ## Worst picks against Cho'Gath Lowest win rate versus Cho'Gath in Jungle. - 1 [Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) 286 games 43.7% - 2 [Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) 960 games 43.8% - 3 [Hecarim](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hecarim/) 938 games 44.4% - 4 [Nunu & Willump](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nunu/) 372 games 44.9% - 5 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 185 games 45.4% - 6 [Kindred](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kindred/) 694 games 45.8% - 7 [Kha'Zix](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/) 1,277 games 46.1% - 8 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 1,838 games 46.8% - 9 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 659 games 47.0% - 10 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 259 games 47.1% - 11 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 1,032 games 47.2% - 12 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 2,380 games 47.4% - 13 [Vi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vi/) 818 games 47.4% - 14 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 1,574 games 47.8% - 15 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 915 games 48.0% ## Best lane counters vs Cho'Gath Largest gold lead over Cho'Gath at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 110 games +514 - 2 [Briar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/) 183 games +495 - 3 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 135 games +437 - 4 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 323 games +420 - 5 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 221 games +401 - 6 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 203 games +392 - 7 [Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) 251 games +297 - 8 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 105 games +295 - 9 [Jarvan IV](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/) 146 games +253 - 10 [Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) 240 games +235 - 11 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 260 games +227 - 12 [Lillia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lillia/) 195 games +197 - 13 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 117 games +182 - 14 [Kayn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/) 263 games +178 - 15 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 216 games +140 ## How to play against Cho'Gath Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Dodge Q sideways instead of backing straight up, then trade while it is down. - Poke when he last-hits, but use repeated short trades because passive can erase single hits. - Track his Flash angle near objectives; pre-cast movement or defensive tools before W silence reaches you. - Trade objectives when your team cannot reach carries behind him; hitting the tank in river wastes time. - Kite outside R execute range and force him to walk through peel before reaching carries. ## Where Cho'Gath is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Cho'Gath is huge and slow, so kiting and percent-health damage punish his health-stacking frontline identity. - His crowd control is delayed and telegraphed, letting mobile enemies dodge the setup before his execute range matters. ## Cho'Gath counters: questions ### Who counters Cho'Gath in Jungle? At Gold+, Ivern (58.8%), Dr. Mundo (57.5%) and Gwen (53.5%) have the highest win rates against Cho'Gath. ### Who does Cho'Gath counter? Cho'Gath wins most often against Master Yi (43.7%), Nocturne (43.8%) and Hecarim (44.4%). ### Who wins lane against Cho'Gath? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Talon (+514), Briar (+495) and Warwick (+437) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Cho'Gath. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Talon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/counters/) - [Briar counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/briar/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)