Tank Cho'Gath Build

Tank Cho'Gath build with runes and items. Tank Cho'Gath guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Tank Cho'Gath build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!
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Tank Cho'Gath Runes





















Optional Summoner Spells
Ghost
Ghost for extra and mobility and chasing and disruptive running around in fights. Good alternative if you want to stay close to enemies.
Exhaust
Defensive option. Exhaust for peeling against enemy divers and assassins and protecting your carries.
Ignite
Offensive option if you are feeling spicy. Grievous Wounds + some damage. Good in early fights and you can score some kills, but reduces your going-in potential. Especially later.
Optional Runes
Presence of Mind
Triumph is better overall (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of Mind.
Demolish
If you are into taking objectives, you can consider taking Demolish rune. Usually it is worth it and lets you push turrets quicker. Utility slash team oriented option.
How it works
- You play as a Tank.
- Your job is to soak damage, disrupt fights, protect your team, and be a pain in the neck for the enemy.
Playstyle
Be the frontline. Soak damage, disrupt enemies, protect your carries.
Jak'Sho rewards you for staying in fights.
Adapt your items to counter the enemy team.
How to play
Getting started
- Start with Guardian's Horn. Rush #1 Armor item if enemy is heavy on AD, or MR item if heavy on AP. Get Jak'Sho as #2.
- Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for very long time (or even have it as 6th item).
During fights
- Your goal is to be in the middle of fights as long as possible - Jak'Sho stacks up with combat seconds.
Adapting
- You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
- You can use Bandlepipes to give your whole team an attack speed boost whenever you CC enemies. Great synergy with auto attackers.
Runes
- Triumph is better overall (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of Mind.
- Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
Tips and Tricks
Champion
Skill Order
- Universal skill order for Cho'Gath: max Q for push/poke/healing, max W for fights, max E versus lots of melee champs in an enemy team.
Peeling
- You can be a great peeler for your carries if needed. Keep an eye for them and save Rupture (Q), Feral Scream (W) and Feast (R) for enemy divers/assasins.
Rupture (Q)

- If you want to elevate your game and hit more Rupture (Q), pretend to look other way while using it on your target. Face other direction, change angles, face backwards. Enemies won't expect you using Rupture (Q) on them.
- If you have reliable CC on your team, you can coordinate and land surefire Rupture (Q).
- If enemy has tons of mobility abilities. silence them first with Feral Scream (W) then try landing Rupture (Q).
Feral Scream (W)

- Keep Feral Scream (W) for priority targets. Enemy team has champions that dive and go in? Keep W for them.
Vorpal Spikes (E)

- Vorpal Spikes (E) is auto attack reset. You can use it to squeeze out an extra auto in fights and push turrets faster.
- Slow makes you Rupture (Q) much easier to land. Land E auto first, then throw Rupture (Q) while they are slowed. Much harder for them to dodge.
Feast (R)

- Do not wait for 'special moment' to use your Feast (R) early on. It is OK to just stack it on minions to get more survivability.
- If you are not playing a tank or support version, consider not eating siege minions - it is more gold for your carries, and they need gold more than you do!
Riot
- Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.
- If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.
- Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.
Skill Order
- Rupture
Q
- Feral Scream
W
- Vorpal Spikes
E
- Feast
R
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