Cho'gath, The Terror of the Void.
Set to the musical stylings of mulan!Why play chogath?What isn't to like about The Terror of the Void? This champ has the whole package. He brings great tanking/off-tanking power, aoe & cc skills, pushing power and huge burst damage. Against squishy carry champs chogath even provides some anti-carry qualities. Ask ashe how shes feeling after you nail her with a rupture > feral scream > ult nom.
If the fact that chogath is godly doesn't have you convinced, then I suggest you play him for the very reason you play lol in the first place. TO HAVE FUN! whats more fun then eating poppy while fist deep in her own turret? Knocking mf and galio up on a bed of spikes like a trampoline? Screaming at people until they drop dead? All while sporting the sexy gentleman chogath skin.
Lets get down to business! Runes, Masteries and Summoner Spells!My masteries are set to the standard 9-0-21. picking up a point in upgraded ghost and flash. Ghost and flash are my summoner skills of choice for two simple facts. ghost and flash are both versatile as offense and defensive spells. Escaping death, or more often then not positioning yourself for your ult. It becomes very hard for your enemy to judge distance with both of these skills and considering the massive amount of damage you can do to anyone adjacent to you. Nothing like taking a bite out of the opposing teams 1st priority target to start off a team fight. flash and ghost help make that happen. Other options for summoner skills include, but are not limited to ignite, (as suggested by zotox) teleport or exhaust. Your runes should be Magic pen marks, Health based on level seals, flat cooldown reduction glyphs and flat health quins. Other options for runes include ap glyphs, magic pen quins and mana regen seals.
To defeat the huns! Spells and Spell order.Carnivore - passiveYou gain mana and health after each unit you kill. great for shrugging off the opposing lanes harassment. helps manage your mana. helps you stay in the lane. Very useful.
RuptureAOE knockup slow on a short delay after casting. Its not easy to land this skill 100% of the time. Remember to try leading your opponent and predicting where they are going to go. Often the champ your laning against has roughly 50% health and landing this spell can get them killed by following up with a scream and nom. During the laning phase only cast this spell when trying to get a kill. Chogath doesnt have enough mana to spam this along with his scream. Cast from bushes to give them less warning.
Feral screamAOE cone slow on a pretty long cooldown. This is your bread and butter during the laning phase. great for harassing and great for creep killing. Its somewhat long cooldown helps manage your mana. Get this skill to level 5 sooner rather then later.
Vorpal spikesChogath gains additional aoe damage with each of his auto attacks. Has tons of synergy with your rylai's crystal scepter. worth placing a point into early for last hitting and higher damage auto attacks. Turn this skill off when pushing towers near enemy champs.
FEAST! NOMZ!Chogaths trademark skill. dealing a whopping 300-550-800 TRUE DAMAGE TO A SINGLE TARGET! GOOD GOD! By the end of your build your feast will be dealing over 1000 damage. Save your feast when there are enemy champs nearby who are in kill range. keep yourself stocked up on stacks as often as possible. Don't save ur feast too long when your not at full 6 stacks. Ap/tank chogath has a snowball effect of sorts and feast contributes to this. If you have a strong early game its likely you will roll the other team mid/late. you cant afford to die early with stacks on especially early.
I'll make a man out of you! Item build.Starting item. Doran ring + health pot
Second item.will usually be mercury treads but the enemy team comp will decide what your nikes look like. some teams might require ninja tabi and on occasion sorcerers shoes.
Third item.rod of ages. this item is amazing on chogath. once its built your mana troubles are over. this item should be built as soon as possible. sometimes finishing this while keeping the ugly 350 boots is recommended. Get the catalyst half first.
Fourth item. Rylais crystal scepter. Grants chogath aoe frozen mallet, more damage with all his skills and the ability to soak up more damage. this, rod of ages, your runes and your ult should have you at over 4k life by the end of your build.
Fifth and Sixth. banshees veil, thornmail, force of nature and randuins omen.
Your next two build slots depend on the other team. if there is a lot of cc and ap I recommend banshees veil and/or force of nature. Auto attack champs got you down? thornmail and/or randuins omen. some combination of these tanking items are highly recommended by me as your 4th and 5th items.
Final item. rabadons deathcap. Huge damage, nuff said.
Be a man! Tips, tricks and general advice.- Remember what I said about the snowball effect. Strong early game leads directly to a strong late game.
- In team fights your trying to do a few things. Nom the carry/high threat targets, cc & aoe the opposing team and soak up damage WITHOUT DYING. Take damage, get low and get out. Stacks are valuble to you. Tricky.
- He pushes lanes well and farms well. Creep when you can.
- If the opposing team requires you to pick up a high resist item eariler in the game then I suggest picking up your fifth and sixth options before your fourth option.
- Experiment! After getting the hang of playing chogath try things out for yourself. Pure tank builds are perfectly viable. Maybe you want mana regen runes so you can harass with rupture more early game. who knows! get creative.
- Ur mother fucking chogath. you dont give a shit what the other team thinks.
- Actually forget the above statement. Ur a gentleman and gentleman don't speak that way.
What results could you have by following my guide?
This post was edited by ROFLmanMAN on Jan 11 2011 06:51am