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Cho'Gath build, with receipts

Top · Items from patches 26.1-26.12

Banned in 0.8% of 1,102,922 ranked games

Most-played choices

What most players pick in each slot.

Most finished three-item core

Hextech Rocketbelt then Riftmaker then Dead Man's Plate

59.5% · 1,263 games

Win rates count the games where the item set got finished - the receipt for the completed build.

Most-played starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

13,683 games

First finished item

Heartsteel

8,795 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport

22,827 games

Level 1 skill and first max

E at level 1

22,353 games

Max E first

26,169 games

Most-played rune page

Hail of Blades — Domination: Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter + Sorcery: Axiom Arcanist, Celerity; Adaptive force / Move speed / Health scaling

10,779 games

Full comparisons

Cores, first items, boots and starting items

The finished core

  • Hextech Rocketbelt then Riftmaker then Dead Man's Plate: 59.5% · 1,263 games
  • Heartsteel then Hollow Radiance then Thornmail: 56.7% · 575 games
  • Heartsteel then Hollow Radiance then Unending Despair: 58.0% · 450 games
  • Hextech Rocketbelt then Riftmaker then Unending Despair: 55.0% · 431 games
  • Heartsteel then Sunfire Aegis then Thornmail: 59.0% · 346 games

First finished item

  • Heartsteel: 49.3% · 8,795 games
  • Hextech Rocketbelt: 51.9% · 7,624 games
  • Hollow Radiance: 47.9% · 1,099 games
  • Sunfire Aegis: 49.2% · 736 games

Boots

  • Plated Steelcaps: 49.3% · 9,470 games
  • Mercury's Treads: 51.0% · 5,964 games
  • Boots of Swiftness: 53.8% · 4,845 games

Starting shop

  • Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion: 50.8% · 13,683 games
  • Doran's Shield + Health Potion: 48.1% · 4,328 games
  • Doran's Helm + Health Potion: 49.3% · 902 games
Runes, shards and summoner spells

Most played full page

Hail of Blades — Domination: Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter + Sorcery: Axiom Arcanist, Celerity; Adaptive force / Move speed / Health scaling. 49.4% · 10,779 games.

Runes

  • Hail of Blades: 50.0% · 15,382 games
  • Grasp of the Undying: 49.7% · 14,824 games
  • Arcane Comet: 50.0% · 1,665 games
  • Stormraider's Surge: 54.8% · 62 games

Rune trees

  • Domination + Sorcery: 50.0% · 13,237 games
  • Resolve + Inspiration: 50.2% · 8,058 games
  • Resolve + Precision: 48.8% · 4,532 games

Stat shards

  • Attack speed / Health scaling / Health scaling: 49.5% · 12,224 games
  • Adaptive force / Move speed / Health scaling: 49.4% · 11,942 games

Summoner spells

  • Flash + Teleport: 49.2% · 22,827 games
  • Flash + Ignite: 51.0% · 7,566 games
  • Flash + Ghost: 50.7% · 869 games
Level 1 skill and first max
  • E at level 1: 49.4% · 22,353 games
  • Q at level 1: 50.5% · 9,629 games
  • W at level 1: 51.2% · 260 games
  • Max E first: 50.2% · 26,169 games
  • Max Q first: 47.6% · 4,685 games
  • Max W first: 51.8% · 1,006 games