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Cho'Gath vs Warwick

What is Cho'Gath's win rate vs Warwick?

In Top, Cho'Gath wins 54% against Warwick across 229 observed ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Cho'Gath behind by 528 gold.

Cho'Gath at 15:00

Typical gap to Warwick, from 228 games that reached 15:00.

Does Cho'Gath counter Warwick?

Too close to call. Cho'Gath sits at 54% over 229 games, so neither pick counters the other here. The lane goes to whoever wins the spots below, like the gold lead at 10:00 or staying alive until 15:00, so play for those and let the pick argument go.

How to beat Warwick as Cho'Gath

When Cho'Gath is ahead in gold at 10:00, this matchup runs 71% over 85 games; behind, it drops to 44% over 144.

The spotWin rateGames
Ahead in gold at 10:0071%85
Behind in gold at 10:0044%144
First blood69%85
+kills at 10:0070%71
+CS at 10:0067%67

The median first death in this lane comes at 4:35; the level 6 spike lands around 5:49. Respect the all-in window until your spike is online.

What does Cho'Gath build in Top?

Into Warwick specifically, Cho'Gath finishes Heartsteel first most often: 60.9% over 46 games of this matchup.

The most-finished Cho'Gath core is Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Dead Man's Plate: 59.5% across 1,263 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Heartsteel (8,795 games).

Skill plan: Cho'Gath players max E first and take E at level 1.

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