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Cho'Gath vs Zac

Cho'Gath
vs
52.9%

over 68 games

Zac
Analyze a draft with Cho'Gath

Skill matchup

Strong engageHeavy AP damageVery tankyHeavy CC

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Zac

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Cho'Gath: Heartsteel, Hollow Radiance, Unending Despair, Mercury's Treads, Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Bramble Vest, Thornmail.

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Heartsteel
1
Hollow Radiance
2
Unending Despair
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Hextech Rocketbelt
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport71%
FlashDot24%

Other options

Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Bramble Vest
Thornmail
Dead Man's Plate
Oblivion Orb
Kaenic Rookern
Force of Nature
Randuin's Omen
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Sunfire Aegis
Warmog's Armor
100.0% WR6 games
DominationDomination
Hail of BladesHail of Blades
Cheap ShotCheap Shot
Grisly MementosGrisly Mementos
Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunter
SorcerySorcery
Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanist
CelerityCelerity
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Zac's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Cell Division (P)

Each time Zac hits an enemy with an ability, he sheds a chunk of himself that can be reabsorbed to restore Health. Upon taking fatal damage, Zac splits into 4 bloblets that attempt to recombine. If any bloblets remain, he will revive with an amount of Health depending on the Health of the surviving bloblets. Each bloblet has a percentage of Zac's maximum Health, Armor and Magic Resistance. This ability has a 5 minute cooldown.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
314s5s21s–
611s5s21s2m
98s5s21s2m
118s5s21s1m45
168s5s15s1m30
188s5s9s1m30

Playing as Cho'Gath

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Aim Rupture where they're going

    Aim Rupture (Q) where your opponent is going, not where they are: the area knocks them into the air and slows them.

  2. Silence after the knock-up

    Follow a successful Rupture (Q) with Feral Scream (W): the silence stops them from casting spells, dashes included.

  3. Charge your spikes before a trade

    Cast Vorpal Spikes (E) before a trade: your next 3 autos launch spikes that slow enemies in front of you and deal damage based on their max health.

  4. Eat as soon as Feast is up

    Finish with Feast (R) as soon as it's up: each kill gives you permanent max health, but minions and non-epic monsters only give a limited amount.

Playing against Zac

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Step on his Goo

    Walk over the chunks of Goo he sheds: you destroy them, and Cell Division (passive) can't heal him with them anymore.

  2. Spread out after his Stretching Strikes

    If Stretching Strikes (Q) grabs you, spread out from your allies and minions: his next auto on one of them flings you into each other.

  3. Interrupt his Slingshot

    If you have a stun, a silence, a root or a knock-up, use it while he charges Elastic Slingshot (E): his charge is interrupted before the jump.

  4. Kill all his bloblets

    When he dies, kill his bloblets: Cell Division (passive) splits him into 4, and if any remain, he comes back to life. This passive has a 5-minute cooldown.

Other Cho'Gath matchups

Patch 16.21.1