Shaco vs Cho'Gath
Skill matchup
You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.
Build vs Cho'Gath
Build adapted to this matchup
Recommended items for Shaco: Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Imperial Mandate, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Voltaic Cyclosword, The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards, Infinity Edge.
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Cho'Gath's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
Whenever Cho'Gath kills a unit, he recovers Health and Mana. The values restored increase with Cho'Gath's level.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6s | 11s | 8s | – |
| 6 | 6s | 11s | 8s | 1m20 |
| 9 | 6s | 10.5s | 8s | 1m20 |
| 11 | 6s | 10s | 8s | 1m10 |
| 16 | 6s | 9s | 6s | 1m |
| 18 | 6s | 9s | 4s | 1m |
Playing as Shaco
Tips to maximize your impact
- Gank from behind
Gank with Deceive (Q) and come in behind your target: Backstab (passive) empowers hits from behind, and your first invisible auto becomes a critical strike.
- Finish with Two-Shiv Poison
Save Two-Shiv Poison (E) to finish: the shiv deals much more damage to a target below 30% health.
- Trick them with your clone
Cast Hallucinate (R) to bait their spells: you briefly disappear and reappear with a clone, which explodes on death into three boxes that fear.
- Trap their escape routes
Place Jack In The Box (W) on their escape routes or at a camp entrance: invisible after a delay, it fears champions who come near, then shoots them.
Playing against Cho'Gath
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
- Keep moving
Keep moving against him: Rupture (Q) strikes an area on the ground, and an enemy standing still takes a knock-up, damage and a slow.
- Punish him while he farms
Punish him when he goes for last hits: Carnivore (passive) restores health and mana for each unit he kills, and he lasts a long time in lane if you let him farm.
- Keep your distance if you can
If you have range, keep your distance: his kit has no dash, only the slows from Rupture (Q) and Vorpal Spikes (E).
- Beware Feast at low health
Don't stay in melee range at low health when Feast (R) is up: its true damage ignores your resistances, even if you're a tank.
Other Shaco matchups
Patch 16.21.1