Champion profile

Cho'Gath in draft

Played at Jungle in 58% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

19 %

picked or banned · 30th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.3%

Picked 13% · 342 of 2,710 gamesBanned 7% · 137 of 2,009 drafts with bans

Win rate at Jungle

Everything below reads on 197 games at Jungle. · 149 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (2,009 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

197games at Jungle over the window: enough to count, not always to compare it with other junglers. Each card and each block says what it publishes, nothing is hidden (a rate is written from 30 games).

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compBelow the floor: no measure published.

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · Build2 paths: Heartsteel or Hextech Rocketbelt.

Hail of Blades

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Jungle picks taken by Cho'Gath, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

2.8%11,735 picks out of 415,601banned in 7.3% of games · 5,403 of 74,465patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

4.1%151 picks out of 3,686banned in 6.5% of games · 87 of 1,329patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

3.4%75 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 3% and 16% since 16.12 · 12.2% on 16.21 · 13.3% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	12.2%	2,671	Hail of Blades100% · 153
16.20	13.3%	7,858	Hail of Blades98% · 502
16.19	15.2%	6,733	Hail of Blades99% · 429
16.18	15.6%	5,762	Hail of Blades99% · 410
16.17	9.1%	5,728	Hail of Blades97% · 228
16.16	3.4%	5,992	Hail of Blades90% · 18
16.15	2.6%	5,530	Hail of Blades71% · 5
16.14	3.6%	5,702	Hail of Blades73% · 8
16.13	3.8%	7,391	Hail of Blades86% · 19
16.12	4.3%	5,118	Hail of Blades80% · 16

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

137 bans of 2,009 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G16.9%
G27.5%
G3+9.3%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Vi5

Jarvan IV4

Malphite4

series, of 52 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (52), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at Jungle, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at Jungle when Cho'Gath is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

137 games where it is banned · 1,615 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Cho'Gath ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

Its profile

Below the floor: no measure published.

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

No opponent seen often enough.

Sorted by number of games · 0 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 0 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, all regions. Patch + region does not reach 30 games (20).

Patch + region16.21 · 20 games, below the floor of 30
Patch16.21 · 153 games
2 patches664 games
Window197 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Hail of Blades+

Sorcery

100% · 153 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite

99% · 152 games

First maxed skill

99% · 152 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orHail of Blades+Inspiration27% · 41 games
orHail of Blades+Resolve1% · 1 game

Other spells

orGhost + Smite1% · 1 game

153 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Heartsteel79% · 11:00
Dead Man's Plate69% · 20:54
Force of Nature47% · 25:42
Hextech Rocketbelt18% · 10:00
Dead Man's Plate58% · 18:42
Thornmail23% · 24:12

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).