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Chogath ARAM Guide

Tank, Mage Mana Melee 2009 Void Voidborn Top
ARAM Builds:

Chogath is a melee tank usually played Top on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Chogath in ARAM: Play Cho'Gath as a disruptive tank in ARAM, using Rupture and Feral Scream to control teamfights while stacking Feast for durability.

Chogath ARAM Abilities

Passive

Cho'Gath restores Health and Mana upon killing any unit, scaling with level.

Targeting: Passive
Q

Ruptures the ground, launching enemies into the air and slowing them.

Targeting: Location
W

Cho'Gath screams in a cone, silencing all enemies hit for a short duration.

Targeting: Direction
E

Cho'Gath's attacks fire spikes that damage and slow all enemies in a cone.

Targeting: Auto
R

Devours an enemy, dealing true damage and permanently gaining max Health if it kills them.

Targeting: Unit

Chogath ARAM Playstyle & Tips

Play Cho'Gath as a disruptive tank in ARAM, using Rupture and Feral Scream to control teamfights while stacking Feast for durability. Focus on peeling for carries or engaging with AoE crowd control.

Tips

Use Feast (R) to execute low-health enemies and gain permanent health stacks for tankiness.

Maximize Rupture (Q) for AoE knock-up and slow to disrupt enemy formations in narrow ARAM lanes.

Build tank items like Heartsteel or Warmog's Armor to sustain through poke and stack health.

Use Feral Scream (W) to silence key enemy casters before they can use abilities.

Position near brush to land surprise Ruptures and catch enemies off guard.

Combos

Rupture (Q) into Feral Scream (W) for a knock-up into silence combo.

Feral Scream (W) to silence, then Vorpal Spikes (E) for sustained damage while they can't fight back.

Flash + Rupture (Q) to engage or catch fleeing enemies with a surprise knock-up.

Feast (R) after a Rupture (Q) knock-up to ensure the execute lands on a locked-down target.

Chogath ARAM Build Patch 16.13

Runes

Primary — Resolve

Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying
Demolish Demolish
Conditioning Conditioning
Overgrowth Overgrowth

Secondary — Domination

Ultimate Hunter Ultimate Hunter
Cheap Shot Cheap Shot

Summoners

FlashGhost

Skill Order

Max your skills in this order

1st
Vorpal Spikes
E
2nd
Feral Scream
W
3rd
Rupture
Q

Starter Items

  1. 1. Giant's Belt Giant's Belt
  2. 2. Tear of the Goddess Tear of the Goddess
  3. 3. Health Potion Health Potion
  4. 4. Health Potion Health Potion

Core Items

  1. 1. Heartsteel Heartsteel
  2. 2. Warmog's Armor Warmog's Armor
  3. 3. Mercury's Treads Mercury's Treads
4th Item
1/2
Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
Buy / avoid tips (5)

Buy when:

  • enemy team has heavy AP burst
  • you need to survive poke mages
  • your team lacks magic resist

Avoid when:

  • enemy team is mostly AD
  • you need armor against auto attackers

Options

5th Item
1/3
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Buy / avoid tips (5)

Buy when:

  • enemy has multiple melee auto-attackers
  • your team needs sustained frontline durability
  • enemy lacks percent health damage

Avoid when:

  • enemy team is heavy on burst mages
  • your champion prefers damage over survivability

Options

6th Item
1/3
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Buy / avoid tips (5)

Buy when:

  • enemy has multiple melee auto-attackers
  • your team needs sustained frontline durability
  • enemy lacks percent health damage

Avoid when:

  • enemy team is heavy on burst mages
  • your champion prefers damage over survivability

Options

Chogath ARAM FAQ

What is the best build for Chogath in ARAM?

In ARAM, Chogath typically builds core items like Heartsteel, Warmog's Armor, Mercury's Treads and Grasp of the Undying runes (Resolve primary, Domination secondary).

What runes should I use for Chogath in ARAM?

Take Grasp of the Undying in the Resolve tree as your keystone, with Domination as your secondary tree for Chogath in ARAM.

How do you play Chogath in ARAM?

Play Cho'Gath as a disruptive tank in ARAM, using Rupture and Feral Scream to control teamfights while stacking Feast for durability. Focus on peeling for carries or engaging with AoE crowd control.

What is Chogath's best combo in ARAM?

Rupture (Q) into Feral Scream (W) for a knock-up into silence combo.

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