ChogathMatchups

He outscales you, out-trades you + is just a better version of Cho. Try to time your Q with the end of his W, silence him around the time he would R2. You can easily predict his E, so just Q yourself whenever he does engage. Be careful of his full combo if you don't have MR. Easily the hardest Tank Matchup for Cho.

AP Build: (Recommended)

• Difficulty: Not Favored

• Rune: Hail of Blades

• Item: Anything works, look at the rest of his team (I usually look into Max Haste Build into him)

• Ability Order: 2 Points Q → 2 Points E → Max W → Finish Q → R → E

Tank Build:

• Difficulty: Hard

• Rune: Grasp

• Item: Great Heartsteel / Fimbul stacker. Building MR against Ornn is good, as he deals mostly %hp magic damage. So if you build just HP he will melt you anyway.

• Ability Order: E → W → R → Q

Always keep his R damage in mind, it does up to 2.2k Damage in late with runes. To win early trade, Q him once he's in Q animation, afterwards quick trade with E and avoid his E damage. Keep in mind, that his W Tenacity also works on your silence, don't get baited by that. Go Swifties into him.

AP Build:

• Difficulty: Skill

• Rune: Hail of Blades

• Item: Swifties to be able to "kite" him. Hourglass to deny his ult for a bit longer in teamfights and to not get completely one shot

• Ability Order: 2 Points Q → 2 Points E → Max W → Finish Q → R → E

Tank Build:

• Difficulty: Skill

• Rune: Grasp

• Item: Swiftie / Deadmans to outspeed him. Can build Hourglass later

• Ability Order: E → W → R → Q

Easiest matchup possible for Cho. You win every trade, you can't get poked out of lane and you win side later on. Play Demolish so you can farm plates into him.

AP Build:

• Difficulty: Favored

• Rune: Hail of Blades / Arcane Comet (based on preference)

• Item: Anything works, look at the rest of his team (I love Dark Seal into him)

• Ability Order: Q → W → R → E

Tank Build:

• Difficulty: Favored

• Rune: Grasp

• Item: Really good Heartsteel stacker + Fimbulwinter is free into him

• Ability Order: E → W → R → Q

Q yourself whenever he Q's you, you do not win before Lvl 6. You hard snowball this matchup IF you get to kill him once. Lvl 6 you should be stronger. Keep his passive stacks / R passive stacks in mind, as he will not trade before stacking both up. Most importantly, get used to his E cooldown. If he has no E, he hard loses EVERY trade. If he has E, he hard wins every trade if you miss Q.

AP Build:

• Difficulty: Favored

• Rune: Hail of Blades / Arcane Comet (based on preference)

• Item: Anything works, look at the rest of his team

• Ability Order: 3 Points Q → Max W → Finish Q → R → E

Tank Build:

• Difficulty: Favored

• Rune: Grasp

• Item: Frozen Heart works great into him, as he scales well with Attack Speed. Great Heartsteel stacker tho

• Ability Order: E → W → R → Q

The key is to avoid his Q poke in the early and late stages. Try to consistently hit him with your Q to remove his passive, making him easier to gank for your jungle. Anti-heal becomes really effective once he hits level 6, so keep that in mind. Going boots early is also a good idea to avoid getting stat-checked by him once he reaches that Lvl 6 Power-Spike.

AP Build:

• Difficulty: Not Favored

• Rune: Hail of Blades

• Item: Swifties on first recall if you have less than 1.2k gold, if you have 1.2k go Lost Chapter. Oblivion Orb once you finished Lost Chapter / Swifties

• Ability Order: 2 Points Q → 2 Points E → Max W → Finish Q → R → E

Tank Build:

• Difficulty: Not Favored

• Rune: Grasp

• Item: Swifties on first recall. Bramble Vest on second recall.

• Ability Order: E → W → R → Q

If possible, go tank into Aatrox. 2 Points in Q early to win fights once he steps up with E+Q. You do not win early against him but you can contest him early, try to scale with Grasp Autos, once you hit 3 Items, you outscale him. 1 W in the late game and he dies. Anti-Healing works great into him.

AP Build:

• Difficulty: Skill

• Rune: Hail of Blades

• Item: Oblivion Orb once he reaches Lvl 6

• Ability Order: 3 Points Q → Max W → Finish Q → R → E

Tank Build: (Recommended)

• Difficulty: Favored

• Rune: Grasp

• Item: Bramble Vest once he reaches Lvl 6

• Ability Order: E → W → R → Q

Whenever he casts E, Q him. Whenever he casts R, wait for the Realm to arrive and then Q him immediately. Always keep his W Shield Meter in mind, you won't be able to trade him if it is full/almost full. Hourglass is really strong into him late, as you can "wait" out his R. Force of Nature makes him not be able to kill you pretty much.

AP Build: (Recommended)

• Difficulty: Favored

• Rune: Hail of Blades / Arcane Comet (based on preference)

• Item: Hourglass to stall ult later / Banshee so he can't insta ult you before procing it

• Ability Order: 2 Points Q → 2 Points E → Max W → Finish Q → R → E

Tank Build:

• Difficulty: Skill

• Rune: Grasp / Arcane Comet (based on preference)

• Item: Force of Nature.

• Ability Order: E → W → R → Q