Cho'Gath/Background

Champion	Ability Details	Background	Strategy	Skins & Trivia

There is a place between dimensions, between worlds. To some it is known as the Outside, to others it is the Unknown. To those that truly know, however, it is called the Void. Despite its name, the Void is not an empty place, but rather the home of unspeakable things - horrors not meant for minds of men. Cho'Gath is a creature born of the Void, a thing whose true nature is so awful most will not speak its name. Its fellows have been poking at the walls that divide dimensions for a crack, a way into Runeterra, where they can visit their own personal paradise of horror upon the world. They are called the Voidborn, creatures so ancient and terrible that they have been removed from history altogether. It is rumored that the Voidborn command vast armies of unspeakable creatures on other worlds, that they were once driven from Runeterra by powerful magic lost to antiquity.

If such tales are true, then the rumors that follow must be equally true - that one day, the Voidborn will return. Even now, something dark stirs in Icathia, perverting the summoning rituals of the League to allow the presence of Cho'Gath. It is an alien creature of malice and violence, a thing that causes all but the most stalwart to cringe in fear. Cho'Gath even appears to feed on its predations, growing and swelling as it gorges itself. Worse yet, the creature is intelligent, perhaps greatly so, making most wonder how such a monster could be contained. Fortunately, the power of the League's summoning has confined Cho'Gath's presence exclusively to the League of Legends. It is here that summoners use Cho'Gath's Voidborn abilities to help decide the fate of Runeterra. The Terror of the Void knows what fate it would choose for Runeterra, given half the chance.

"Woe betides the day when Cho'Gath grows weary of the League."

Quotes Edit

Champion selection

Play "You'd wish the world you know to end! Yeeeesssss..."

Attacking

Play "You have stains upon your soul... Perfect."
Play "Who will be eaten first?"
Play "Your souls will feed the Void!"
Play "There will be no end to your suffering!"
Play "You shall not escape!"
Play "You are such... hideous creatures!"
Play "No! I do not live under a bed... Fool!"

Movement

Play "The daylight! It burns!"
Play "For the darkness!"
Play "Summoner, your darkness beckons."
Play "Afraid of the dark...? Wise!"
Play "Your races are a scourge upon the world!"
Play "I shall bring them terror!"
Play "You... are a scourge upon the world."

Taunt

Play "Death is not the end for you. I have seen to it. For eternity, you are mine!"

Joke

Play "Ah, the tangled webs we weave..."
Play "Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom!"
Play "Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom!" (spoken faster)

Attacking

Play "You, sir, are a coward and a ruffian!"
Play "You cheeky little fellow!"
Play "One can survive everything nowadays, except death!"
Play "I challenge you to a duel!"
Play "I like a man who grins when he fights!"
Play "I'll bite your legs off!"
Play "Cake or Death?"

Movement

Play "*Clears throat* "Yes, good sir?"
Play "Anyone for a spot of tea?"
Play "Let us fight like gentlemen!"
Play "Oh, bother!"
Play "Pip-pip! Cheerio!"
Play "Anything less would be uncivilized."
Play "What, what... What?!"

Taunt

Play "Would you like some cheese with your whine?"

Joke

Play "It's funny isn't it? How your best friend can just blow up like that."
Play "Nom nom nom nom nom!" (spoken slowly)

Upon using Rupture

Play "Ah-Ha!"
Play "Ah-Haa!"
Play "Ah-Haaa!"
Play "Up you go!"

Upon using Feral Scream

Play "Quiet!"
Play "Quuuuiet!"

Upon using Feast

Play "Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom..."
Play "Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom..."

Upon Death

Play "Oh no."

Beginning of the match

Play "Initializing battle sequence: Annihilation!"
Play "The world of humans is ending."
Play "Enemy analysis aborted. Subjects unworthy."

Attacking

Play "Initiating combat."
Play "Escalating aggression."
Play "Crush them underfoot."
Play "Uploading program: terror."
Play "All organisms will be consumed."
Play "Isolating weak points."
Play "Eliminate filthy organics."
Play "Violence restrictions lifted."
Play "Afraid of the dark? That's my shadow."
Play "These are such hideously obsolete creatures."

Movement

Play "Biologicals must be eliminated."
Play "Humans are innately flawed."
Play "My design exceeds any others."
Play "Morals are a waste of memory."
Play "Evolution is past. Extermination is present."
Play "When all humans die, I will remain."
Play "Cleanse the world of bio-filth."
Play "Possible emotion detected. Purging database."
Play "Obliterate all resistance."

Taunt

Play "Humans!"
Play "Bow down!"

Joke

Cho'Gath fires smoke signals from his canons.

Play "Doom cannon, fire!"
Play "Long range communications... sent."

Upon using Feral Scream

Play "Silence!"
Play "Jamming!"
Play "Override!"

When toggling Vorpal Spikes on

Play "Rockets primed."
Play "Missile bays open."
Play "Employing collateral damage."

Upon using Feast

Play "Om nom nom nom nom nom nom nom."
Play "OM nom nom nom nom nom."
Play "Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom."
Play "Arm nom nom nom."

Upon gaining a Feast stack

Play "Mass increasing."
Play "Repurposing consumed materials."
Play "Durability improved."
Play "Structural integrity reinforced."
Play "Quantifying nutritional value."
Play "Compacting devoured subject into cube."

Upon reaching maximum Feast stacks

Play "Maximum Cho'Gath!"
Play "Core reactor fully charged!"
Play "Puny creatures, observe perfection!"
Play "I shall eclipse the world of man!"
Play "I am power beyond measure!"
Play "Size approaching singularity!"

Upon reaching levels 6, 11, 15 and 18

Play "Let the consumption begin." (Level 6)
Play "Power levels rising." (Level 11)
Play "Approaching peak output." (Level 15)
Play "Final state reached. Tremble before me." (Level 18)

Upon using Recall

Play "Refueling required."
Play "Condensing for transport."
Play "Returning to docking station."

When reviving

Play "Rebooting."
Play "Increasing defensive awareness."
Play "Revenge profile uploaded."
Play "Resuming functionality."
Play "Redundant systems activating."
Play "Blue screen resolved."
Play "System error isolated. Reinitializing."

Co-op vs. AI ResponsesEdit

Match start

"I will devour all disgusting humans!"

Player team victory

"GG!"

Player team defeat

"Guess you had the last bite."

Special

"Thank you for this auspicious game!"

Development Edit

Cho'Gath was designed by Ezreal and Guinsoo.

Urgent incoming transmission Edit

Announcement made by Recon Team:^[1]

URGENT! FOR IMMEDIATE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS

--- Found recording enclosed. Begin audio analysis ---

--- Play ---

--- Audio file reveals unknown audible construct signature. Nature of construct unknown ---

--- All personnel on high alert ---

--- Please report all unusual activity or sightings ---

END TRANSMISSION.

Battlecast Prime Cho’Gath Sighted! Edit

Announcement made by NeeksNaman:^[2]

Warning! This mechanical menace has been sighted stomping through nearby cities and battlefields, crushing anyone and everything in his destructive path! Metal is, indeed, perfection.

Mechanize Mayhem with Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath Edit

Announcement made by NeeksNaman:^[3]

In another world where flesh is replaced by techmaturgy, Battlecast Prime Cho’Gath is the most feared and deadly construct to crush his way across the battlefield. This new version of the Terror of the Void comes to the fight as a mechanical menace, firing missile salvos instead of Vorpal Spikes, bellowing a distorted version of Feral Scream from powerful speakers and launching subterranean missiles that Rupture underneath your foes. With a mechanized model and brand new effects, sounds, and animations including a new recall, you’ll be ready to claim the future for the truly evolved.

As organic life’s days are numbered, machines rise as the ultimate evolution of Valoran’s champions.

Patch history Edit

V3.01:

Feral Scream
- Silence duration reduced to 1.5/1.75/2/2.25/2.5 seconds from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3.

V1.0.0.154:

Feral Scream
- Targeting cone is now attached to Cho'Gath.

V1.0.0.153:

Carnivore
- Health restored adjusted to 20-71 from 34-68.

V1.0.0.148:

Tooltips have been updated.

V1.0.0.145:

Tooltips have been updated.

V1.0.0.144:

Stats
- Magic resist per level increased to 1.25.
- Attack range normalized to 125 from 130.
Rupture
- Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.672.
- Delay normalized to 0.625 seconds from 0.5 - 0.75.
Feral Scream
- Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.6417.
Vorpal Spikes
- Width now increases based on Cho'Gath's size.
Feast
- Now grants Cho'Gath up to 50 additional Attack Range, based on Feast rank and amount of stacks.
- Cast time normalized to 0.5 seconds from 0.43.
- Range increased to 150 from 100.

V1.0.0.140:

Rupture
- Added red/green rings to indicate which targets will be affected.
- Launch delay reduced to 0.65 seconds from 0.7.

V1.0.0.139:

Base movement speed increased to 320 from 315.

V1.0.0.133:

Fixed a bug where Feast would fail to kill shielded targets.

V1.0.0.125:

Adjusted the animation speed of his run while he has stacks of Feast.

V1.0.0.123:

Fixed a bug where Cho'Gath could gain a Feast stack even when the target did not die.

V1.0.0.120:

A particle will now appear correctly on enemy targets when they can be killed by Feast.

V1.0.0.118b:

Reduced the chance of Rupture failing to knock up the target.

V1.0.0.113:

Stats
- Base health reduced to 520 from 550.
- Base armor reduced to 19 from 21.
Carnivore
- Mana restored on kill has been reduced to 3.25 + (0.25 × level) from 6.5 + (0.5 × level).
Feral Scream
- Damage reduced to 75/125/175/225/275 from 80/130/180/240/300.
Vorpal Spikes
- Damage increased to 20/35/50/65/80 from 20/30/40/50/60.
- Ability power ratio increased to 0.3 from 0.2.
Feast
- Damage reduced to 300/475/650 from 300/550/800.
- Ability power ratio increased to 0.7 from 0.5

V1.0.0.109:

Feast now loses half stacks (rounded up) instead of 3 stacks on death.

V1.0.0.107:

Rupture
- Delay reduced to 0.75 seconds from 0.8.
Carnivore
- Health restored upon kill reduced to 32 + (2.0 × level) from 37.5 + (2.5 × level)
- Mana restored upon kill reduced to 6.5 from 7.5. It still has a growth of 0.5 × level.

V1.0.0.105:

Fixed a bug with Rupture that showed cooldown in the levelup tooltip even though the cooldown did not change.

V1.0.0.103:

Rupture:
- Cooldown reduced to 9 seconds from 10.
- Mana cost changed to 90 at all ranks from 80/90/100/110/120.
Vorpal Spikes is now classified as an area of effect spell for the sake of items like Rylai's Crystal Scepter or Hextech Revolver.

V1.0.0.100:

Fixed a display error with Vorpal Spikes and death recap.
Feral Scream
- Silence duration reduced to 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3 seconds from 2/2.5/3/3.5/4.
- Cooldown reduced to 13 seconds from 16.

V1.0.0.96:

Vorpal Spikes:
- Will no longer trigger cast effects like Lich Bane.
- Will now fire even if the target is missed.
Cho'Gath can now more easily Feast on any unit, including Dragon, Lizard Elder, or other very large Cho'Gaths.

V1.0.0.94:

Vorpal Spikes
- Can now be toggled off.
Feast
- Fixed a bug at rank 3 where Cho'Gath has difficulty feasting when he has max stacks.
- Fixed a bug where the ability buff tooltip was not updating the bonus health when Cho'Gath loses stacks.
- Fixed a bug where Cho'Gath was not scaling properly when he loses stacks.
Cho'Gath will now be properly considered melee for the sake of items like Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Fixed a bug where the Tenacity mastery caused Cho'Gath's Feast to not kill the target.

V1.0.0.86:

Rupture
- Now deals damage on knocking the targets into the air, rather than when they fall to the ground.
Feast
- Stacks lost on death changed to half the stacks rounded up from of all of them.

V1.0.0.82:

Tweaked autoattack animation timing.

V1.0.0.79:

Feast
- It no longer appears to deal excessive damage in Death Recap.
- Updated tooltip to reflect the functionality that it damages the target and if it kills them, you gain health (reverted to the old functionality).

V1.0.0.74:

Fixed a bug with Feast where it was not able to kill Poppy.

V1.0.0.72:

Fixed a bug where using Feast when the target had too much health caused too much damage.

V1.0.0.63:

Rupture
- Slow duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4.

V1.0.0.61:

Rupture
- Cast range reduced to 950 from 1000.
Feral Scream
- Ability power ratio reduced to 0.7 from 0.75.
Vorpal Spikes
- Ability power ratio reduced to 0.2 from 0.25.

V1.0.0.52:

Rupture
- Range increased to 1000 from 900.
Feral Scream:
- Cooldown reduced to 16 seconds from 17.
- Range increased to 650 from 615.

V1.0.0.32:

Fixed an issue where Cho'Gath would not move close enough to the target to Feast at large sizes.

V0.9.25.34:

Carnivore
- Now restores 8-16.5 mana when Cho'Gath kills a unit in addition to the normal health gain on kill.
Updated secondary / critical strike animations.

V0.9.25.21:

Carnivore
- Health restored per kill increased to 40-82 from 30-72.
Vorpal Spikes
- Damage reduced to 20/30/40/50/60 from 40/60/80/100/120.
- Ability power ratio reduced to 0.25 from 0.33.
- Now also hits your primary target.
Feast
- Cooldown reduced to 60 from 70.
- Added a 0.5 ability power ratio.

V0.9.22.16:

Feral Scream
- Cooldown reduced to 17 seconds from 20.
Rupture
- Range increased to 900 from 800.
- Mana cost reduced to 80/90/100/110/120 from 80/95/110/125/140.
Vorpal Spikes
- Base damage increased to 40/60/80/100/120 from 20/40/60/80/100.
- Ability power ratio increased to 0.33 from 0.25.
Feast
- Size per stack reduced to 0.7/0.11/0.15 from 0.9/0.15/0.18.

V0.9.22.15:

Renamed to Cho'Gath, the Terror of the Void.
New voiceovers.
Stats
- Movement speed increased to 315 from 310.
- Base damage increased to 56 from 50.
- Mana per level increased to 40 from 35.
- Attack range increased to 130 from 125.
Base size increased.
- Size per stack decreased slightly.
Rupture
- Damage increased to 80/135/190/245/305 from 65/125/185/245/305.
Feral Scream
- Damage increased to 80/130/180/240/300 from 60/120/180/240/300.
Vorpal Spikes
- Range increased by 50.
Feast
- Fixed a bug which caused the level up tooltip to not display.

V0.9.22.7:

Carnivore
- Health restored increased to 30-72 from 15-72.

V0.8.22.115:

Feast
- Fixed a bug causing the particle to display on champions incorrectly.

V0.8.21.110:

Feast
- Max health to consume is now a flat value of 300/550/800.
- Will no longer penetrate abilities like Guardian Angel, Chrono Shift, Undying Rage.

July 10, 2009 Patch:

Feast
- Rewrote tooltip to make more sense.
- No longer kills units with Guardian Angel or Chrono Shift.

June 26, 2009 Patch: Added

Carnivore (Innate)
- Cho'Gath restores life upon killing units.
Rupture (Q)
- Cho'Gath causes the ground to rupture. After a short delay jagged spikes will emerge, popping enemies into the air, dealing damage and slowing them upon landing.
Feral Scream (W)
- Cho'Gath lets out a terrifying cone based scream, damaging and silencing units who are hit.
Vorpal Spikes (E)
- Passive: Cho'Gath's basic attacks send out spikes, impaling units behind his primary target.
Feast (Ultimate)
- Cho'Gath attempts to consume an enemy whole, instantly killing it if it is below a health threshold. Each time Cho'Gath successfully devours a unit, he grows in size, gaining health and increasing the consume health threshold.