How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Locke · 52.61% win rate over 555 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — your short-range Vorpal Spikes trade evenly with his Q poke and on-hit chip. Neither kit forces anything. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even skill: neither champion has a real all-in threat yet, so it's a farming lane with light poke. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is still skill-based poke trading — Feast isn't online, so his chip and your Q knockup roughly cancel out. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cho'Gath | Levels 4-5 tilt to Cho'Gath: you're approaching 6, and the Feast HP growth on the horizon already outscales anything his burst curve can promise. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even in the immediate window — his R can still genuinely threaten you before Feast stacks land, so respect the first few minutes of it. |
| First item | Cho'Gath | First item is Cho'Gath's: HP items plus early Feast stacks push your health past his execute threshold, and his kill condition starts failing. |
| Two+ items | Cho'Gath | Two-plus items are yours outright — full Feast bulk means his execute totem can't reach your pool, and the lane becomes a slow-motion stomp. |
An honest poke war through level 3: your Q knockup and Vorpal Spikes trade evenly with his Q poke and on-hit chip, so contest calmly and don't bleed HP for nothing. From 4-5 the lane starts leaning your way — you're approaching 6 and the Feast HP curve he cannot match. Just reach your ult healthy.
The full Cho'Gath vs Locke report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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