How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Master Yi · 52.6% win rate over 192 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Cho'Gath | Cho'Gath owns level 1 — Rupture and Vorpal Spikes zone his weak early autos before Wuju Style even exists. |
| Level 2 | Cho'Gath | Level 2 stays yours: the knockup plus spikes still out-poke his short, resource-starved trades. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 turns skill — his Q-E-W kit lets him trade true damage back evenly, so the free chapter closes. |
| Levels 4-5 | Master Yi | Levels 4-5 are Master Yi's: your long cooldowns and thin pre-Warmog sustain can't answer sustained Wuju pressure. Farm, don't brawl. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 he stays ahead in the farming lane — Feast is your defensive and execute tool, not lane dominance, so keep conceding the tempo. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item is his — the attack-speed spike out-DPSes your cooldown-gated poke in any straight fight. Silence and disengage. |
| Two+ items | Cho'Gath | Two-plus items are Cho'Gath's: a Feast-stacked health pool becomes a wall his single-target burst can't cut down, and you outscale him from there. |
Take the first two levels — they're yours. Rupture and Vorpal Spikes zone his weak level 1 autos off the wave, and the knockup keeps out-poking his short trades at 2. By 3 his Q-E-W true damage trades evenly, so bank your early chip lead and shift to safe farming before the Wuju pressure arrives.
The full Cho'Gath vs Master Yi 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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