How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Sion · 51.98% win rate over 756 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Two immobile tanks with no level-1 trade — you both just last-hit, neither knockup is online to punish, so it is a genuine wash. |
| Level 2 | Sion | Sion's charged Q (Decimating Smash) and Roar of the Slayer chip you and shred your armor before your Rupture-into-Feral-Scream combo exists to answer it. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Your Rupture-W combo and Carnivore sustain come online, so you heal his Roar poke and the trades reset to even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Vorpal Spikes waveclear and Carnivore sustain stabilize the lane — both of you farm safely and neither can force a kill. |
| Level 6 | Cho'Gath | Feast's point-blank true damage bypasses his stacked armor, making it the one tool that actually threatens to execute a tank and deters his all-in. |
| First item | Even / skill | Both tanks spike into farm-and-scale mode; your sustain matches his Q-shove so the first-item window stays even. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Two HP-stacking tanks can't solo each other — it comes down to Feast stacks and teamfight knockup value, not the duel. |
Two slow, immobile tanks staring at each other — but Sion edges the very early game because his charged Q (Decimating Smash) and Roar of the Slayer chip you and shred your armor while your kit is still asleep. Don't walk into a fully-charged Q; the longer the white channel, the bigger the knockup and damage, so sidestep it or punish him during the long, rooted wind-up. Last-hit off Carnivore, accept a little Roar poke, and don't throw Rupture from max range where he just walks out of the delayed burst — hold it until you can chain it into Feral Scream.
The full Cho'Gath vs Sion 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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