How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Vayne · 45.33% win rate (878 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her %true shreds your HP — Q-peel, all-in early.
Track: Vayne's E — Condemn (20–12s cooldown). Wall-stun. Don’t get pinned.
Read from Cho'Gath's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vayne.
This is Cho'Gath's own plan; across 878 pooled games the lane is leaning Vayne.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Both of you are weak at level 1 with one ability — farm off Carnivore and set up, neither of you can commit yet. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | Her third Silver Bolt is percent-HP true damage and Tumble is a 6s reset that steps out of your Rupture - concede and farm her window. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | You stabilise with Vorpal Spikes waveclear and match her CS, but Tumble still steps out of a 950-range Rupture, so it is a wash. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Carnivore sustain and your Rupture-Feral Scream combo let you shove and farm safely — the lane sits even as long as you respect her kite. |
| Level 6 | Cho'Gath | Feast is true damage through her armour and MR, and Feral Scream stops both Tumble and Condemn - land Rupture from 950 and she is dead. |
| First item | Cho'Gath | Your Sunfire Aegis spike plus Vorpal Spikes shove own the wave she's forced to contest — push her off it and deny CS now. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Two-item Vayne shreds your Feast HP stacks with percent-max true damage and condemns you away — she out-duels you, so peel and teamfight instead. |
Level 1 is roughly even - you both have one ability and no real all-in, so last-hit, let Carnivore top off your HP and mana, and don't walk into her autos. The danger starts at 2-3: her third Silver Bolt does percent-max-HP true damage that laughs at your health bar, and Tumble is a 6-second auto-attack reset at rank 1, so the attack wind-up - not the ability cast - is your cue to step back, and she can roll straight out of a Rupture you telegraph. Don't throw Rupture on cooldown to push; it reaches 950 while Condemn only reaches 550, and that gap is the whole matchup.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Cho'Gath's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Cho'Gath vs Vayne 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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Vayne, slightly — Cho'Gath wins 45.33% of 878 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Vayne has a small statistical edge (54.67% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Vayne has the slight edge (Cho'Gath wins 45.33%), though it stays close.
Cho'Gath takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Vayne.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Heartsteel (stacks with Feast forever) first, then Riftmaker / Thornmail, with Plated Steelcaps.
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