How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Vladimir · 50.67% win rate (594 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Race his sustain before he scales — rupture-poke, slap on anti-heal, and Feast-execute his pool timing.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your combo. Bait it.
Read from Cho'Gath's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vlad's level-1 is famously weak, but you have no sustain edge over his Transfusion yet either — contest his last-hits and set the lane up rather than forcing a trade you can't finish. |
| Level 2 | Cho'Gath | Sanguine Pool is rank 1 on a 28-second cooldown here, and Feral Scream denies the cast outright - silence him first and his Q heal and E charge die with it. |
| Level 3 | Cho'Gath | Your Carnivore sustain, Vorpal Spikes waveclear, and slow-on-Rupture let you out-farm and out-trade a pre-Rylai Vlad who can't stick to you in extended fights. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vladimir | At 6 you get Feast, true damage his MR cannot reduce, but Sanguine Pool is 2 seconds of untargetable that eats a targeted execute - silence him before he sinks or bait the pool, then commit. |
| Level 6 | Cho'Gath | First-item: your tank-HP spike plus a Feast stack out-trades his pre-Rylai damage, and his pool is still on a long cooldown — force the extended all-in now. |
| First item | Even / skill | Skill: whether 6 goes your way hinges on the silence landing before he pools - Feral Scream first, then Rupture, then the execute. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Two AP items in, Crimson Pact converts his AP back into health, Tides of Blood chips you from 600 while the pool resets your casts - he out-scales the 1v1, so group and peel. |
Neither of you has a real kill threat before 6, and the key fact is a sequencing one: Sanguine Pool is live from level 2 on a 28-second cooldown, but Feral Scream is a silence, so if you scream first he never casts it. Lead with the silence when he steps up to E you, then Rupture the knockup and walk, because the same silence also blanks his Transfusion heal and his Tides of Blood charge. Stand behind a minion while you farm: Riot's own text says the released blood is blocked by enemy units, so a caster minion eats his entire poke pattern for free.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Cho'Gath's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Cho'Gath vs Vladimir 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.67% win rate over 594 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Cho'Gath vs Vladimir is a genuine skill matchup: 50.67% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Cho'Gath vs Vladimir win rate is 50.67%, an even lane decided by execution.
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 Vladimir.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Heartsteel (stacks with Feast forever) first, then Riftmaker / Thornmail, with Mercury's Treads.
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