How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Yasuo · 52.84% win rate (791 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Silence his EQ — Q-zone, out-scale him.
Track: Yasuo's W — Wind Wall (25–17s cooldown). Cone silence — his Wind Wall can’t block it!
Read from Cho'Gath's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even - he last-hits with ranged Steel Tempest while you sustain off Carnivore, and a blind Rupture just gets side-stepped or Sweeping Bladed out of. |
| Level 2 | Cho'Gath | At 2 your Rupture into Feral Scream silence cuts off his E-dash mid-combo, so the knockup-cone lands when his Windwall is down. |
| Level 3 | Cho'Gath | With all three abilities your Q-W combo out-trades his crit poke once you bait the Windwall, since the silence blanks Steel Tempest. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Carnivore sustain and Vorpal Spikes waveclear out-heal his Steel Tempest chip, turning the lane in your favor by 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Cho'Gath | Feast is 175-range true damage through his MR, and Wind Wall blocks neither it nor your Rupture at 6. |
| First item | Cho'Gath | A Giant's Belt plus farmed HP and Feast stacks make you sticky enough that his pre-IE crit can't burst you before Q-W resets. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | After Shieldbow and Infinity Edge his crit autos plus flow shield and his own R let him kite your delayed Q and run you down — give the late game to the scaler. |
Don't throw Rupture blind - Yasuo simply Sweeping Blades sideways out of the circle. What he cannot do is wall it off: Wind Wall blocks projectiles, and Rupture is cast at a location, so the wall is irrelevant to your engage. At level 1 it is even; he last-hits with ranged Steel Tempest while you top off HP and mana on Carnivore. From 2 you have the real threat. Watch the minions beside him rather than his cooldown, because Sweeping Blade needs a body and cannot repeat on the same one - catch him with none and the knockup into Feral Scream lands with no answer at all.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Cho'Gath's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Cho'Gath vs Yasuo 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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Cho'Gath, slightly — a 52.84% win rate edge over 791 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Cho'Gath has a small statistical edge (52.84% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Cho'Gath has a slight edge (52.84% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
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 Yasuo.
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 Plated Steelcaps.
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