How to win lane as Cho'Gath against Yasuo · 52.84% win rate over 791 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — he last-hits with ranged Steel Tempest while you farm and sustain off Carnivore, and a blind Rupture just gets E-dashed or eaten by Windwall. |
| 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 | Cho'Gath | 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 point-blank true damage that ignores his MR and can't be Windwalled — your hardest kill threat at 6. |
| First item | Cho'Gath | A Bami's component 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 (Q) blind — Yasuo will E-dash sideways out of the delayed circle or just raise Windwall (W) and eat it for free. At level 1 it's even; he last-hits with ranged Steel Tempest while you farm and top off mana and HP off Carnivore. Once you hit 2 you have the real threat: bait his Windwall with a fake step-up or a single auto, and the moment it's down, land Q into Feral Scream (W) — the silence shuts off Steel Tempest and his E-dash, and the knockup-into-cone takes a huge chunk while he can't crit back.
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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