How to win lane as Locke against Cho'Gath · 47.39% win rate over 555 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — your Q poke and P on-hit trade evenly with his short-range Vorpal Spikes. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even skill as neither champion has a real all-in threat yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is still skill-based poke trading before Feast comes online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cho'Gath | Levels 4-5 favor Cho'Gath as he approaches 6 and Feast's HP growth starts outscaling your burst. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even in the immediate window since your R can still threaten before he stacks Feast. |
| First item | Cho'Gath | First item favors Cho'Gath as HP items plus Feast stacks push his health past your R threshold. |
| Two+ items | Cho'Gath | 2+ items belong to Cho'Gath — full Feast bulk makes your execute totem unable to reach his health pool. |
Levels 1-2 are even skill — your P Silver Stake missing-HP procs and Q Ritual Nails poke actually chip Cho'Gath faster than his short-range Vorpal Spikes can answer, so freeze near your side and punish his last-hits. Avoid standing in the center of a caster wave where his Q Rupture can catch you.
The full Locke vs Cho'Gath 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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