Urgot vs Cho'Gath — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Urgot against Cho'Gath · 53.55% win rate over 648 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Urgot is favoured — Urgot owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Cho'Gath's 1. Urgot wins 53.55% of games vs Cho'Gath in top lane (648 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even — his Q Rupture range offsets your superior auto trade.
Level 2UrgotAt level 2 you lead once you have Q plus a point to zone his melee CS.
Level 3UrgotLevel 3 favours you as Q leg-zones and W shred punish his walk-ups.
Levels 4-5UrgotLevels 4-5 stay yours because he must farm in range of your Q pressure.
Level 6UrgotAt 6 your R execute beats his HP-stacking, ignoring his big pool at low health.
First itemUrgotFirst item keeps you ahead as Bami's/Cleaver out-trades his slow silence.
Two+ itemsCho'GathAt 2+ items Cho'Gath's Feast stacks, base HP and R true damage flip the duel.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1-2 is a skill lane: Cho'Gath's Q Rupture out-ranges your poke but you win the auto trade if he steps up for CS, so play the minion line and dodge his telegraphed knockup.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Urgot 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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