Vayne vs Cho'Gath — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vayne against Cho'Gath · 54.67% win rate over 878 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Vayne is favoured — Vayne owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Vayne wins 54.67% of games vs Cho'Gath in top lane (878 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VayneYou outrange and out-mobility Cho'Gath's slow level-1 Rupture with Tumble.
Level 2VayneAt 2 you already threaten Silver Bolts procs he can't punish.
Level 3VayneLevel 3 Tumble lets you dodge Rupture and chase freely.
Levels 4-5VayneThrough 4-5 his knock-up is your only threat and you can dodge it.
Level 6VayneEven his R Feast can't out-scale your true-damage race at 6.
First itemVayneFirst item makes your W shred his HP faster than he stacks.
Two+ itemsVayneAt two items Final Hour and Condemn fully dominate his single combo.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Cho'Gath is a slow, immobile stacker with only a delayed Q Rupture and a short-range W cone at level 1-2, so you walk up freely and start layering Silver Bolts.

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The full Vayne 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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