How to win lane as Vayne against Cho'Gath · 54.67% win rate (878 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Kite him — W melts his HP stacks, dodge his Q.
Track: Cho'Gath's Q — Rupture (6s cooldown). Telegraphed. Tumble out of it.
Read from Vayne's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Cho'Gath.
This is Vayne's own plan; across 878 pooled games the lane is leaning Vayne.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — Rupture is slow, but at 950 range it outranges you. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | At 2 you already threaten Silver Bolts procs he can't punish. |
| Level 3 | Vayne | Level 3 evens out: Tumble dodges Rupture, Scream denies it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | At 4-5 it stays even: his knock-up against your Tumble dodge. |
| Level 6 | Vayne | Feast at 6 gives him the health to win a straight fight. |
| First item | Vayne | First item makes your W shred his HP faster than he stacks. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | At two items Final Hour and Condemn fully dominate his single combo. |
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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vayne's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Vayne, slightly — a 54.67% win rate edge over 878 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Vayne has a small statistical edge (54.67% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Vayne has a slight edge (54.67% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Vayne takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Cho'Gath.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (%HP duel spike) first, then Phantom Dancer, with Plated Steelcaps.
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