Garen vs Cho'Gath in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: vs AP Cho'Gath, respect his chain-CC into a Flash-Ignite Feast all-in — keep your HP high early. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPGARENThe Might of Demacia

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPCHO'GATHthe Terror of the Void

VS

Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect his R all-in

AP Cho'Gath can chain-CC you into a Flash-Ignite Feast just like your own all-in, so stay high on HP early.

Commit at 4 points Q

Once you have Sheen and 4 points in Q you can commit, but it's not easy since he heals so much — mostly just farm.

Only trade with Grasp

Trade only when your Grasp is up and your W is available — otherwise a bad trade just feeds his sustain.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Trade into him without your Grasp up or without your W — you both out-sustain, so a bad trade just heals him back.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 54% WR - 824 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

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