Illaoi is usually good into tanks, but Cho's very high base damage makes this one closer than most.

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Illaoi vs Cho'Gath

Q: Dodge his Q

Dodge his Q: avoid the knock-up and his very high base damage has far less to work with.

YOU · TOP

ENEMY · TOP

Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

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Dodge his Q

avoid the knock-up and his very high base damage has far less to work with.

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Punish his casts

His animations are slow, so E him whenever he's casting a spell to land your spirit and tentacle slam.

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Stay healthy

His ult denies you from healing back to full, so don't sit low in this lane.

Never let your HP drop low: his ult denies your healing and can finish you from a bar you'd normally survive.

Runes

RESOLVE

PRECISION

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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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

MAX

E→

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Illaoi · Top · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Illaoi vs Cho'Gath in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: Dodge his Q, sidestep the knock-up and his very high base damage can't chunk you.