Top Matchup

Ornn vs Cho'Gath

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Ornn

Ornn

The Fire below the Mountain
Top
Ornn Top Overall Win Rate
51.80%

Matchup Win Rate

54.4%
Ornn vs Cho'Gath Wins
45.6%
Cho'Gath vs Ornn Wins
Cho'Gath

Cho'Gath

the Terror of the Void
Top
Cho'Gath Top Overall Win Rate
50.91%

Ornn vs Cho'Gath - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Ornn Top vs Cho'Gath Top - Who is stronger?

Ornn Top performs well against Cho'Gath (54.4% win rate) based on 700 games. This matchup works well for Ornn players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Ornn Top vs Cho'Gath Top in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 67.1% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Ornn dominates the meta (18th most popular, 4.1% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Cho'Gath (3.5% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of top lane's current powerhouses. Meta strength confirmed: Ornn's superior tier rating (S vs A+) translates into a solid 54.4% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Ornn ranks 8th in win rate among Top champions. Amplify your advantage: The Summon Aery + Manaflow Band rune setup achieves 83.8% win rate (1.2% popularity), while the core build Sunfire Aegis > Thornmail > Unending Despair with Plated Steelcaps (67.1% win rate) lets you snowball advantages into guaranteed victories by 15 minutes.

Lane dominance: Ornn not only wins the matchup but crushes CS (6.18/min vs 5.72 for Cho'Gath). This 0.46 CS/min advantage generates significant gold leads that compound your already favorable position. Quality over quantity: Ornn wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (702 vs 716/min), the 54.4% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Ornn leads in both matchup win rate (54.4%) and KDA (2.50 vs 2.00) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Ornn vs Cho'Gath - Top Stats Comparison

Ornn Top
Ornn Top
Versus
Cho'Gath Top
Cho'Gath Top
STierA+
54.4%Matchup Winrate45.6%
51.80%Role Winrate50.91%
#8Winrate Rank#17
4.1%Pickrate3.5%
2.5Average KDA2.0
374Gold per Minute419
6.18CS/Min5.72
0.31Wards per Minute0.31
702Damage per Minute716

How to Beat Cho'Gath as Ornn (Top)

The Ornn versus Cho'Gath matchup in the top lane is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

The magic damage that Ornn deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Cho'Gath has mixed damage, be careful as it may be harder to defend if the opponent gets ahead or plays aggressively.

An important advantage of Ornn is higher farming statistics (ranked 48th among role champions) (versus 56th for Cho'Gath), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.0 versus 2.5) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Ornn Top versus Cho'Gath Top matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Ornn player to maintain constant pressure on Cho'Gath, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Ornn vs Cho'Gath: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
56.1% Win Rate97.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
66.9% Win Rate0.6% Pick Rate

Ornn vs Cho'Gath: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:
  • Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
  • Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
  • Permanently increase your health by 5
    Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective.
  • Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

    Demolish
    Demolish Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of it. The charged attack deals 100 (+35% of your max health) bonus physical damage.

    Cooldown: 45s

    Demolish

    Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of …

    Bone Plating
    Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

    Duration: 1.5s
    Cooldown: 55s

    Bone Plating

    After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

    Overgrowth
    Overgrowth Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

    When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

    Overgrowth

    Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanent…

    Secondary Path
    Inspiration
    Magical Footwear
    Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

    Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

    Magical Footwear

    You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

    Biscuit Delivery
    Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

    Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

    Biscuit Delivery

    Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

    Adaptive
    Attack Speed
    Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

    Attack Speed

    Increases attack speed by 10%

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    57.6% Win Rate59.3% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Runes

    Primary Path
    Sorcery
    Summon Aery
    Summon Aery Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 - 50 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

    Empowering or protecting allies with abilities sends Aery to them, shielding them for 30 - 100 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

    Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.

    Summon Aery

    Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

    Manaflow Band
    Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

    After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

    Cooldown: 15 seconds

    Manaflow Band

    Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

    Transcendence
    Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
    Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

    Transcendence

    Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

    Scorch
    Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

    Cooldown: 10s

    Scorch

    Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

    Secondary Path
    Resolve
    Demolish
    Demolish Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of it. The charged attack deals 100 (+35% of your max health) bonus physical damage.

    Cooldown: 45s

    Demolish

    Charge up a powerful attack against a tower over 3s, while within 600 range of …

    Second Wind
    Second Wind After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health +3 over 10s.

    Second Wind

    After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

    Adaptive
    Attack Speed
    Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

    Attack Speed

    Increases attack speed by 10%

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    83.8% Win Rate1.2% Pick Rate

    Ornn vs Cho'Gath: Top Lane Item Builds

    Most Popular Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Doran's Shield
    Doran's Shield (450 gold) 110 Health
    Enduring Focus
    Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
    After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
    Helping Hand
    Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    50.7% Win Rate90.1% Pick Rate
    Popular Boots
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed

    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    51.2% Win Rate59.0% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity

    52.4% Win Rate32.4% Pick Rate
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    57.8% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Bami's Cinder
    Bami's Cinder (900 gold) 150 Health
    5 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    ->
    Sunfire Aegis
    Sunfire Aegis (2700 gold) 350 Health
    50 Armor
    10 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage per second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor

    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    Jak'Sho, The Protean
    Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
    45 Armor
    45 Magic Resist

    Voidborn Resilience
    After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
    54.5% Win Rate6.6% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Randuin's Omen
    Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
    75 Armor

    Resilience
    Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
    Humility
    Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
    58.8% Win Rate14.0% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Tear of the Goddess
    Tear of the Goddess (400 gold) 240 Mana
    Manaflow (8s, max 4 charges)
    Landing Abilities grants 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions), up to 360.
    Helping Hand
    Attacks deal an additional 5 physical damage to minions.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    54.8% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    57.8% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed

    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    57.6% Win Rate0.6% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity

    52.4% Win Rate32.4% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Bami's Cinder
    Bami's Cinder (900 gold) 150 Health
    5 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    ->
    Sunfire Aegis
    Sunfire Aegis (2700 gold) 350 Health
    50 Armor
    10 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage per second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor

    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    Unending Despair
    Unending Despair (2800 gold) 400 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste

    Anguish
    Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
    67.1% Win Rate2.0% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Jak'Sho, The Protean
    Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
    45 Armor
    45 Magic Resist

    Voidborn Resilience
    After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
    66.5% Win Rate12.8% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Unending Despair
    Unending Despair (2800 gold) 400 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste

    Anguish
    Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
    58.8% Win Rate13.6% Pick Rate
    Frozen Heart
    Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
    400 Mana
    20 Ability Haste

    Winter's Caress
    Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
    62.7% Win Rate12.5% Pick Rate
    Kaenic Rookern
    Kaenic Rookern (2900 gold) 400 Health
    80 Magic Resist
    100% Base Health Regen

    Magebane
    After not taking magic damage for 15 seconds, gain a magic shield.
    59.0% Win Rate11.1% Pick Rate
    Warmog's Armor
    Warmog's Armor (3100 gold) 1000 Health
    100% Base Health Regen

    Warmog's Heart
    If you have 2000 bonus Health and have not taken damage within 8 seconds, restore Health per second.
    Warmog's Vitality
    Gain bonus Health equal to 12% of your Item Health (0).
    66.1% Win Rate7.5% Pick Rate
    Knight's Vow
    Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
    40 Armor
    10 Ability Haste
    100% Base Health Regen

    Sacrifice
    While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
    Designate an ally as Worthy.
    54.8% Win Rate2.9% Pick Rate
    Force of Nature
    Force of Nature (2800 gold) 400 Health
    55 Magic Resist
    4% Move Speed

    Steadfast
    Gain 70 Magic Resist and 6% bonus Move Speed after taking magic damage from Champions 8 times.
    44.0% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate
    Heartsteel
    Heartsteel (3000 gold) 900 Health
    100% Base Health Regen

    Colossal Consumption (0s) per target
    If an enemy champion is nearby for a few seconds, your next Attack against them deals 70 plus 6% of your max Health as bonus physical damage and grants 8% of the damage as max Health.
    Goliath
    For each 1000 max Health, gain 3% increased size, up to 30%.
    59.5% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate

    Ornn vs Cho'Gath: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Volcanic Rupture Ornn slams the ground, sending out a fissure dealing damage and slowing enemies hit. After a small delay, a magma pillar forms at the end location.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    W
    W
    Bellows Breath Ornn advances, breathing fire. Enemies hit by the final gout of flame become Brittle.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    E
    E
    Searing Charge Ornn charges, dealing damage to enemies he passes through. If Ornn collides with terrain while charging, the impact creates a shockwave around him which deals damage and knocks up enemies.
    E
    E
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    R
    R
    Call of the Forge God Ornn summons a massive elemental at a location which travels toward him with increasing speed. Enemies run over by the elemental take damage, are slowed and are made Brittle. Ornn can recast the ability to charge into the elemental, redirecting it in the direction he hits it, causing the elemental to affect any enemies it runs over to be knocked up, dealing the same damage and re-applying Brittle.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: W > Q > E
    58.2% Win Rate41.1% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
    Q
    Volcanic Rupture Ornn slams the ground, sending out a fissure dealing damage and slowing enemies hit. After a small delay, a magma pillar forms at the end location.
    Q
    Q
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    Q
    Q
    R
    W
    Bellows Breath Ornn advances, breathing fire. Enemies hit by the final gout of flame become Brittle.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    R
    E
    Searing Charge Ornn charges, dealing damage to enemies he passes through. If Ornn collides with terrain while charging, the impact creates a shockwave around him which deals damage and knocks up enemies.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Call of the Forge God Ornn summons a massive elemental at a location which travels toward him with increasing speed. Enemies run over by the elemental take damage, are slowed and are made Brittle. Ornn can recast the ability to charge into the elemental, redirecting it in the direction he hits it, causing the elemental to affect any enemies it runs over to be knocked up, dealing the same damage and re-applying Brittle.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: W > E > Q
    81.0% Win Rate1.3% Pick Rate

    Ornn tips:

    • Learning build paths of items can help quickly select upgrades in lane.
    • Volcanic Rupture can be used to set up zoning areas to threaten enemies.
    • The order of your abilties matters! Try to optimize Brittle usage.

    Playing Against Cho'Gath

    • Purchasing a few HP items decreases the chances of Cho'Gath killing you quickly.
    • Focus on preventing Cho'Gath from reaching his max size.
    • Rupture has a smoke cloud indicating the area it will strike. Try to watch out for it to prevent Cho'Gath from being able to combo his abilities.