Stacking Feast on Cho`Gath with minions?
How much should I be building Feast stacks on minions when playing AP Cho`Gath? Let's assume I am playing solo top, against a tough counter, and I've also got 10% cooldown reduce.
I'm just not sure if the benefit outweighs the risk (not having Feast up when needed to kill a champ).
Would I ever considering doing this at all during late game? Or only laning phase?
Best Answer
The cooldown isnt that long, with that said, your lane partner can play much more aggressively with your feast on cooldown since it is a large portion of post-6 Cho's damage.
Use your feast to gain stacks simply when the enemy isnt in a position to all-in you right afterwards. These factors obviously depend on the champion you are facing against.
If you end up in a position where your feast would have killed someone during a duel, first you have to be asking "Why did I choose this fight knowing that I did not have feast", then you should be curious how you managed to win the trade to begin with, assuming you arent dead.
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How many stacks can Cho Gath get on minions?
Cho'Gath can gain a maximum of 6 stacks from eating minions and non-epic monsters.Does Cho Gath ULT work on minions?
Active: Ravenously feed on an enemy unit, dealing true damage to champions or 1,000 [+10% bonus] (+50%) true damage to minions and monsters. If the target is killed, Cho'Gath gains a stack of Feast, which causes him to grow in size and gain bonus health.Does Cho Gath infinitely stack?
According to the new patch notes, Cho'Gath will no longer lose Feast stacks on death and can now stack infinitely off champions and epic monsters (Baron, Dragon, and Vilemaw). It's worth noting that he has a cap on how large he can become and he will not be able to grow infinitely in size.Do I eat minions as Chogath?
Having Feast stacks makes you more unkillable. It is almost always worth killing a minion to get a Feast stack as soon as Feast is back up, unless you know that a team fight is imminent. The more damage you can take before you have to run away, the better, and Feast stacks will help you do that.Can Cho'Gath IGNORE 6 Stacks Minions Cap vs...? (Voidlings, Clones, Morde Ghost etc.)
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I main Cho'Gath (even though I prefer playing him midlane, which implies a much more AP and less tanky build).
Especially during the lane phase you don't really need your ultimate that often, if you eat a minion before recalling half of the cooldown will be gone before you return to your lane.
Also, even if you use your ultimate on minions and then you don't have it to finish your lane opponent he still is forced to recall since he'll be low health and you can still get a big gold advantage (unless you're extremely low health or you fear a gank you can usually stay in lane and farm, healing yourself with your passive)
My rule of thumb is to save my ulti if there's a possibility I'll need it in the next 15-20 seconds to kill an opponent (either because he will engage me or because I'm planning to all in), otherwise getting a stack on a minion is better.
The problem is when you die lategame and lose 3 of your 6 stacks, if you're building AP your 950-1050 true damage are very useful in a teamfight (you can wipe away their adc with a Q-W-R combo usually) so it is riskier to use it on minions if you think there will be a teamfight
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